The Montezuma County Fair Ranch Rodeo drew a crowd on Friday night as 13 teams competed in events designed to test their skills on a working cattle ranch. Ranch rodeo events included calf branding, ...

Late spring and early summer is branding time in the High Plains region, and even if some cow-calf producers don’t brand calves any more, many still work them at this time to set them up for success ...

FIRTH — Each April at the Reid Ranch, relatives and friends gather to brand the new calf crop the traditional way, with ropers on horseback and irons heated in an open fire. The day before, cows and ...

Branding a calf, Quarter Circle U roundup, Montana, circa 1939.