LINCOLN — Several state senators strongly suggested Friday that the Nebraska Cattle Brand Committee should part ways with a former director who is under investigation for mismanagement of the agency.

HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s beloved author, the late Ivan Doig, called livestock brands “the classical language of the American West." Doig and his wife Carol gifted the Montana Department of Livestock ...

Owners of livestock brands in Hawaii have until Dec. 31 to reregister their brands with the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity or risk losing their rights to their brands. State law ...

BANNACK, Mont. — Livestock brands open windows into history. They uncover stories. They fill in missing pieces to events forgotten or left unrecorded. They shed light on lives long past, and bridge ...

The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association is rolling out an electronic brand inspection records program for individuals who sell livestock. The NDSA brand inspection office launched the electronic ...

The best cattle brands, other than the ones that bring lost cattle home, don’t smudge. In Colorado, brands are registered through the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s brands division, though the ...

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

During a recent Kansas State University Research and Extension meeting on cattle theft awareness in Wilmore, Kansas, Special Agents James Pinegar and Josh Winkler presented ways the Livestock and ...