Most ranches have more work to do than they can ever afford to pay to have done. It’s tough to make cows pay for the employees it takes to manage them. Think about an average sized ranch with 250 cows. How can one man brand all those calves? How can one man wean, ship, preg check, all those cows? Most of the year, ranch ...
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A couple weekends ago, I had the sincere pleasure of competing in the Ride for the Brand Ranch Rodeo in Colorado Springs. Our team had some ups and downs—but I don’t think even on our best day we could have stood up to the performance put up by the Jolly Ranch/S&L Cattle team. Jesse Jolly, Dustin Bowling, Nick ...
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The Working Ranch Cowboy’s Association and Rawhide Portable Corral, Inc have signed an agreement that will enhance the award package at the 2018 WRCA World Championship Ranch Rodeo.
Rawhide Portable Corral, Inc will be a presenting sponsor of the WRCA World Championship Ranch Rodeo (WCRR) to be held November 8–11, ...
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The Working Ranch Cowboy’s Association and the City of Amarillo have entered into an agreement to keep the World Championship Ranch Rodeo (WCRR) in Amarillo through 2020.
The WCRR has been held in Amarillo since its inaugural year in 1996. This new agreement will ensure Amarillo as the host city through the ...
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After 13 WRCA-sanctioned rodeos, here’s the list of who’s in the 23rd Annual World Championship Ranch Rodeo in Amarillo, Texas, Nov. 8-11, all in one spot. Also, a quick lineup of the remaining rodeos.
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Books on the cowboy lifestyle and cattle industry are much too numerous to boil down to a definitive Top 10 list. Nonetheless, I’m going to share 10 of my favorite non-fiction books covering the trail drive and early ranching in the West eras. I’d love to see some of your favorites.
10. Prose and Poetry of the Live ...
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The 10 days between June 22 and July 1 proved a hectic and highly stimulating time for me. So much so that I figured it was worth sharing with y’all.
On June 22 and 23, our ranch rodeo team was entered in the Colorado Championship Ranch Rodeo in Hugo, Colorado. In addition to the rodeo, the weekend featured a Ranch ...
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The Working Ranch Cowboy’s Association and Resistol have signed a three-year renewal agreement that preserves Resistol as the official hat of WRCA through 2020.
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If there’s one consistent theme I hear from my contacts in cow country, it’s the drought conditions currently affecting a wide swath of the West. Huge chunks of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico are experiencing “Extreme” or “Exceptional” drought (based on the U.S. Drought Monitor’s latest map). ...
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James Cavender, founder of the fastest-growing Western wear chain in America, passed away on Tuesday, May 29 at the age of 87. I had the chance to meet the man once and was thoroughly impressed by his sharp wit and boundless energy for a man in his 80s.
I was in Cavender’s corporate offices in Tyler, Texas, and he ...
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