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'Just' range cows for 'just' ranch people; just the right combination

“They’re just plain ol’ range cows.” Bob and Frances Dellit shared a good-hearted laugh at the idea of their 'plain ol' range cows' being...

A passion for agriculture

Sorting a livestock class is easy. Just put the good ones up, the bad ones down. Then, be ready to back it up; talk tough. But sorting...

Hahn family honored for enduring efforts to care for water, wildlife, soil and ranching business

"I hope they slow down every once in a while," Chuck Hahn said, nodding at the steady line of boaters, anglers and campers streaming...

ALL IN A DAY’S WORK: Bev Fryer is Montana’s Ranch Woman of the Year

(Originally published Jan. 10, 2015) It's January at the Castle Mountain Ranch, and the wind whistles through the veil of snow that has...

Taking care of the money makers

In the Highwood Mountains, quality-driven cows are at the top of a supply chain that can quickly snowball. "It can be tough on the...

Getting a leg up on farm labor issues

Harvest season always seems to start in the same frantic, frustrating way. Two months before the combines roll, Megan Hedges recounts,...

Red tape and relationships

Ranchers learn the cooperative way to survive ESA enforcement. Regulations. Rules. Restrictions. For ranchers dealing with government...