AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION

Agricultural operations on the Settle Ranch represent a classic well-rounded Montana cattle operation at an attractive scale. With over 500± acres of irrigated pivot and flood-irrigated hay fields, the balance of the ranch is divided into native range pastures. The ranch consistently supports 400± cow-calf pair year-round. Once supporting sheep operations in the 1950s, the historic ranch compound ensconces a sheltered pocket along Trinity Creek where stock can be efficiently worked and sorted between the timbered foothills and the valley floor. Complimenting the cattle operations, the ranch’s grazing leases spans across acres of BLM and Forest Servest lands atop the continental divide to the southwest of the ranch. The mix of modern management and traditional practices passed down through generations makes the Settle Ranch efficient and productive while sustainably coexisting in a complex ecosystem.