"Brands are the best way to catch a cattle thief," Hutchison said. "In most cases, a rustler will drive by branded cattle and hunt for unbranded animals. They know that the chance for being convicted ...

Brand your cattle always has been good advice, but it is more important in today's markets because of the higher values. A stolen cow can put a thousand dollars or more in a thief's pocket when the ...

As a kid, I showed cattle. We carted, or rather trailered, registered Herefords around the Midwest. Sometimes we lost, sometimes we won big. And sometimes, we felt like the judge was either blind or ...

Cody Burlile has memorized many of the 18,000 brands used by cattle owners in Idaho. He knows all six of the places a rancher can legally apply those brands to an animal. He can identify multiple ...

As Mother Nature marks the much-anticipated arrival of spring with warmer, longer days, it too marks the time for ranchers to come together to participate in the annual rite of passage known as ...

Jon Poole stands next to some number branding irons, used for identifying the birth year on cows, in his barn outside of Edna on Tuesday. MORALES — As Jon Poole and Robert Janssen fed their cattle in ...

A cattle-rustling investigation in Loma may read like a headline from 100 years ago, but an alleged livestock theft earlier this summer illustrates a generations-old ranching problem and the ...

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The McPherson County Sheriff’s Office and South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation are investigating a series of potential cattle theft cases involving 111 missing animals. Four different ...

A Republic man's missing cattle have finally been found — in his neighbor's corral. Joseph William Tummons, 40, is charged with stealing after deputies say he re-tagged and re-branded six head of ...