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New World screwworm moves closer to U.S. border Page 6
Absaroka Front Ranch Tour highlights success of voluntary program Page 9
WSF Ranch Rodeo Finals test working cowboys from across the state of Wyoming Page 14
The Wyoming Livestock Board (WLSB) has scheduled a public meeting for Aug. 19 at 8:30 a.m. in the Turntable Room of the Thyra Thomson Building in Casper. Zoom is also available. Topics will include the director’s update, strategic planning, the 2026-27 budget and animal health updates, among other things. For more information, visit wlsb.state.wy.us
Gov. Mark Gordon issued a statement in support of a decision by the Department of Interior to approve a mining plan modification which will allow the Antelope Mine in Converse County to mine an additional 14.5 million tons of federally-owned coal. “This announcement is excellent news for Wyoming, our coal mining workforce and for consumers. After this approval was effectively halted by the Biden administration, the Trump administration responded by recognizing the needs of Wyoming and the growing demand for energy in this country,” Gordon said.
“While this announcement is a positive step forward, we are also keenly aware of a pending decision on the Black Butte Mine expansion in Sweetwater County, which was also halted by the previous administration.”
The Wyoming Rescue Mission is excited to host Sermon on the Mount, where Dr. Lew Sterrett will show powerful truths about the human heart and relationships through a live horse demonstration. The event is free to the public and will take place on Aug. 28 at the Wyoming Rescue Mission’s Recovery Ranch in Douglas, starting with a barbecue at 5:30 p.m. and the horse demonstration at 6:30 p.m. For more information or to RSVP, contact Pastor Cody Marks at cmarks@wyomission.org or 307-224-7008.
Although the majority of farm bill provisions were included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4, the House Agriculture Committee has now turned its attention to “Farm Bill 2.0.”
In an ongoing effort to update and reauthorize the 2018 Farm Bill, which is set to expire in September, Farm Bill 2.0 also aims to ensure essential priorities left out of the original reconciliation package are also addressed in legislation.
OBBBA highlights
In an Aug. 6 Farm Progress article, Southeast Farm Press Associate Editor John Hart reports House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA)
Individuals from across the state of Wyoming spent the afternoon of Aug. 13 gathered at Riverside Park in Douglas to celebrate the induction of Doug Miyamoto and Juan Reyes into the Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame and to recognize Neil Long as the Wyoming Ag in the Classroom (WAIC) Educator of the Year.
Hosted by Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica); Clark and Associates Land Brokers LLC; the University of Wyoming (UW) College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources (CALSNR) and the Wyoming
Livestock Roundup, the annual Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame Awards Picnic is a highly-anticipated summer event where producers, Wyoming ag personnel and Cowboy State delegates convene to catch up and celebrate agricultural excellence.
Wyoming Ag Hall of Fame inductees
Following a warm welcome from Clark and Associates Owner Mark McNamee, Wyoming Livestock Roundup Publisher Dennis Sun and FCSAmerica Regional Vice President
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Influential leaders – The Annual Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame Awards Picnic recognized three influential leaders involved in the Cowboy State’s agriculture industry. Pictured from left to right are First Lady Jennie Gordon, Gov. Mark Gordon, Wyoming Ag in the Classroom (WAIC) Executive Director Andrew Joannides, WAIC Educator of the Year Neil Long, Wyoming Ag Hall of Fame Inductees Doug Miyamoto and Juan Reyes, Rep. Harriet Hageman, Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis and Wyoming Livestock Roundup Publisher Dennis Sun. WYLR photo
Premium ewe sale sees strong interest from the Midwest
To meet the needs of emerging demand within the sheep industry for superior young ewe genetics available in smaller lot sizes, the South Dakota Sheep Growers Association (SDSGA) has hosted a Premium Yearling Ewe Sale the last eight years.
This year, the sale was held on July 26 at Magness Livestock Auction in Huron, S.D. with 120 people in attendance.
This annual event is the signature yearling ewe sale in the region. Approximately one-quarter of the sheep are sold to out-of-state buyers from Nebraska and Iowa, both in person and online.
Consignors provided an excellent selection of highquality registered, registerable and commercial ewes ranging from traditional white-faced wool breeds, crossbreds and meat breed yearling ewes.
With very strong interest across all lots, the second highest sale average in the eight-year sale history was recorded at $422 per head, and lots were purchased by buyers from three states.
Overall, 40 sheep producers registered to bid on 19 lots of ewes totaling 493 head. Over 364 people viewed the sale from across the country, with 60 internet bids being placed.
The high-selling registered lot brought $375 per head for nine head, sold by Gerdes Hampshire and purchased by Ronald Siegland. Rustin Nelson of Capenter, S.D. purchased five head of registerable Dorset ewes from the
First ever Great American Farmers Market celebrates past, present and future of American agriculture
The first-ever Great American Farmers Market (GAFM) was held Aug. 3-8 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Roughly 50 vendors representing 26 different states gathered in the nation’s capital to spend a week showcasing and selling their products.
The GAFM was a celebration of food, family and farming organized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in recognition of National Farmers Market Week and the America250 initiative.
National Farmers Market Week
Every year during the first full week of August, National Farmers Market Week recognizes the important roles farmers’ markets and local agriculture play in the American food system.
As stated by former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack in a July 2024 proclamation issued in recognition of National Farmers Market Week, farmers’ markets play a vital
On Aug. 12, a sizeable crowd gathered around the Sheep Show Ring at the Wyoming State Fairgrounds in Douglas for the 2025 Champion of Champions Showcase, an elite event where grand champion livestock from each of Wyoming’s 23 county fairs compete for prestigious honors.
Although the showcase has been held annually for decades, the Wyoming State Fair (WSF) Board revamped the show in recent years to make it a standout, standalone event.
This year, Judge Madison Schroeder sorted through some of the best livestock the Cowboy State has to offer, crowning champions across the four major livestock species – beef, lambs, goats and hogs.
Hailing from Columbia City, Ind., Schroeder grew up showing cattle and hogs while actively competing in livestock judging.
She went on to judge at the collegiate level, first at Connors State College in Warner, Okla. where she was an integral part of the Co-Team of the Year and she was named Junior College All-American. She then transferred to Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, earning accolades such as second overall individual at the National Western Stock Show and third overall at the North American International Livestock Exposition. She also earned recognition as an Academic
In drought years, like many in the West are currently experiencing, we realize just how precious water is – both ground and surface water.
In reality, as a state, it is worth fighting over.
Wyoming being a headwaters state is a really fortunate situation where we can hope to always satisfy our water right allotments.
But, it can also be troublesome, as downstream water users always think we are controlling and using more water than we are supposed to. Don’t worry, this issue has been going on for ages, from the smallest water right on a local creek, to the Colorado River and on down to Mexico.
States downstream have always wanted more water, which makes for a big problem – a problem which most likely ends up in court.
Managing for drought is a complex issue. One always needs to have a plan for the worst and hope for the best. The worst is not the end of the world, but it does seem like it.
For western states, there is always a drought somewhere and ample moisture somewhere else. There are two kinds of drought – a forage drought where there hasn’t been enough snow or rain to fill small ranch reservoirs and make grass on the range, and a hydrological drought where large storage reservoirs and waterways are low on water, mainly from low snowpack in northern states.
One has to distinguish between the two when making decisions on these lands.
States within the Colorado River watershed have been having ongoing discussions on managing water. This year, many of the Colorado River Basin’s mountain ranges held less than 50 percent of their spring snowpack.
The western side of Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains are a great source of water, along with other mountain ranges in western Wyoming. In fact, Wyoming’s Green River Basin is one of the Colorado River’s largest tributaries.
Earlier this year, the Wyoming State Engineer and the Attorney General’s Office met with some Wyoming legislators to discuss ongoing Colorado River negotiations. They were clearly told Wyoming must adapt to a future in which the river has an inadequate supply of water for all of its users.
Here in Wyoming, one of the biggest users is agriculture –which many downstream don’t believe is important – and, in some years, recreation.
Instream flow backers simply want waters to flow for fisheries and other uses. They don’t realize irrigation stores water in meadows and releases it through the summer.
The lower Colorado Basin states of Arizona, Nevada and California think agriculture is a bad use for water, except in their states. Arizona has let Saudi Arabia grow alfalfa for years on hundreds of acres.
The lower basin states – with their exploding populations – have really mismanaged their water, from Las Vegas to Phoenix. Now they are starting to realize they have a problem with water usage. In some places, they are selling water for homes, almost like gasoline for cars.
I just know in the negotiations, lower basin states are going to scream the loudest and stomp their feet the hardest, but that is the first place for water management instead of Wyoming’s Green River. Wyoming just needs more storage dams.
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With water being the source of life, it was only natural irrigation in Wyoming predated its statehood. However, it was only through irrigation deeded ground was broadened beyond the flood plains to the streams, creeks and rivers.
Only 43 percent of Wyoming is private property.
The agriculture industry settled this state and is still a substantial contributor to its economy.
In 2022, total cash receipts from livestock, products and crops was $1.9 billion. The total number of farm and ranch units at this time was 10,544, in a state with a population of 581,381 people.
Total net farm and ranch income was $395 million. This equates to $1.5 billion that farms and ranches added to the economy due to their costs of doing business.
Our industry is not immune to the changing times. Lest we forget, prior to 1980, Wyoming had a thriving dairy industry. Not only did most of the dairies disappear, but so did bottling companies, creameries and milk trucks. Therefore, it should be a concern to everyone the number of farm and ranch units in the last 10 years has declined by 1,400 units.
Despite the impressive economic numbers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 2024 Ag Census reports 24 percent of the 10,544 farm and ranch units report less than $1,000 of products sold and another 24 percent report less than $10,000 of products sold. This equates to 5,061 farm and ranch units which are not relying on ag products sold for their livelihood.
Thirty percent of the 10,544 farm
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and ranch units report they operate on less than 50 acres, in comparison to 36 percent of farm and ranch units operating on 500 acres or more.
Additionally, 42.4 percent of the state’s population is older than 45 years, and the USDA’s 2024 Ag Census has the average age of farm and ranch operators at 58.5 years old.
Given these statistics, the number of self-sustaining farm and ranch units will decline, while the amount of irrigable, agriculturally-productive property will continue to diminish due to development.
The second cause of concern is the matter of water rights attached to the property being developed. Developers have the right to keep the water rights, move the water rights or abandon the water rights. All three are of great concern.
First, by keeping the water right, they are orphaning water rights created by roads and structures.
Second, it doesn’t matter where they move them to, developers by trade, are not going to keep them in ag production.
But the third option should be of the greatest concern to ag producers because the cost to move water rights is expensive.
Developers tend to choose option three and abandon the water rights. Irrigation districts depend on their adjudicated water rights to sustain themselves.
As the amount of permitted water right acreage diminishes, so does their base of revenue.
Most of Wyoming’s water infrastructure was built prior to 1950. These water conveyances and structures are
aging and in disrepair. The cost of replacement is in the billions of dollars, and irrigation districts are reliant on grants and other sources of funding for operational maintenance and repair.
The process of replacing it is going to take years. Given today’s trend of development, it will not be economically viable or justifiable to replace this infrastructure when the intended use is no longer in agricultural production.
The majority of an irrigation district’s parcels are less than 50 acres. The landowners of these properties are the first to object to rising costs and rate increases to provide them with their water. They simply cannot justify the negative return on their investment.
Regarding the future investment needed to maintain infrastructure that makes the land green and desirable, the ag community should consider supporting one of the following.
Lobby to set a minimum acreage limit to the parcel size irrigable agricultural lands can be reduced to.
Lobby for the water rights to be transferred to lands managed by agricultural operators who can feasibly use them.
Or lobby for the allowance of the irrigation district to bank the water rights for future transfer to land within their district that can feasibly be irrigated for production agriculture.
The Wyoming Association of Irrigation Districts (WAID) welcomes public comments on these issues. For more information or to submit comments, visit waidwy.org, e-mail 307.waid@ gmail.com or call 307-439-3597.
Gail Whitman is a member of WAID and can be reached at 307-763-3130.
The Public Lands Council (PLC) has been the Washington, D.C. voice of permittees and lessees across the 13 western states who graze on Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service managed lands for over 50 years.
PLC hosts an annual convention each year in a western state and a spring conference in Washington, D.C. The 2025 Annual Convention will take place Sept. 16-18 in Flagstaff, Ariz.
The Wyoming Public Lands Coalition, the state affiliate of PLC, is offering a scholarship to a young Wyoming permittee and/or lessee to attend this year’s convention. The scholarship will include convention registration and three nights lodging. The recipient will be responsible for their own travel.
Scholarship applicants must be between the ages of 20 and 30 and must be actively engaged with a ranch holding a federal permit or lease. A letter of application should express the individual’s interest in participation and include their ranching background, education and age.
Submit the letter of application electronically to jim@ wysga.org or by mail to Wyoming Public Lands Coalition, PO Box 206, Cheyenne, WY 82003.
Applications must be received no later than Aug. 25.
On Aug. 5, a federal judge in Montana vacated the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) standing determination gray wolves in the western U.S. do not warrant protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
The court ordered the agency to reevaluate wolf policy – including in Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and parts of Washington, Oregon and Utah – using the best available science and full consideration of threats, historical range loss and state regulatory frameworks.
The Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation (WyFB) recognizes continued concerns about federal overreach into state wildlife management decisions. While the ruling effects wolves broadly across the West, Wyoming has successfully managed its wolf population under state authority since 2011.
In April 2017, the Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. upheld Wyoming’s management plan for wolves in the state.
Currently, Wyoming classifies wolves as predatory animals across roughly 85 percent of the state, allowing landowners and livestock owners to protect their businesses from wolf depredation without restrictive federal limitations. This management structure balances conservation goals with the realities of ranching and rural life.
WyFB continues to support science-based wildlife management which respects private property rights and the role of state agencies in addressing regional needs. As FWS reconsiders its approach, WyFB urges close coordination with state wildlife managers, local stakeholders and those most affected by predator populations.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host a webinar on reducing winter feeding with stockpiled forage and winter pasture on Aug. 22.
The cost of the webinar is $45 per person, and online registration is available at tx.ag/winterfeeding. The deadline to register is 3 p.m. on Aug. 21.
The course will be divided into three sessions to allow for a break between sessions. Part one will take place from 8:30-10:30 a.m., part two will take place from 12-2 p.m. and part three will take place from 3:30-5:30 p.m.
The course will be presented by Dr. Vanessa CorriherOlson, AgriLife Extension forage specialist and professor for the Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, and Dr. Jason Banta, AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist and professor in the Department of Animal Science.
Participants will learn how stockpiled forages and winter pastures can be excellent options to significantly reduce winter feeding costs and develop replacement heifers.
Topics to be covered include management and utilization of stockpiled forage, acres needed per cow for stockpiled forage and winter pasture, cool-season forages and variety selection, establishment and fertilization, monthly and seasonal forage production potential, appropriate mineral supplementation and estimated costs.
Electronic copies of the slides and other program materials will be available prior to the program, and all sessions will be recorded.
For more information, contact Michelle Sensing at 903-847-0611.
During the first week of August, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) notched a legal victory in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia affirming protections for cattle farmers and ranchers from onerous and unnecessary air emissions reporting requirements.
NCBA, along with a coalition of other livestock and farm groups, has engaged in this litigation for years to ensure family farmers and ranchers were not forced to file complex, overreaching reports with the federal government about emissions under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).
CERCLA and EPCRA are laws intended to address massive, severe chemical spills and environmental contaminants. Unfortunately, these laws have been weaponized by animal rights activists seeking to target family farms and ranches.
The ruling in this case upholds a reporting exemption issued by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2019 which exempted cattle producers from reporting emissions under EPCRA, an exemption affirmed through the 2018 Farm Bill.
Returning to the Ranch, a workshop series for families who are in the process of transition planning and bringing family members back to the ranch or farm, will be held Sept. 12-13 in North Platte, Neb. at the West Central Research, Extension and Education Center.
The workshop is presented by the University of NebraskaLincoln’s Center for Agricultural Profitability and Nebraska Extension to help families improve transition and estate plans, enhance their communication and build their knowledge of the legal and financial considerations associated with transition planning.
The two-day in-person event will include presentations and guided work time for families, led by Extension experts, as well as planning time and group activities.
Registration also includes two follow-up virtual sessions, to be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Nov. 12 and Jan. 7, 2026.
Registration is $75 per person if completed by Sept. 4. The fee increases to $85 per person on or after Sept. 5. Hotel accommodations are not included and should be booked independently if needed.
Questions may be e-mailed to cap@unl.edu.
To register, visit cap.unl.edu/returning25
According to several sources, Veteran Wyoming News Executives Robb and Jen Hicks and Rob Mortimore announced they have reached an agreement with News Media Corporation (NMC), the Illinois-based parent company of rural newspapers nationwide, to buy the company’s Wyoming publications.
The announcement comes shortly after NMC surprise shuttered eight hometown newspapers across the Cowboy State, including the Pinedale Roundup, Torrington Telegram, Lusk Herald, Uinta County Herald, Platte County Record-Times, Guernsey Gazette, Bridger Valley Pioneer and Kemmerer Gazette, as well as a publication located in Scottsbluff, Neb.
The Hicks, owners and operators of the Buffalo Bulletin, and Mortimore, president of NMC subsidiary Wyoming Newspapers, Inc., expressed their deep Wyoming roots and experience in the industry made them realize what would be lost if the papers were permanently closed.
In interviews with several Wyoming news sources, the three noted, while they recognize the venture might seem risky, they are confident keeping their focus hyperlocal will result in statewide success.
The agreement includes rehiring all 30 of the newspapers’ staff members who were blindsided by the original closure announcement and immediately resuming publication of all titles.
Montana Farmers Union (MFU) will again celebrate family farmers and ranchers whose land holdings have been in their families and in operation for more than 100 years through its Centennial Farm and Ranch Program during MFU’s Annual Convention this year.
Since the mid-90s, MFU has been honored to recognize its members who have owned the same farm or ranch for 100 years or more. Nearly 200 farms and ranches have since been recognized.
When an MFU member reaches this milestone, they are honored during the annual convention, in which they receive a commemorative plaque and their stories and accomplishments are publicized statewide.
Those who have an operation that has reached its 100year milestone or will reach it this year, can submit via e-mail or mail a farm biography and pictures to Rachel Prevost at rprevost@montanafarmersunion.com or PO Box 2447, Great Falls, MT 59403 no later than Sept. 26.
The celebration will take place in conjunction with MFU’s Annual Convention, to be held Oct. 31 to Nov. 1 at the Yogo Inn in Lewistown, Mont., with pre-convention farm tours offered on Oct. 30 and a post-convention Family Farming Succession Institute to be held on Nov. 2.
For more information or to register for MFU’s 110th Annual Convention, visit montanafarmersunion.com/ news-events/annual-convention/
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Members of the American Angus Association (AAA) have built the largest single beef breed database through a commitment to data collection and participation in the Angus Herd Improvement Records (AHIR) program.
The database supports the National Cattle Evaluation (NCE), run weekly by Angus Genetics, Inc., and used by Angus producers across the world to make selection decisions.
Continuing to contribute new phenotypes to this database ensures the NCE’s expected progeny differences and indexes con-
tinue to describe the Angus population as accurately as possible.
“We rely on our members to submit good data. It benefits every breeder, so we wanted to find a way to recognize breeders who go above and beyond,” explained Smitty Lamb, chair of the association’s Board of Director’s Breed Improvement Committee.
How does the program work?
Board members have spent several years discussing ways to recognize breeders for their commitment to data submission. As a result of those discussions,
in August 2025, AHIR launched the Data Driven Herd Recognition Program which recognizes herds who contribute a set of phenotypes on multiple traits of their choosing each year.
“Some of these phenotypes are hard to measure. We know it’s time consuming, we know it’s expensive, but our database and selection tools would not be what they are today without these submissions,” said Lamb. “This recognition program highlights herds that have made the commitment, gives them some visibility and is a way of saying thank you for submitting
the data.”
Qualifying herds will be recognized annually at Angus Convention at one of three levels – bronze, silver or gold – and will have access to that year’s logo to use for marketing.
The complete list of Data Driven Herds will also be available on angus.org for reference throughout the year.
Levels will be determined based on the number of traits submitted on a percentage of the individual herd’s population.
“We are fortunate to have herds of all sizes committed to submitting records to AHIR, so we wanted to
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make sure members could take part in the program no matter the size of their operation,” said Esther Tarpoff, director of AAA’s performance programs. “When setting minimum percentages required for each trait, we considered what would be realistic for an operation to collect in a perfect scenario and then adjusted to allow room in the number for differing production practices.”
For example, scrotal requires a minimum of 20 percent. For a herd with 100 cows enrolled, at least 20 yearling scrotal measures are required. Twenty percent is required for scrotal as it is considered approximately 50 percent of a calf crop will be bulls, and not all bulls will remain in the herd until yearling age.
How do herds qualify?
The first step to qualify is for a herd to be actively enrolled in AHIR’s Inventory Reporting program with at least five cows enrolled. The whole-herd reporting program allows AHIR to determine a base population and minimum required phenotypes for each trait.
In addition, a herd’s registration during the award year must equal at least 50 percent of the active cow herd inventory. For example, if a herd has 50 cows enrolled in Inventory Reporting, there must have been at least 25 animals registered during the award year.
To qualify for the bronze level, a herd must also sub-
mit at least eight traits, meeting the minimum number required for the individual herd, which is based on the number of cows enrolled in Inventory Reporting.
To earn silver-level recognition, a herd must report at least 10 traits, meeting the minimum number required for the individual herd.
To earn the top recognition level, gold, a herd must also be earning Inventory Reporting’s MaternalPlus status and submit at least 12 traits, meeting the minimum number of required phenotypes for each trait.
Association members can track their current status and progress towards the Data Driven Herd award levels in their AAA login account. Members should look for the green button “New AHIR Data Driven Herd Recognition Program” located in the AHIR section on the home page to access their personalized dashboard.
The award year runs from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30 to align with the association’s fiscal year. The first set of Data Driven Herds will be recognized at the 2025 Angus Convention in Kansas City, Mo., held Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 and will be based on data submitted between Oct. 1, 2024 and Sept. 30. Jessica Hartman is a communications specialist for AAA and can be reached by visiting angus.org. This article was originally published by Angus Journal on Aug. 7.
July 17, 1926 – Aug. 4, 2025
Mary Louise Arambel, age 99, was born July 17, 1926 in Buffalo to John and Jeanne Iberlin.
She attended Johnson County schools and graduated with the class of 1944. She attended Loretto Heights College in Den-
ver, and she married John Arambel on July 23, 1955 in Buffalo.
John and Mary Louise ranched near Rock Springs and Pinedale, where they raised their family of four children – John, Pete, Mary and Martha. John passed
June 2, 1950 – Aug. 4, 2025
Earl “Tut” Custer Camblin, age 75, of Gillette passed away on Aug. 4 at home.
Tut was born on June 2, 1950 to Earlie and Jean Camblin. He was the oldest of the three children they had together. Tut grew up working on the family ranch near the Pumpkin Buttes, southwest of Gillette.
Tut was the definition of a Wyoming cow-
boy. Following in his grandfather and father’s footsteps, he became one of the best horsemen and cowboys around. He had a love for the cowboy life and a natural feel for horses. Tut met and married his first wife TeDye right out of high school. They had three kids together, and they moved around to different ranches throughout Wyoming, where Tut honed in more cowboy and horseman skills, covering many miles per day horseback. He made a lot of nice horses; saw a lot of pretty landscapes and cared for, fed and doctored a lot of livestock. Tut worked from before the sun came up until long after it had gone down. Finally, he decided it was time to go back home and build his horse program with his dad and his kids living on the family place. Along with
away in 1997, and later Mary Louise moved to Buffalo to live near family and friends.
Mary Louise enjoyed spending time in a variety of ways. She was a lifetime member of the Green River Valley Cowbelles/ Cattlewomen, the leader of Make It With Wool for Sweetwater County, a longtime member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and an avid bridge player.
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horses, they raised sheep and a small herd of cows.
Tut was known for having good working dogs. He also had a few hound dogs for trapping and hunting.
He loved fishing and going places where there were no roads. He took his family with pack horses to camp deep in the mountains. Tut would often feed livestock with his wagon team. He loved training horses to be able to do many things.
Over the years he had to have a few outside jobs, and he became an excellent crane operator. He could do about any job with any type of heavy equipment. He said being a good operator was all about being smooth, and it was similar to having a feel for a horse.
Even while having those jobs, he was still riding horses after work. He always had a project horse or several he was working with.
Tut would sell horses he raised, but he would also pick up horses from sale barns or
Thomas Herefords of Gold Creek, Mont. has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Montana Leopold Conservation Award.
The award honors ranchers, farmers and forestland owners who go above and beyond in the management of soil health, water quality and wildlife habitat on working land.
Thomas Herefords, owned by Bruce and Tammy Thomas and Richard and Shirley Thomas, will be presented with the award at the Montana Farm Bureau Annual Convention in November. They receive $10,000 for being selected.
Sand County Foundation will present Leopold Conservation Awards to landowners in 28 states this year. In Montana, the award is presented annually with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation and the Montana Rangeland Resources Program.
Given in honor of renowned Conservationist Aldo Leopold, the award recognizes farmers and forestland owners who inspire others with their dedication to environmental improvement.
In his influential 1949 book, “A Sand County Almanac,” Leopold advocated for “a land ethic” – an ethical relationship between people and the land they own and manage.
Montana landowners were encouraged to apply or were nominated for the award last year. Applications were reviewed by an independent panel of Montana agriculture and conservation leaders. Among the many outstanding landowners nominated for the award were finalists Frank and Kari Groeneweg’s Living Sky Grains of Three Forks, Mont. and Bart and Wendy Morris’ Oxbow Cattle Company of Missoula, Mont.
ceded in death by her son Thomas, husband John, brother Simon Iberlin, sister Madeline Harriet, brother John Iberlin and his wife Maggie.
She is survived by her four children, John Arambel of Rock Springs, Pete Arambel and his wife Sue of Rock Springs, Mary Arambel of Denver and Martha Judice and her husband Don of Billings, Mont.; five grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. She is also
from people who had been outsmarted by a horse that had developed bad habits. He would fix them and sell them as useful citizens.
There weren’t many horses Tut couldn’t get by. He had a real talent for bringing them around and teaching them to get along.
Tut spent a lot of time with his kids. They were his main help on the ranch. He passed on a lot of knowledge to them in all areas of life. He took all three of his kids down the rodeo road and made many memories with them over the years.
Tut also shared his knowledge with his grandkids. He would teach and help anyone who wanted to learn.
Tut married his wife Collette in 2013. He enjoyed sharing his cowboy lifestyle with her. Tut and Collette made many happy memories together.
survived by her sister-inlaw Dollie Iberlin.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Mary Louise took place on Aug. 12 at the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Buffalo.
Donations in her memory may be made to the Holy Spirit Catholic School in Rock Springs, the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Foundation or a charity of choice. Online condolences may be made at harnessfuneralhome.com
Tut leaves behind a legacy of a loving family and a horse program with horses from coast to coast and most states in between. He has made friends with hundreds of people over the years.
Tut studied the Bible all of his life and became a baptized Jehovah’s Witness in 2004. He loved sharing scriptures with any and all people he visited with. Bible principals were always where he went to give advice, and many people often called him for advice.
Tut was a true example of always learning more with his horsemanship and, more importantly, his spiritual knowledge. He had really grown intellectually and morally over the years of his life.
He had a hard fight with cancer and is no longer in pain. Tut will be missed by all who knew and loved him.
Tut is preceded in death by his parents, an older halfsister and a half-brother who died as a baby.
Tut is survived by his wife Collette; siblings Jo Ann Shober and Doug Camblin; children TJ Camblin, Tammy Camblin and Tiffany (Mark) Schwenke; step-children Jacob Hickey and Audrey Bennett; grandchildren Heather Camblin, Tessie Camblin, Cheyanne Camblin, Dalton Camblin, Wyatt Camblin, Cassie Camblin, Samantha Bennett, Caylyn Schwenke, Savanna Schwenke and Bridger Schwenke and nieces and nephews Lynda Johnson, Laurie Pendergraft, Ira Shober, Sarah Shober Conway, Brandy Healy, DeLacey Camblin and Griffin Camblin. Services took place on Aug. 10 at the Kingdom Hall in Gillette.
made comments during the Southern Peanut Growers Conference on July 25 in Panama City Beach, Fla., where he noted roughly 80 percent of farm bill provisions were included in the OBBBA.
Chief among these were updates to commodity and risk management programs; enhancements to crop insurance programs; changes to taxes and depreciation measures for ag businesses; an increase in funding for conservation programs and water infrastructure and roughly $66 billion in additional funding for ag trade, research, Extension and commodity support.
Specifically, the original reconciliation pack-
age extends core programs such as Price Loss Coverage, Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC), Dairy Margin Coverage and marketing assistance loans through 2031 and raises the statutory reference prices by 10 to 21 percent.
Additionally, OBBBA increases premium subsidies by three to five percent across all coverage levels, makes Supplemental Coverage Option available to ARC participants to boost insurable flexibility and extends benefits for beginning farmers and ranchers.
It also provides 100 percent bonus depreciation on farm equipment, machinery and vehicles made permanent, enabling imme-
diate expense deductions, and offers permanent small business deduction benefits for farm enterprises.
Additional provisions
To address the 20 percent of ag-related priorities left out of the OBBBA, Thompson notes Farm Bill 2.0 will include support for rural broadband expansion and economic development programs, which he believes are critical investments for modernizing farm operations and digital access.
Thompson also infers the bill may tackle reforms related to industrial hemp regulations, legal challenges tied to pesticide manufacturers and compliance with California’s con-
troversial Proposition 12.
Other provisions include updates and changes related to conservation, the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), rural loan limits and chnages to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility and stability, as well as eliminating the poverty cliff and extending benefits to families of young adults and exoffenders.
In a July 23 press release, Brian Glenn, American Farm Bureau Federation director of government affairs, reiterates the importance of these measures, stating, “Many critical programs still need updating through a new farm bill. Among the most pressing needs are reauthorization of the CRP and continued support for rural broadband
expansion under the rural development title. Additionally, funding for agricultural research and Extension programs remain a priority.”
He adds, “As farmers and ranchers await the completion of this important legislation, it’s clear the next farm bill will be vital in shaping the future of U.S. agriculture.”
Fast-paced timeline
With the 2018 Farm Bill’s expiration date quickly approaching, Thompson says he aims to markup Farm Bill 2.0 in committee by the end of September.
However, some lawmakers have voiced concern the window to act is too narrow.
In an interview with Brownfield Ag News, Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-IL) says, “I really do
Sept. 4 – Weigh-Up Special w/ All Class Cattle
Sept. 11 – Yearling Feeder Special w/ All Class Cattle
Sept. 18 – All Class Cattle, Sheep & Goats
Sept. 25 – All Class Cattle
Sept. 29 – Monday • The Bawl of the Fall Feeder Special October 2 – Weigh-Up Special w/ All Class Cattle
October 9 – All Class Cattle
October 13 – Monday • The Bawl of the Fall Feeder Special October 16 – All Class Cattle, Sheep & Goats
October 23 – Weigh-Up Special w/ All Class Cattle
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Construction on the scales is coming along!
We will be tearing out the indoor ring to put in ring scales the months of July and August. Due to the construction, we will not be having any live auctions during these months.
We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause. If you have livestock that you need to market during these months, please contact Danny Vigil at 307-388-0781 or the office at 307-347-9201. We will start with our first Thursday sale on September 4, 2025. We appreciate your understanding.
New World screwworm (NWS) was found in southern Mexico in November 2024 and has been moving north since, reaching only 370 miles from the U.S. border in mid-July.
Politicians say resources are needed to fight and eradicate the pest, and livestock producers are being educated on what they can do if NWS affects their operations.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said the threat of NWS is causing the need for additional federal resources to combat the parasite.
“This essential food supply – beef – and corresponding food prices are under threat from the outbreak of a particular pernicious parasite called NWS,” he said.
He noted an outbreak of NWS could cost the state of Texas alone nearly $3.7 billion.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is building a sterile fly dispersal facility in Hidalgo, Texas. Texas Agriculture
Commissioner Sid Miller also announced the Texas Department of Agriculture is working with USDA and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to reintroduce an improved pest control method called “Swormlure bait.”
“NWS is not just a Texas problem. This is a nationwide crisis with potential massive implications for American agriculture, which could result in billions of dollars in economic losses and place a heavy burden on our agriculture and wildlife industries and public health systems,” said Miller. “We cannot wait for sterile flies alone to turn the tide. This is why we’re applying a little cowboy logic and bringing back Swormlure, now with an enhanced formula more powerful and effective than ever.”
Swormlure is a synthetic bait designed to attract adult NWS flies and may be highly effective
worry we’re not going to have those in Congress who want to get this done.”
Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) agrees with this sentiment in her interview with Brownfield Ag News, further noting while the OBBBA secured major wins on the ag front, it also created some issues.
“The Republicans broke apart the Farm Bill Coalition with the OBBBA,” she says. “So, how do we, after that, come back to the table so we can make sure the safety net is there for our farmers, like supporting agricultural research? There is still a lot of work we are going to have to do.”
Hannah Bugas is the managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.
when combined with insecticides such as Dichlorvos in eradicating NWS.
Education on how to prevent NWS
There are measures being taken to eradicate the pest, but also education on what livestock producers should do to prevent problems if NWS does make its way across the border into the U.S.
Cassandra Olds, assistant professor of veterinary entomology at Kansas State University, said livestock producers need to realize NWS is invasive and will lay eggs on any animal with a wound.
“Cattle producers will need to be especially aware of possible problems during branding, dehorning or during calving,” she said. “A calf that doesn’t get properly cleaned by its mother at birth or a cow with placenta hanging out after birth is a target for those flies.”
Olds said keeping animals clean and dry will be especially helpful in healing any wound and helping prevent the threat NWS poses.
She also noted animals infested with NWS will be in a lot of pain.
“They will often segregate themselves from the herd. Producers may notice animals are uncomfortable or rubbing and licking an affected area,” she explained. “And probably the worst – but most identifiable – symptom is the putrid smell the wound will give off, from what we’ve been told.”
What to do
If a producer suspects a problem with NWS, Olds said they should immediately call the herd veterinarian to help diagnose and collect samples.
“If you see an animal with maggots on a wound, it should be isolated, and a sample of the maggots should be collected,” she added.
Once the samples are properly taken, the wound should be carefully cleaned and treated with an insecticide.
“Don’t leave any maggots behind when cleaning the wound,” she added. “An antibiotic can be used to treat the animal if a secondary infection is present or suspected.”
Proper paperwork needs to accompany the sample, which must be sent to a veterinary diagnostic lab. A good vet-client relationship is important when a suspected pest outbreak or disease happens. This ensures certain needed steps are taken. The state animal health commissioner or state veterinarian should also be contacted to help the producer manage the situation.
Olds said NWS will usually be a summer issue across most of the U.S., since the flies won’t survive the winter.
“There is a lot of panic across the U.S. when it comes to NWS. Producers should use practical knowledge to prevent problems,” Olds concluded.
Miller is convinced the use of Swormlure-five bait will help prevent NWS as well.
“We’ve beaten the NWS before, and we’ll do it again. But it will take all hands on deck,” Miller added. “We need another success story like we had in the 70s, and I believe Swormlure-five bait is the game changer that will get us there.”
The U.S.-Mexico border remains closed to cattle imports since Rollins made the announcement on July 10 when NWS was detected in Veracruz, Mexico. Jennifer Carrico is a senior livestock editor for Progressive Farmer. This article was originally published by Progressive Farmer on
Olds said protective gloves should be worn and tweezers used to remove some of the intact maggots from different areas of the wound. They should be placed in 70 percent ethanol in a plastic container with a screw-on lid.
of Business Development
Rick Griffith, Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (both R-WY) presented the Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame inductees with their awards and read from transcripts they published in the Congressional Record.
In his speech, Barrasso noted Miyamoto – a Rawlins native and UW alumnus – is “Wyoming through and through” and has been an iconic leader for the state’s agriculture industry for decades.
Miyamoto has served in a vast array of capacities for agencies and institutions including UW, the State Engineer’s Office, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Wyoming Livestock Board.
In 2015, he became director of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture where he continues to serve to this day, and in 2023 he was selected to serve as president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.
“Doug has long been a strong voice, a selfless advocate and a loyal friend to our agriculture producers in Wyoming,” Barrasso stated. “Doug’s dedication and service to Wyoming’s agriculture industry makes him an outstanding choice for the Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame.”
In acceptance of his award, Miyamoto said, “It’s a great honor to be selected for this. Over the years, I have known almost everybody who has been inducted into the Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame, and I have a great amount of respect for all of them. I would say I have just been doing what I am supposed to be doing, and I couldn’t do it without fantastic representatives in Congress or without a very supportive boss.”
“I hope I can do a lot more to help Wyoming ag. It’s been a passion of mine,” he continued. “And this award is really important to me, especially because I get to be inducted with my longtime friend Juan Reyes.”
Having previously done business with Reyes, whom she also considers a good friend, Lummis provided a very personal tribute to the second hall of fame inductee.
“Juan’s remarkable story brought him to this point in his life where he is one of Wyoming’s most outstanding ag producers, and when you hear about his background, you’ll just marvel. It’s the great American success story,” she shared.
“Juan’s journey to Wyoming is nothing short of remarkable and inspiring,” Lummis added. “It began in a place that could hardly be more different from Wheatland or Tie Siding – Covadonga, Cuba. There, Juan’s family faced a heartbreaking decision no family should ever have to face – sending their young children away to a foreign land while their home and way of life were
threatened by Fidel Castro’s regime.”
She continued to note, at the young age of 11, with little more than the clothes on their backs, Reyes and his sisters were sent to Florida through Operation Peter Pan where they lived in a refugee camp with other children who made the journey. They were then moved to Washington state to live with a host family before their parents were finally able to join them.
After falling in love with agriculture as a teenager, Reyes enrolled at UW where he met his wife Joni, and the two soon began a business venture that would become wildly successful.
Today, Reyes and his family own and operate the renowned MR Angus Ranch, which is home to about 900 head of registered Angus cows and 100 head of commercial cows, as well as a 6,000- to 7,000-head capacity feedlot and combined acreage of owned and leased rangeland and farmland dedicated to growing corn, alfalfa and triticale under center pivot and flood irrigation systems.
Among his peers Reyes has become an iconic cattleman and cow dog trainer.
“So many ranchers in Wyoming know and admire Juan, and never so much more than when they learn his story as a young person, what he went through and how he has innovated to become one of Wyoming’s most important, most significant and most beloved ranchers,” Lummis concluded.
Upon accepting his award, Reyes credited his wife and two kids, Jennifer and Jason, for the role they have played in MR Angus Ranch’s success, and thanked friends and business partners in the crowd for the way they have “molded” his life.
“This is a family thing. It’s always been about family for me,” he stated. “It’s been a great life, and it couldn’t have been done without all of my friends. I mean that sincerely.”
WAIC Educator of the Year
After presenting the hall of fame induction awards,
WAIC Executive Director Andrew Joannides and WAIC Education Advocate Caro lyn Jacobs honored the 2025 WAIC Educator of the Year.
state who are stewards of our lands,” Jacobs shared. “Our state is wonderful, our state is special, and Neil is teaching Lander fifth graders exactly this – how to be stewards of the lands they love.”
As the 2025 Educator of the Year, Long was awarded a cash prize of $2,500, funded by the Vermillion Ranch, Wyoming Livestock Roundup and Mantha Phillips. Future of agriculture
In addition to recognizing some of Wyoming agri
Stark explained, “Deanships are important for supporting UW CALSNR, in this case, and for attracting and retaining good leaders.”
UW CALSNR Dean Kelly Crane expressed his excitement and gratitude for the funding, then invited the governor and first lady to the stage.
After congratulating the award winners, the governor announced a statewide and government-wide approach to redouble efforts to ensure
Jacobs noted Long began his teaching career in 2019 in Casper, where he adopted WAIC’s WyoWonders curric ulum in his third-grade class room. As an avid outdoors man, he focused on sharing the importance of Wyoming’s outdoor recreation and tour ism industry with his students and would often take them exploring through town.
Today, Long teaches fifth grade at Baldwin Elementary in Lander and has taken a new twist on the curriculum.
“Neil still teaches about outdoor recreation and tourism, but instead of focusing on more on the science aspect, he teaches his fifth graders about the ‘mystery stewards of Wyoming’ – the special people in our
BY RON RABOU The Field Field of Control
I’m not sure how it happened, but suddenly it is the middle of August.
I remember my grandfather telling me the older he got, the faster the time went. At this stage in my life, I certainly don’t consider myself old, but I honestly can’t imagine time going by any faster than it currently is.
I look forward to summer every year, mostly because the wind subsides and I don’t have to leave the house with a parka and 14 layers of clothes. But each year when spring arrives, we get busy in the field working, then summer begins to show itself – unfortunately only partially in June, mostly in July and sometimes, all of August – multiple harvests arrive, then it’s back to winter.
If you know a farmer, you know summer mostly means work – not days at the lake, road trips to national parks or backyard barbeques. For farmers, summer means extremely long days, endless battles with Mother Nature and a glimmer of hope all of the hard work will pay off in the end.
Farmers – especially those who live in unpredictable dry climates like Wyoming – are always walking the tight rope of unpredictability. It’s the only profession in the world I can think of where one must understand the concept of controlling what they can and letting God determine the outcome. That is, if they ever want to have a restful night of sleep.
I believe with all of my heart God is in control, and He’s never surprised by our failures, missteps or unfortunate circumstances.
But I’d be lying if I said there’s no stress when you don’t truly determine the outcome.
Each year I am con-
stantly aware of the fact all of the contracts, right crops, right inputs, right equipment and right land don’t mean a thing when a hailstorm can come through and wipe out all we have and all we have worked for in a matter of a few minutes or if Mother Nature doesn’t provide timely rains which are the lifeblood of what we grow.
There are a whole host of other things that can negate our ability to produce which are completely out of our control.
The cost of new equipment is astronomically high, yet mechanical breakdowns and the cost of repairs on used equipment are shockingly expensive.
Take for example a part we purchased this week. It was a piece for an air conditioning cab vent in a semitruck made of hard plastic with an elbow at the end with one slot for a bolt – in all about 2.5 inches long and half an inch wide. Seems simple enough.
How much, though?
$120! Sadly enough, this is perhaps one of the “cheapest” parts we’ve ever purchased, so let me shed a bit of perspective.
Currently, the value of a bushel of wheat at the local elevator is about $4.20 per bushel, delivered to them.
To pay for this part, including sales tax, we must produce a little over 30 bushels of wheat, not including our cost of production or the cost to make a 100-mile round trip to pick up the part.
Thirty bushels of wheat produces 2,700 loaves of whole wheat bread. On a national average, those loaves of bread will sell for $7,020. The entire scenario seems “out of whack.”
While my job as a farmer and an entrepreneur is to creatively maneuver our business plan to navigate prof-
itability out of this scenario, there are many things I’ve come to understand are just simply beyond my control.
Without this perspective, it’s an open invitation for stress to creep into nearly every aspect of my life.
Just as in life, there are many things we all face each day beyond our control.
So, what can help to keep us grounded in a world where so many things don’t make sense and where so much of what we face is beyond our scope of control?
When I work with audiences across the country, I bring it back to the basics of farming. I call it our “field of control.”
Within the borders of the field are the things we can control – in large part this boils down to our own thoughts, words, actions and attitudes. You can add whatever details you want, but to keep it simple and easy to remember, focus on those four.
On the outside of the field are the things beyond our control. This list could go on and on, but for the sake of simplicity and ease of remembrance, it involves other people’s thoughts, words, actions and attitudes.
Take a moment to “farmerize” your life and build your own “field of control.” Look introspectively to determine what you truly can and cannot control. The more you focus on what’s inside your field of control, the less stress you’ll feel.
I need to do it all the time, and it really works.
In the end, it’s imperative we all understand we are not the ultimate authority.
That authority belongs only to God. The more we lean on Him and the more we focus on how He instructs us to live and to believe, the more prosperous we will all become as we grow and bloom in our own individual field.
Ron Rabou is president of Rabou Farms, Inc. in southeastern Wyoming, a nationally known author, speaker and co-host of the nationally-syndicated podcast AgInspo. For more information, visit raboufarms.com
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Anderson Family of Highmore, S.D. for $425 per head.
In the commercial ewes, the highest-selling lot was five head of Rambouillet yearling ewes offered by Estelle Cook of Glad Valley, S.D. and purchased by Regan Derksen for $535 per head.
The volume buyer of
the sale was Corey Goeders of Pocahantas, Iowa, who purchased 97 ewes.
It was also a great day for youth, as SDSGA offers a youth buyer credit program where worthy kids aged 10 to 18 can apply for $500 toward the purchase of ewes in the sale.
The 2025 winners
were Regan Derksen, Rustin Nelson, Lainy Day and Abel Day, thanks to generous donors who stepped up to support this program.
SDSGA is a state member of the American Sheep Industry and the trade association for sheep producers of South Dakota, representing both farm flocks and range operations. For more information, visit sdsheepgrowers.org
For individuals planning to hunt this year, the time to complete a required hunter education course is now. As fall hunting seasons rapidly approach, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) is offering a final series of classes in multiple formats throughout the coming months, and spaces are filling up quickly. While a hunter education card is not required to apply for hunting licenses, it is a legal requirement to carry proof of completion in the field for all hunters born after Jan. 1, 1966. Certifications from other states are also permitted for new residents or outof-state hunters. Proof of certification is required at all times, and violators are subject to citations.
Hunter education courses are available as traditional in-person classes or a hybrid option. Traditional courses involve 12 to 15 hours of in-person instruction, while hybrid courses are a great option for adults with busy schedules.
Hybrid students must be at least 10 years old, complete an online course and then attend a four-hour, in-person Internet Completion Course to earn their certification. WGFD is also always looking for qualified volunteer instructors to teach hunter education courses and help ensure new hunters have a thorough understanding of safety, ethics and conservation.
For more information or to register for a class, visit wgfd.wyo.gov
by Lee Pitts
My name is Lee Pitts, and I’m addicted to auctions. I’m an auction junkie, and if I’m not working an auction, I’m watching one on the internet. If I had a dollar for every auction I’ve worked or watched, I’d be able to afford a therapist to help me deal with my awful auction addiction.
I’ve been working auctions as a ring man for over 50 years, and I have helped sell everything from A to Z – from alpacas and Angus cattle to Zebus and zebras.
During those five decades, I’ve seen some
Working lands and wildlife are what make Wyoming what it is, and they are inextricably linked. Not only are working ranches a key piece of Wyoming’s economy, but they also provide critical habitat and maintain migration corridors and winter range for the state’s iconic big game species.
On July 1, Gov. Mark Gordon visited four Absaroka Front ranches in partnership with the East Yellowstone Collaborative to showcase the importance of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) stewardship funding that keeps lands open and wildlife habitat protected.
“Wyoming leads the country on our migration corridor work because we respect private property owners. We have an incredible opportunity here to continue to cross boundaries and work together on big game migration,” Gordon said.
“The success from these landowner-focused initiatives is evident. Together, we should be celebrating the importance of agriculture and ranching more, as well as the importance of private property to wildlife populations, landscapes, communities and our state’s culture.”
Wyoming Migratory Big Game Initiative
The USDA-Wyoming Migratory Big Game Initiative included a $21 million investment in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming in 2025 to protect iconic big game migrations through the voluntary implementation of conservation practices to assist private working lands.
Originating from a Wyoming-led effort to support working lands and wildlife migration, the program has secured more than 287,000 acres in habitat leases and improved habitat on more than 500,000 acres.
By introducing the first USDA habitat lease, the partnership helps to shift conservation from a regulatory model to one that incen-
very funny stuff, like the time a 2,000-pound bull decided to join the auctioneer on the auction block. There wasn’t room for both of them, so the auctioneer dove into the ring.
Then there was the time a very crazy cow began butting the bullboard. A ring man was standing behind the bullboard, and with each butt of the cow, the board inched ever closer to the ring man’s chest. We were afraid he’d be slowly crushed to death. He survived, but for the rest of his life he was a hunchback.
tivizes farmers and ranchers. This ensures working land remains productive, while also providing critical wildlife habitat.
Cody Rancher Mary Anne Dingus describes the initiative as a successful partnership driven by the unique needs of each farm or ranch guided by a shared vision.
“At our place, we’ve benefitted from cheatgrass control. We have a habitat lease,” Dingus says. “When you scratch the surface, you don’t have to go very deep before finding out there are so many shared values. It’s just a matter of making the investment to make things happen. It’s hard to do, but a lot of great work has gotten done. This effort shows what’s possible.”
Project funding Elk, deer, pronghorn and more migrate seasonally to survive the state’s harsh winters and hot summers. Working lands make up a significant portion of big game habitat in the state.
This funding touches down in four priority areas –and the Wind River Indian Reservation – determined by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department based on important migratory corridors and winter habitat.
“The Migratory Big Game Initiative has provided essential funding for range improvements to landowners in priority areas who already provide suitable habitat for our wildlife. Without continued support for these funds, we risk the loss of not only our large agricultural parcels, but critical habitat for iconic wildlife species,” said Erin Welty, senior Wyoming conservation associate with the Greater Yellowstone Coalition and a partner in the East Yellowstone Collaborative.
The initiative supports landowners as they complete projects to benefit working lands and the wildlife that depend on them. Projects funded by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation
Note to anyone having an auction – make sure the posts of the bullboard are securely cemented and termites haven’t compromised its integrity.
I witnessed two auctions that were real show stoppers. One was delayed at least an hour and 45 minutes because the auctioneer failed to show up, and the other was when a cow got wedged in behind the bullboard and we couldn’t get her out.
Although we all laugh about it now, the Pruett-Wray sale in Arizona harmed us all in a very personal way.
The reason a lot of ring men and auctioneers are slightly to obscenely obese is because we pig out on the free barbecue every day at purebred cattle auctions during the fall and spring runs. Pruett-Wray put on a nice big spread for
Service include conservation easements, wildlife-friendly fencing, fence removal, water infrastructure, cheatgrass treatments and more.
In exchange for maintaining wildlife habitat on their property, producers can also receive annual “rental” payments funded by USDA’s Farm Service Agency.
“This has been such a unified effort from the federal level to the state in support of working lands and wildlife migrations in the Greater Yellowstone Region,” said East Yellowstone Collaborative Facilitator Laura Bell. “What makes this initiative so unusual is how closely landowners were involved in shaping it from the start. Their feedback was sought out, and they responded.”
Along with landowners, local producers and conservation groups, Gordon visited sites at the Quarter Circle 11 Ranch, Lazy BV Ranch, a lower South Fork ranch and the Pitchfork Ranch to see the on-
everyone, but we should have known something was wrong with the beans because they were still bubbling long after they were removed from the fire.
Before long, the stands started emptying out as everyone was out behind a building barfing their guts out. The line to the Porta-Potty was 20 deep. Even the sale manager was afflicted, and he left the auction stand saying “WHOA OH, OH!”
After this sale, I made it a rule to never eat the beans or the potato salad at cattle auctions.
Also in Arizona were the many John Wayne sales I attended. While the Duke was alive, his sales were often the highest averaging sales in the Hereford business. If a person bought a bull, they got a photograph with the Duke. After he died, the market
cooled off considerably.
The most dangerous sale I ever worked was a Longhorn auction in Elko, Nev. We were cruising along nicely when a longhorned devil who knew how to use her 60 inches of horn entered the ring blowing snot and kicking up dust.
The witch picked up one side of the makeshift ring with her horns, then somehow got under the panel, knocked over an entire section of metal seating and was head-hunting humans to shish-kabob. The sale was indoors so we were all trapped until someone opened the door and the witch was last seen running east down Interstate 80.
I missed out on the video auctions the Texans had on an airplane and a cruise ship, but I did work one of the first – and last –
ostrich sales. All I knew about ostriches was they were selling for around $30,000. The auctioneer had never sold an ostrich sale before, so he was somewhat surprised when the ostrich in the ring became obsessed with his big diamond ring. When the ostrich pecked at the shiny object in the middle of his chant, he jumped three feet in the air and said the F word on the way down, amongst other profanities.
Needless to say, he never sold another ostrich, but it didn’t really matter because shortly thereafter the ostrich market took a big belly flop and breeders were turning their birds loose to fend for themselves Oops, I’ve ranted on too long and I better quit because I don’t want to be late for my AAA meeting – Auction Addicts Anonymous.
the-ground successes of this funding.
The success of the Wyoming initiative led to its expansion into the neighboring states of Idaho and Montana.
The continuation of pro-
grams like this across the ecosystem is critical to preserving working lands, agricultural heritage and migratory wildlife.
Laura Bell is the East Yellowstone Collaborative facilitator and Emilie Ritter is the director of communications and marketing for the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. They can be reached by e-mailing eritter@greateryellowstone. org or laura@legacyworksgroup.com.
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Aug. 18 Wyoming State Board of Control Third Statutory Meeting, 9:30 a.m., National Museum of Military Vehicles, Dubois. For more information, contact Cheryl Timm at 307-777-6899 or cheryl.timm@wyo.gov.
Aug. 19 Wyoming Livestock Board Public Meeting, 8:30 a.m., Turntable Room, Thyra Thomson Building, Casper. For more information or to livestream, visit wlsb.state.wy.us
Aug. 20 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory Open House, 8 a.m., Whitman, Neb. For more information and to RSVP, visit go.unl. edu/gslopenhouse
Aug. 21 2025 Grocery Industry Summit, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Younes Conference Center South, Kearney, Neb. For more information or to register, visit nebgrocery.com
Aug. 22 Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Winter Feeding Webinar, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., online. For more information or to register, visit tx.ag/winterfeeding or call Michelle Sensing at 903-847-0611.
Aug. 22
Aug. 22
Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust Conserved Ranch Tour, 9:30 a.m.1:30 p.m., Jaw Bone Gluch Ranch, Laramie County. For more information or to RSVP, contact Sarah Kauer at sarah@wsglt.org or 307-772-8751.
Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust 25th Anniversary Celebration, 5-8:30 p.m., Cheyenne Frontier Days Event Center, Cheyenne. For more information, visit wsglt.org or call 307-772-8751.
Aug. 22-23 2025 Meeker Mustang Makeover, Meeker, Colo. For more information, visit meekermustangmakeover.org
Aug. 22-24 Sheepherder’s Rendezvous, Glenrock City Park, Glenrock. For more information, visit @GlenrockSheepherdersRendezvous on Facebook, e-mail glenrocksheepherdersrendezvous@gmail.com or call 307-351-5375 or 307-262-0513.
Aug. 23 Inaugural University of Wyoming Extension Ag and Art Tour, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Laramie County. For more information, visit bit.ly/ag-art-site or e-mail wyagandarttour@gmail.com.
Aug. 23-24 Upton Gun Show, Upton Community Center, Upton. For more information, call 307-281-9980.
Aug. 28 Wyoming Rescue Mission Sermon on the Mount, Wyoming Rescue Mission Recovery Ranch, Douglas. For more information or to RSVP, call 307224-7008.
Aug. 29-30 Click Thompson Rodeo Photography Workshop, Fort Worth, Texas. For more information or to RSVP, call 817-823-2675 or e-mail clickthompson@ gmail.com.
Aug. 29-31 Up In Arms LLC Flea Market and Gun Show, The CAM-PLEX, Gillette. For more information, call 208-420-2295.
Sept. 4-6
Stockmanship and Stewardship, Springfield, Mo. For more information, visit stockmanshipandstewardship.org
Sept. 5-7 44th Annual Hells Canyon Mule Days, Wallowa County Event Center and Fairgrounds, Enterprise, Ore. For more information, visit hellscanyonmuledays.com
Sept. 6 Wind River Wild Horse Ranch Day, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Wind River Wild Horse Sanctuary, Lander. For information, visit blm.gov/whb/events, e-mail wildhorse@blm.gov or call 866-468-7826.
Sept. 9 97th Annual Wyoming State Ram Sale, 11 a.m., Wyoming State Fairgrounds, Douglas. For more information, visit wyowool.com
Sept. 9 Wyoming Game and Fish Department Landowner of the Year Award Ceremony, Lander. For more information, visit wgfd.wyo.gov
Sept. 10-11 Montana Wool Growers Association 100th Annual Ram Sale, Miles City, Mont. For more information, visit mtsheep.org or call 406-442-1330.
Sept. 10-11 West Greeley Conservation District Ranching for Profit Workshop, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., West Greeley Conservation District Office, Greeley, Colo. For more information or to RSVP, e-mail leroy.hall@wgcd.org or call 970-230-7025.
Sept. 11-13
Women in Ranching Education and Development Series, Canyon, Texas. For more information or to register, visit ancw.org/wired
Sept. 12 Homesteader Days Festival Farm-to-Table Dinner, Homesteader Museum, Powell. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit homesteader museum.com
Sept. 12-13 Returning to the Ranch Workshop Series, West Central Research, Extension and Education Center, North Platte, Neb. For more information or to register, visit cap.unl.ed/returning25
Sept. 12-13 Bureau of Land Management Wyoming Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Event, Wyoming Honor Farm, Riverton. For information, visit blm.gov/whb/ events, e-mail wildhorse@blm.gov or call 866-468-7826.
Sept. 13 Homesteader Days Festival, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Homesteader Museum, Powell. For more information, visit homesteadermuseum.com
Sept. 13 Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation 11th Annual Wyoming Needs Agriculture Event, 2:15-5:15 p.m., Indoor Practice Facility, University of Wyoming Campus, Laramie. For more information, visit wyfb.org
Aug. 18-19
Aug. 18-22
Aug. 23
Aug. 23
Northern Livestock Video Auction Early Fall Preview, 866-616-5035, northernlivestockvideo.com
Superior Livestock Auction Big Horn Classic, 800-422-2117, superiorlivestock.com
Memory Ranches Third Annual Foal Sale, at the ranch, Wells, Nev., 208412-6156, 208-695-0399, memoryranches.com
Colorado Horse Sale, Adams County Fairgrounds, Brighton, Colo., 970-7448989, coloradohorsesale.com
Aug. 23 27th Annual Come To The Source Horse Sale, Laramie, 970-231-8384, cometothesource.com
Aug. 23
Aug. 23-26
Aug. 24
Aug. 30
Aug. 30
Aug. 30
Hot August Auction, 20655 CR 101, Ramah, Colo., 719-494-4804, 719-4944902, doublediamondauctions.com
Lauing Mill Iron L Ranch 20th Annual QH Production Sale, online auction only, prohorseservices.com, 605-347-6193, 605-280-0698, 605-280-0398, lauingmillironlranch.com
RQHBA 25th Annual Horse Sale, Besler’s Cadillac Ranch, Belle Fourche, S.D., 605-347-1964, 605-639-9482, rqhba.com
Proffit Ranch 24th Annual Labor Day Horse Sale, Diamond X Barn, Evanston, 307-723-5857, proffitranch.blogspot.com
Huskerland Horse Sale Extravaganza, Burwell Livestock Market, Burwell, Neb., 308-383-0039, dvauction.com
Sundance Select Horse Sale, Crook County Fairgrounds, Sundance, 307302-2090, 307-281-2273, 662-538-5110, sundanceselecthorsesale.com
Sept. 9 97th Annual Wyoming State Ram Sale, Wyoming State Fairgrounds, Douglas, 307-265-5250, wyowool.com/ramsale
Sept. 10
12th Annual Montana Ewe Sale, Eastern Montana Fairgrounds, Miles City, Mont., mtsheep.org
Sept. 11 100th Annual Montana Ram Sale, Eastern Montana Fairgrounds, Miles City, Mont., mtsheep.org
Sept. 11
Sept. 12-13
Sept. 13
Sept. 15
Cattle Country Video Frontier Fall Roundup, Cheyenne Frontier Days Event Center, Cheyenne, 888-322-8853, cattlecountryvideo.com
Van Norman and Friends 29th Annual Production Sale, Elko County Fairgrounds, Elko, Nev., 775-934-7404, vannormansale.com
Open Box Rafter Ranch Quarter Horses 32nd Annual Production Sale, Rapid City, S.D., 605-538-4450, rafterranch.com
Northern Livestock Video Auction Fall Premier, 866-616-5035, northernlivestockvideo.com
In conclusion of a brief history of the sheep wagon, we pass along further comments by Agnes Wright Spring in her feature article “Sheep Wagon Home on Wheels Originated in Wyoming, which appeared in the December 1940 issue of the Wyoming Stockman-Farmer
The story concluded:
The Schulte Company has continued to make sheep wagons for 40 years and is now turning out, on order, a new type for around $600 – an all metal, flat-bottomed wagon which is streamlined in every detail and is insulated with cellatex. It is mounted on rubber tires.
under the title of “Sheep Wagons: Folk Housing in Wyoming.” It included much of the information provided by the Carbon County Museum, as well as the spring article. Junge noted:
One of the more fascinating aspects of the sheep wagons is the fact people other than herders made the wagons their home.
Although the image is that of the lone herder and his dog, the reality is the sheepherder’s wives and children often shared the wagon. In a six-and-ahalf foot by 10-foot space, one wonders how this was possible.
folks unrelated to the sheep ranching industry, such as Bill Hudson who lived in a wagon parked on a vacant lot in Douglas when he attended high school.
A sheep wagon was Jessie A. Bryant’s first home, shared with her mother, a Saratoga school teacher.
Sheep wagons apparently served as temporary housing for many people, especially during the depression years of the 1920s and 1930s. See accompanying photograph.
In fact, my first home in the Saratoga area was a sheep wagon.
My father, Bob Perue, tells of not being able to acquire a house in 1938 when the family moved from the Laramie Plains to the Pick Ranch below Saratoga, so dad, my mother, a younger brother and I shared a sheep wagon for six months when I was about three years old.
Herders living in these wagons enjoy radios and many modern conveniences, and they keep snug and warm while blizzards rage.
In some locations, automobile pick-ups are displacing the faithful, plodding teams used to move sheep wagons about. In fact, sheepmen themselves are using airplanes to go on sheep buying expeditions.
The sheep industry, including the sheep wagon, unquestionably is keeping abreast of the times.
In 1993-94, Mark Junge, then editor of Wyoming Annals, launched a project to update the history of the sheep wagon
Additionally, the sheep wagon served as temporary housing for
Plus, my dad used to tell me I was born in a sheep wagon, and I was about 10 years old before I knew the true story.
from
by Perue
Agriculture people really hate to complain about all the rain, but hay producers would sure like a week of sunshine and warm weather without rain to get some good or better- quality hay produced. There will be several thousand tons utility to fair quality alfalfa hay wrapped in bales this season. Per the drought monitor only some spots in the state are showing abnormally dry conditions. Most of the state is in pretty good condition for moisture due to all the blessings from good ole Mother Nature since May.
Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Torrington
Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Greeley, CO
National Sheep Summary
As of August 8, 2025
Compared to last week slaughter Slaughter lambs steady to instances of 5.00 higher. Slaughter ewes sold with higher undertones compared to last week’s light test. Good demand for slaughter lambs of all weights. Very good demand for ewes. All sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless otherwise specified. Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-3 San Angelo: 50-60 lbs 240.00; 60-70 lbs 228.00.00; 70-80 lbs 233.00; 80-90 lbs 220.00.
Billings: 120-130 lbs 175.00; 130-140 lbs 175.00-178.00. Ft. Collins: 50-60 lbs 220.00-240.00; 60-70 lbs 210.00220.00; 80-90 lbs 210.00-230.00; 90-100 lbs 205.00-230.00; 110-120 lbs 200.00-205.00; 130-140 lbs 205.00-230.00. Sioux Falls: 60-70 lbs 225.00-245.00; 70-80 lbs 195.00220.00; 80-90 lbs 220.00-225.00; 90-100 lbs 205.00-227.50; 100-110 lbs 205.00-227.50; 110-120 lbs 210.00-215.00; 120130 lbs 210.00-230.00; 130-140 lbs 217.50-231.00; 140-150 lbs 227.00-235.00; 150-160 lbs 220.00-222.50. Equity Coop: No test. Slaughter Ewes San Angelo: Good 2-3 95.00-116.00.
Billings: Good 2-3 78.00-87.00; Good 3-4 79.00-82.00. Ft. Collins: Good 2-3 95.00-135.00; Good 4-5 130.00-140.00. Sioux Falls: Good 2-3: 85.00-120.00; Good 4-5: 95.00105.00; Utility 1-2: 75.00-115.00. Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1 San Angelo: No test.
Billings: 40-50 lbs 240.00-249.00; 50-60 lbs 238.00-247.00; 60-70 lbs 228.00-240.00; 70-80 lbs 222.00-229.50; 80-90 lbs 210.00-224.00; 90-100 lbs 190.50-203.50; 100-110 lbs 180.00187.00; 110-120 lbs 181.00-188.00.
Ft. Collins: 80-90 lbs 200.00; 100-110 lbs 200.00. Sioux Falls: 40-50 lbs 265.00-285.00; 50-60 lbs 250.00265.00; 60-70 lbs 255.00; 70-80 lbs 240.00. Equity Coop: 90-100 lbs 223.50. Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2
San Angelo: No test.
Ft. Collins: No test.
South Dakota: No test.
Billings: No test.
Sheep and lamb slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date totaled 32,000 compared to 32,000 last week and 34,517 last year.
Source: USDA AMS LPG Market News, San Angelo, Texas
Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Kearny, NE
Montana Hay Summary
As of August 8, 2025
Compared to last report (7-11-25): Hay sold generally steady. Demand was not as robust over the last two weeks as it was the previous two weeks. Summer rains in drought stricken areas have helped soften demand slightly. Demand this week was still moderate to good with many producers reporting large sales. Demand and hay prices both increase as FOB locations move north. Hay along the highline is the highest priced hay in the state, however very little hay is available for sale. Delivered prices for hay to the highline remain high but have moderated slightly. Delivered prices were mostly 200.00-230.00 over the last two weeks. A large supply of hail and rain on hay is on the market. However, most early purchases have been high quality hay with little to no rain or hail damage. Additionally, late summer rains have been detrimental to malt barley and wheat production, especially in Southern Montana, as many producers report sprouting in the head due to high moisture levels. This is putting large volumes of feed on the market. Drought conditions have contracted over the western and northern portions of the state. Cattle herd expansion is on the minds of many ranchers and many are purchasing hay and grain hay ahead of winter as they try to fine enough feed to sustain extra mouths. Producers in Southern and Eastern Montana are wrapping up 2nd cutting and have started irrigating 3rd.
Public Notice: Wyoming Pork Producers Association and the National Pork Board
The election of pork producer delegate candidates for the 2026 National Pork Producers (Pork Act) Delegate Body will take place at 6:00 p.m., Aug. 24, 2025 in conjunction with a Board of Directors meeting of the Wyoming Pork Producers Association at the Grace Werner Ag Pavilion, 125 College Dr., Casper, WY. All Wyoming pork producers are invited to attend. Any producer, age 18 or older, who is a resident of the state and has paid all assessments due may be considered as a delegate candidate and/or participant in the election. All eligible producers are encouraged to bring with them a sales receipt proving that the hogs were sold in their name and the checkoff deducted. For more information, contact Jeremy Burkett (State Executive for Wyoming Pork Producers Association), 125 College Dr., Casper, WY 82601, (307) 630-6267.
UPTON GUN SHOW AUGUST 23-24: Upton Community Center, Upton, WY. Sat., Aug 23, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun., Aug. 24, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Admission $5 at the door. Lunch sold both days. Guns, knives, hunting items and reloading supplies. For more information, call 307281-9980. Sponsored in part by the Weston County Travel Commission 8/16
UP IN ARMS, LLC FLEA MARKET AND GUN SHOW AUG. 29-31 Gillette, WY at the CAMPLEX. Open to the public. Fri., Aug. 29, 3 p.m.-7 p.m. Sat., Aug. 30, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun., Aug. 31, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Giving away a .22 pistol Sunday at 2 p.m., must be present to win, 21 years of age and able to pass background check. Buy, sell, trade. Adults $6, children 12 and under free (when accompanied by an adult). For more information, contact Lisa, 208-4202295 8/23
CORRECTIONS AGRICULTURE CROPS PROGRAM
SUPERVISOR: Are you a seasoned ag leader wanting to make a real difference? Join Wyoming’s Department of Corrections as a Corrections Agriculture Crops Program Supervisor in Riverton, WY. You’ll manage everything from seed planting to harvest, supervise inmate workers and teach essential life and vocational skills while supporting livestock feed programs and sustaining farm equipment operations. Three to 4 years’ experience in agriculture/farming or bachelor’s in ag. Knowledge of crop science, irrigation and farm equipment. Strong leadership and safety awareness. Rewarding opportunity to contribute to public safety and inmate rehabilitation. $24.78/hour plus full benefits: Tuition reimbursement, retirement, health care. Riverton, WY, Wyoming Honor Farm. Learn more and apply www.governmentjobs.com/careers/wyoming/ jobs/4943010/corrections-agriculture-crops-program-supervisor-2025-01356. Grow with us, help cultivate futures, both in the field and beyond. #WyomingJobs #Agriculture #Reentry #PublicService #LeadershipOpportunity 8/30
ALL TYPES OF EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLE FINANCING. Great service!! Great rates!! Call Chuck Brown at C.H. Brown Co., LLC, 307-3223232 (office), 307-331-0010 (cell) or e-mail chuckbrown@ wyoming.com 8/16
LOOKING FOR A FULL-TIME FARM/RANCH EMPLOYEE:
Seeking a motivated individual to assist in day-to-day operations of our working ranch. The role supports the current foreman and works alongside to ensure smooth and efficient operation of livestock, haying, equipment and facility management. Applicant must have a strong agricultural background and a hands-on approach to problem solving and daily ranch work. The position is long term and offers a clear path to increased responsibilities, pay and leadership over time. Location of the ranch is remote. Housing is provided and on a school bus route. Position open immediately. Please send resume with references by mail or email to: PeeGee Ranch, 1251 Lower Powder River Road, Arvada, WY 82831, pgranch@ rangeweb.net. Call 307-7362461 9/6
WE’RE HIRING!! LOOKING TO FILL THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS AND ARE WILLING TO TRAIN: MEAT CUTTER, SLAUGHTER FLOOR OPERATIONS AND WRAPPERS. Located in Dayton, WY about 20 miles from Sheridan, WY. Starting pay is dependent on experience. We are starting between $20-$30/hour and will train you. If interested in any of the positions, please call 307-655-2551. You can also stop into our plant to apply or for more information, Valley Meat Co., 297 Hwy. 343, Dayton, WY 82836. If you have any questions about the positions, please feel free to send us an e-mail at sam@ valleymeatco.com. Thank you and looking forward to your application!! 8/16
AGRI-ONE FINANCIAL: Farm/ ranch and all commercial loans. RATES AS LOW AS 5%. We have been helping with all aspects of agricultural, commercial financing and management for years. LET US HELP YOU on a consulting level with management to increase profitability, deal with and fix credit problems and for all your financing needs. WE CARE AND HAVE WORKING PROGRAMS designed for the farmer/rancher and not the banker. Please call Steve, 303-773-3545 or check out our website, www.agrionefinancial.com. I will come to you and get the job done!! 9/6
OWN A PIECE OF WYOMING HISTORY, OLD WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: LRC, LTH, originally issued in 1910. Purchased by my grandfather in 1913. Easy to read when placed on cows or horses, $12,500. Call 307-6316838 9/6
WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: RRC, RSH. Registered until Jan. 1, 2035. No horses or cattle with brand. No irons available. $1,500. Call Ronnie at 303913-2493, leave a message if no answer 8/16
REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: LRC, LSS, LSH. Fees paid thru Jan. 2029. Two fire irons, 2.5 and 3.5 inch. Three electric irons, 2.5, 3.5 and 5.5 inch. $3,250. Call or text 307-575-7065 9/6
COYOTE HOUND PUPPIES: Out of proven hunting parents. Protect livestock from predators. Also make loyal companions. First shots. Call 719-469-3190 8/30
LIVESTOCK GUARD DOG FOR SALE: Spayed female started on sheep, out of great working mother with proven predator control. She is Akbash/Komondor. Sire is Akbash/Pyrenees/Anatolian. Blue Lady was born July 4, 2024. UTD on shots. Ready to go, with the flock now. $1,000. Near Moore, MT. Call 406374-2406 8/16
MINI SHEEPADOODLES: Mom (mini sheepadoodles) first generation AKC Old English sheepdog/AKC toy poodle. Sire of this litter is a 5 lb. AKC toy poodle. Perfect little lap babies. Small, healthy, home raised, beautiful babies. UTD on shots, vet checked, microchipped, pellet box trained. $900-$2,000. May be able to help with delivery. Call 307-272-3180. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds 8/16
RANGE COWS FOR SALE: Running age, black and red, have been with a bull since June 2. Call 435-353-4065 9/6 Angus
BULLS FOR SALE: Registered yearling and 2-year-old Black Angus range bulls for sale private treaty. Good selection for heifers and cows. From
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(mgiliati@ acpg.com) for details 8/16
Saddles & Tack
GET READY FOR THE RIDE!! Large SELECTION of saddles, HEADSTALLS, reins and SADDLE pads. $AVE on BOOTS: HONDO, BOULET, JUSTIN WORK BOOTS, TWISTED X (boots and shoes) and more!! Well stocked for arena, range and above the plains. WE CAN ship!! Shop Moss Saddles, Boots and Tack, 4648 West Yellowstone Highway, Casper,
RANCHERS QUARTER
HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION SALE AUG. 24 : Located at Besler’s Cadillac Ranch, Belle Fourche, S.D. Selling 81 head. Yearling Futurity $3,000 added. Featuring a yearling in-hand trail class!! All 2024 foals eligible to win in 2025. Ranch Horse Futurity, added money, open to 2- and 3-year-olds sold through the sale. Invitational saddle horse session, have 21 riders and 7 yearlings. Online bidding available day of sale with pre-approval through Tri-State Livestock at www.thestockshow.hibid. com/auctions/current . For more information, call Clete Schmidt, 605-641-0669 or Susan Riesland, 605-6399482, www.rqhba.com . “The Sale Where You Can Buy With Confidence” 8/16
2025 CERTIFIED GRASS HAY SMALL SQUARE
HAMP/SUFFOLK CROSS, POLYPAY/DORSET CROSS RAMS FOR SALE: These rams are big boned, heavy muscled and high performing. They are not tall frame sheep. We sell all across the Midwest. Call DJ, 605-9290337 8/16
GERDES HAMPSHIRES HAS 32 REGISTERED PUREBRED HAMPSHIRE RAMS: Born in the winter of 2025. Our rams are big framed, fast growing with plenty of depth, muscle and bone. These are wether producing type Hampshires without excessive leg length but possess tremendous thickness of loin and leg. Rams are sired by stud rams purchased from leading Hampshire sheep breeders at national sales and are sired by sons of Unicorn, UFFDA and Jackalope. For more information, call or text Darrell Gerdes of Madison, S.D. at 402-760-0104. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds 8/30
WEANER PIGS FOR SALE, located in Powell, WY. For more information, call 307271-1014 1/17
Seed
2,500 tons, 3x4 squares, straight alfalfa, mostly tarped, $145/ton. Near Bozeman, MT. Call Doug 406-581-4124
LARGE ROUNDS OF GRASS AND ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE. Net wrapped, delivered in semi loads. ALSO, custom hauling with a 53’ step deck trailer. Call 605770-6453 8/30
TONS AND TONS OF HAY FOR SALE!!! Alfalfa, alfalfa/grass mix, straight grass (crested wheat and native grasses), winter wheat, 1,300-1,350 lb. netwrapped round bales. Deliveries are available if needed or come and get it. Sheridan, WY area. Call the ranch, 307-737-2680 or 307-751-2068 (cell) 8/30
CERTIFIED BARLEY STRAW FOR SALE, 3x4 bales. Cody, WY. Call 307-899-1952 TFN
HAY FOR SALE: 2025 first and second cutting grass/alfalfa, first and upcoming second cutting alfalfa. ALSO, 2025 and 2024 haybet barley, low nitrates. 2024 first and second cutting alfalfa, grass/alfalfa. 2023 first and second cutting alfalfa, milo and grass/alfalfa. 2022 first and second cutting alfalfa. GRINDING HAY also available. All in net-wrapped round bales. Semi load delivery available. Call for pricing, ask for Klint, 701-2904418, send a text if no answer or keep trying 8/23
90 NET-WRAPPED ROUND BALES, 1,500 lbs., grass/alfalfa mix, 2024 crop, $125/ton. Located in Cody, WY. Calls only, 307-899-3737 8/23
2025 HAY AVAILABLE: Round bales and small squares. Grass/alfalfa mix and alfalfa. ALSO, have certified grass and alfalfa. Located in Powell, WY. Call JK, 307-254-8201 8/16
VALLEY VIDEO HAY MARKETS, LLC: Representing 40 of the best growers in eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska. Call now for your summer/fall needs, Barry McRea, 308-235-5386, www.valleyvideohay.com 8/16
BALES: Barn stored, $10/ bale, 71 lb. average. 2025 GRASS ROUND BALES, net wrapped, $200/ton. 2025 ALFALFA ROUND BALES, net wrapped, $200/ton. 1,300 lb. average on rounds. No rain on any. ALSO, some 2024 net-wrapped grass and alfalfa bales available, reasonable offers considered. Powell, WY. Call 307-254-4865 9/6
BARLEY STRAW: Certified weed-free small squares, $4/ bale. ALSO, 5x6 round bales, $125/ton. GRAIN OATS, wheat and barley, $20/cwt. Greybull, WY area. Call 307762-3878 or 307-899-4714, leave message 9/6
VERY NICE FIRST OR SECOND CUTTING ALFALFA FOR SALE: Located in the Sterling, CO area. Call 970520-7775 8/16
ROUND-BALED GRASS: 2024 crop $30/bale, need to move. ALSO, 2025 crop 1,000 lb. netwrapped bales. Cody, WY area. Call, don’t text, Anthony at 307-254-2645 8/16
CERTIFIED ORGANIC ALFALFA/GRASS MIX HAY: No chemicals, 3x3 squares and round bales. Adrian Troyer, Byron, WY. Call 307-631-4104 12/27
GOOD QUALITY HAY FOR SALE: Alfalfa/orchardgrass mix and straight alfalfa, all in net-wrapped round bales. Nisland, S.D. For more information and pricing, call 605892-5676 8/16
FIRST CUTTING ALFALFA AND GRASS/ALFALFA, round and small square bales. For more information, call 307-754-5864 8/16
2025 OATS HAY FOR SALE: 300 tons put up in soft dough stage. Net-wrapped bales put up with a John Deere 569 baler with average bale weight of 1,300-1,350 lbs. Call for exact pricing/pickup options. Located in Java, S.D. Call 605-281-3002 9/6
CERTIFIED WEED-FREE PURE
ALFALFA HAY: Small squares, averaging 70-80 lbs. each. 2025 first cutting available for $225/ton. ALSO, 100+ tons of 2024 hay with weather damage. Would be good cow hay or great for compost. $50/ton. Will load trucks and any open trailer. MONIDA OATS: $16/cwt. Combine run. Will auger into truck, trailer or large totes/ ag bags. Located between Powell and Cody, WY. Call or text Knopp Farms for details, 307254-0554 8/16
Located in Wapiti, WY, 412-849-1676. evenings 6-9 p.m. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds 8/30
2023 KIOTI RX7320: Power shuttle with creep, 73 HP, 3 remotes, live hydraulics to the front, fluid in tires, block heater, 92 hours and Bluetooth stereo. $47,500. For more details, call 307-388-3300 9/6
FOR SALE: WATER TRAILER with (4) 1,500 gallon water tanks, 3 cones, 2 pumps, 50 ft. hose, electric start. ALSO, International 1256 tractor and John Deere 4520 tractor. Call 701290-2504 9/6 LODGEPOLE OUTDOOR FURNACES, 307-223-2046. Your authorized Central Boiler Dealer. Get your outdoor wood furnace today!! $2,000 tax credit on qualifying models!! Efficient wood heat. Heat multiple buildings. Invest in your heating, don’t just pay for it!! See us at www.cb.lodgepoleproducts. com!! 8/30
2006 KEYSTONE SPRINGDALE BUMPER PULL CAMPER TRAILER, 26’ long with one 12’ slide out. Tub/shower unit combo. Second owner, new tires, used twice. Excellent condition. Please call 307-349-2230 or 307-3492834 for more information 9/6
2006 GMC SIERRA 3500: Extended cab, single wheel, 4x4, Duramax, Allison automatic, 138,700 miles. $20,000. Call/ text for pictures and information, 307-680-8411, if no answer leave message 8/23
2012 FORD F-650 FLATBED: 6.7L Cummins, Allison automatic. Good condition, 18’ flatbed, Vanair PTO driven air compressor, 161,000 miles. Best offer. Golden, CO. Call Eric at 720-312-9582. To view photos, go to www.wylr. net in the classifieds 8/30
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The 2025 Wyoming Ranch Rodeo Finals took place on Aug. 12 during the Wyoming State Fair (WSF). The fan-favorite ranch rodeo drew a large crowd to Douglas for an entertaining showcase of teamwork and ranching talent from working cowboys and cowgirls.
The evening began with a prayer and playing of the National Anthem before launching into events including bronc riding, wild cow milking, trailer loading, team branding and team doctoring.
Eight teams – Silver Spur Ranch Cow Creek, Silver Spur Ranch Walden, Hubert Trucking, #1 Properties Ranch and Rec, Benchmark Cattle, McNabb Ranches, Fiddleback Ranch and Say When – made up of five members each, competed at the finals.
The team who recorded the fastest time or highest score in each event was awarded eight points, with points for second through eighth places awarded on a descending scale. The team with the highest number of aggregate points across all events won the rodeo and a $2,200 check.
Overall results
Both Silver Spur Ranch teams had a good showing at the WSF Ranch Rodeo Finals to come out on top.
Silver Spur Ranch Cow Creek placed first with 31.5 points, followed closely by Silver Spur Ranch Walden in second with 31 points. They brought home payouts of $2,200 and $1,650, respectively.
Hubert Trucking and #1 Properties Ranch and Rec each brought in 29 points across the events, but Hubert Trucking ultimately ranked higher to secure the $1,100 thirdplace check thanks to Colton Roark’s tie-breaking bronc ride.
#1 Properties Ranch and Rec took home $550 for their fourth-place finish.
Benchmark Cattle finished fifth with 17 points, followed by McNabb Ranches with 12 points.
Fiddleback Ranch collected 11 points for fourth place, and Say When rounded out the rankings in eighth place with 10.5 points.
Event results
In the bronc riding, Roark came out on top with a 77-point ride aboard Tar Baby to secure eight points for Hubert Trucking. Colton Miller of #1 Properties Ranch and Rec was hot on Roark’s heels with a 76-point ride aboard Magpie.
Kurt McNabb secured six points for McNabb Ranches with a 74-point score, followed by Weston Tackett of Silver Spur Ranch Walden who scored 73 points. Wade Pulver of Silver Spur Ranch Cow Creek and Brandon Morris of Say When each
brought in 3.5 points for their respective teams with 68-point rides.
The wild cow milking was a sight to behold as each team scrambled to be the fastest to rope, mug and milk a cow and carry the milk safely to the judge.
Silver Spur Ranch Cow Creek reigned supreme with a time of 44.16 seconds, followed by Silver Spur Ranch Walden with 49.08 seconds. #1 Properties Ranch and Rec crossed the line in 51.03 seconds to secure third place.
Next came team trailer loading, where contestants worked to sort three cows from the herd and load them into a trailer.
Once again, Silver Spur Ranch Cow Creek came out on top with a total time of one minute and 12 seconds. They were followed by Benchmark Cattle with one minute and 29 seconds, then by Silver Spur Ranch Walden with a time of one minute and 35 seconds.
Team branding also
went well for Silver Spur Ranch Walden, who stopped the clock at 46.71 seconds to take first. Second and third was a tight race between Hubert Trucking and #1 Properties Ranch and Rec, who finished with times of one minute and 11.06 seconds and one minute and 11.39 seconds, respectively.
The final event of the rodeo was team doctoring. #1 Properties Ranch and Rec finished first with a time of 22.15 seconds, followed by Silver Spur Ranch Cow Creek who wrapped up in 23.93 seconds. Hubert Trucking took third in the final event of the evening with a time of 26.39 seconds.
Individual awards
In addition to the team results, individual awards were presented to several contestants.
The Top Horse Award went to Jason Long of Fiddleback Ranch. Long won a prize pair of spurs made by Gary Johnson of Douglas and sponsored by Clark
and Associates Land Brokers LLC.
Trent McNabb of McNabb Ranches won the Top Hand Award and a buckle sponsored by Scott Ranches of Douglas.
Weston Tackett of Silver Spur Ranch Walden earned the Hard Luck Award sponsored by Webo Angus of Lusk. Roark of Hubert Trucking won a bronc halter made by Scott McClain of Crawford, Neb. and sponsored by Blair Newman of Newman Realty for his top finish in the bronc riding. Other prizes included buckles sponsored by First Northern Bank, a wool saddle blanket sponsored by Bomgaars, a back cinch buckle sponsored by Bolln Minerals of Douglas and mohair cinches made by Jackie Shepperson, sponsored by Converse County Bank.
Grace Skavdahl is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.
All-American.
Currently, Schroeder is the head livestock judging coach at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
While in Douglas, Schro-
eder gave Sweetwater County’s Brystoll Gines the grand champion slap during the 2025 WSF Champion of Champions Steer Show, then honored Taven Miller of Niobrara County as the reserve champion. The showcase’s champion lamb was shown by Garrett Burkett of Natrona County, and Brylee Styvar of Campbell County received honors with the reserve champion lamb.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming announced wild horse and burro adoptions will occur in September and October, where untrained animals will be offered to qualified adopters at in-person adoptions for a $125 minimum fee.
The first event will take place on Sept. 6 during Wind River Wild Horse Ranch Day, where approximately 20 untrained horses will be available and untrained burros may be available. Adoptions will take place on a first-come, first-served basis from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Wyoming Honor Farm will host an event Sept. 12-13, offering approximately 46 halter- and saddlestarted horses and burros. The event will run from 1-3:30 p.m. on Sept. 12 and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 13, with the live auction at 10:30 a.m. on the second day.
A third event will take place on Sept. 27 at Deerwood Ranch, where approximately 20 wild horses will be available for adoption or sale. The event opens at 9 a.m. and closes at 3 p.m.
The last event is set for Oct. 18 at the Wheatland Off Range Corral, where up to 30 wild horses will be available for adoption or sale. Gates open at 8 a.m., with the live competitive auction beginning at 9 a.m. Animals not placed during the auction will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, starting at the $125 minimum fee, until 12 p.m.
Each of the wild horses and burros available for adoption have been removed from
In the goat show, fellow Campbell County Showman Rylee Lesher earned grand champion honors, while Shanna Stinson of Albany County was crowned reserve.
To round out the showcase, Reece West of Laramie topped the podium in the WSF Champion of Champions Hog Show, followed by Wyatt Gorzalka of Sheridan County as reserve champion. Hannah Bugas is the managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.
overpopulated herds roaming Western public rangelands. For information, visit
blm.gov/whb/events, e-mail wildhorse@blm.gov or call 866-468-7826.
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Farmers’ markets are vibrant spaces for education and community engagement where individuals can learn about food production and nutrition while contributing to their local economies, and they have risen dramatically in popularity over the past three decades, according to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins in an Aug. 7 opinion piece for the Washington Examiner
ica has grown by almost 400 percent, with an average growth of seven percent per year,” Rollins writes. “More and more, American consumers want to know the farmers who tend the crops and herds that nourish our families.”
“Since 1994, the number of farmers’ markets in Amer-
“Farmers’ markets are no longer a boutique accessory in big cities,” Rollins continues. “They run in all 50 states, in urban and rural areas and for customers of every eco-
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nomic background.” America250 and the GAFM
In 2026, the U.S. will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Leading up to this anniversary, an initiative called America250 is working to engage Americans in unique experiences to honor the heritage and founding of the U.S.
The GAFM placed a special emphasis on commemorating America250 by celebrating agriculture’s vital role in shaping the past, present and future of the nation.
“The farmers, ranchers and producers at the GAFM not only represent the legacy of American agriculture but also the future of an industry defined by faith, determination and hospitality,” Rollins states. “We have assembled this crowd as a national celebration of local products and as a testament to the self-sacrifice and patriotism which have been exhibited by American farming families for generations.”
In the article, Rollins also refers to agriculture as “America’s first industry” and mentions the TrumpVance administration’s commitment to advancing agriculture in America.
“Agriculture, America’s first industry, deserves to be safeguarded by our leaders, and under the Trump-Vance administration, it is getting exactly this,” Rollins continues. “This is why the GAFM is so significant – it shows the partnership between our president, our farmers and the American people who look to both.”
GAFM highlights From sourdough and salad ingredients to live music and movie screenings, there was something for everyone to enjoy at the inaugural GAFM.
Visitors to the daily market enjoyed a selection of fresh fruit, vegetables, baked goods and other agricultural products from a variety of vendors from all across the country.
In addition to the daily market, the week-long celebration featured a different theme each day with coinciding special guests, entertainment options and educational exhibits.
Highlights included cooking demonstrations, a classic tractor display, educational exhibits about dairy farming and food safety and live animals.
The GAFM kicked off on Aug. 3 with a celebration titled “America Grows: 250 Years of Liberty and Agriculture.” Opening day festivities included a kickoff concert headlined by Big and Rich and an opening address delivered by Rollins.
“Yesterday we launched the inaugural GAFM to honor our agricultural heritage and stand shoulder to shoulder with today’s producers who continue in the tradition to feed and fuel our nation,” states Rollins in an Aug. 4 USDA press release. “Sunday was an incredible celebration of freedom, faith and the families who built this country.”
The market continued with “Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Monday,” with a focus on
nutrition and the benefits of fresh, minimally-processed foods like those found at farmers’ markets.
“MAHA Monday” featured a live cooking demonstration by Rollins and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. using ingredients sourced from GAFM vendors.
Next was “Faith and Fellowship Tuesday,” followed by “Forests and Firefighters: Protecting America’s Legacy Wednesday” and “America the Beautiful Thursday.”
The GAFM concluded with “Family and Farmer First Friday,” featuring kidfriendly activities including face painting and balloon animals in addition to the daily market. Friday concluded with a screening of “Charlotte’s Web” on the National Mall.
Although the GAFM has come to a close, USDA encourages Americans to continue patronizing local farmers’ markets throughout the season.
The USDA’s National Farmers Market Directory lists over 8,600 local farmers’ markets and can be viewed online at usdalocalfoodportal.com
“Agriculture is not only America’s first industry but also a heritage and birthright for thousands of families across our nation,” states Rollins. “Never forget supporting local farmers is a patriotic act.”
Grace Skavdahl is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.
A team of University of NebraskaLincoln (UNL) researchers have contributed to a multistate research initiative honored with the 2025 North Central Regional Excellence in Multistate Research Award from agInnovation.
The NC246 project, “Managing Insect Pests in Corn,” unites scientists nationwide to develop strategies aimed at reducing crop losses, lowering production costs and promoting environmental sustainability.
Nebraska researchers involved in the award-winning effort include Julie Peterson, Jeff Bradshaw, Ana Maria
Velez Arango, Justin McMechan, Robert Wright, Thomas Hunt and Lance Meinke.
This collaboration is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture through the Multistate Research Fund.
The project was selected from among hundreds of active multistate collaborations addressing critical issues in food production, agriculture and natural resources.
For more information, visit mrfimpacts.org/single-post/managing-insectpests-in-corn-crops
