BY Madeline Holmes Hi there! My name is Madeline Holmes and I am the new Marketing and Communications Director for the Wyoming Stock Growers. I have a deep passion for the beef industry and have made it my goal to know it inside and out. My “first” exposure to the beef industry was when IContinue reading “From the Pacific Ocean to the Sagebrush Seas and Everywhere in Between”
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Jedidiah’s Week 7 Report at the Ladder Ranch
It’s hard to believe that a week has already flown by at the Ladder Ranch! We started out the week by trailing some more cattle to the forest. Most of them went okay, but there were a few that decided to take to the brush! After a lot of hard riding, I just had toContinue reading “Jedidiah’s Week 7 Report at the Ladder Ranch”
Aidan continues to learn with the Kane’s
This week was very interesting, both in the field and in the classroom. On Tuesdays David and I went into Sheridan and went on a weed tour over two ne species found in Sheridan county. The two species were Medusahead and Ventenata. Both are grasses that are highly invasive, and Ventenata is so invasive thatContinue reading “Aidan continues to learn with the Kane’s”
Mary’s week of cowboying and cleaning up
This week at Perry Cattle Co., I got to spend a lot of time in the saddle, and I got to clean the barn and some of the equipment. We needed to clean the barn so that we could brand and vaccinate the seven “slicks” (or unbranded calves) that had just been born or missedContinue reading “Mary’s week of cowboying and cleaning up”
Aidan’s week of fencing
This week I learned how to take down fence. Monday I took down quite a bit of fence, and I have to say, this is not the kind of work you want to be tall for. By the end of the day I felt like an old man walking around with a hunch back! TheContinue reading “Aidan’s week of fencing”
Jedidiah’s weekly work summary
We had another real Western week at the Ladder Ranch! We started off by branding another bunch of calves out on the desert. It was a swell time! We had a really good team of ropers and wrestlers, which helped get the work done quickly. After we had the branding out of the way, theContinue reading “Jedidiah’s weekly work summary”
Mary continues to learn with the Perry’s
This week at Perry Cattle Company, I am finally starting to get into the swing of things…. sort of! I still make plenty of mistakes, but I am getting a better handle on some of the basic tasks that happen on a ranch. It was a very exciting week and provided lots of chances toContinue reading “Mary continues to learn with the Perry’s”
Jedidiah Hewlett joins Ladder Livestock for the summer
Hello! My name is Jedidiah Hewlett and I will be the intern at Ladder Livestock this summer! I started the week off busy as ever. On Monday, Pat took me around and showed me the meadows and also the conservation efforts of the ranch. They have installed permanent structures in the river to improve theContinue reading “Jedidiah Hewlett joins Ladder Livestock for the summer”
Odd Jobs & Ends For Jedidiah
This week was full of small projects that ended up keeping us very busy. We did some corral repair and hung more joints of methane pipe where the old fence was in disrepair. I had to weld some of the pipes and I caught a small patch of cheatgrass on fire since it was soContinue reading “Odd Jobs & Ends For Jedidiah”
Andrew’s Anticipated Week
Intern Andrew Mainini got to experience a new aspect of ranching this week; moving cows and their calves to summer pastures. It was an exciting and much anticipated week here at the E Bar U, because it was finally time to trail cattle to the mountain. This trip took three full days of trailing andContinue reading “Andrew’s Anticipated Week”
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