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AG Elsewhere: Montana- Branding Season

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By Jean Stimpson 

“May is our month for branding and taking cows and bulls out to pasture,” Montana rancher’s wife Jean Stimpson said. “Branding is one of our favorite times of the year. Friends, family, food and fun. We all help each other.” Stimpson shared that branding is a social event as well as a working one, “We all get to reconnect after a long winter, catch up with each other on news and happenings, and eat.” On the Stimpson’s ranch they brand around 320 head. Stimpson herself cooks and feeds between 30 and 50 people who come to help. “We typically have 18 to 20 guys and eight to 10 women, countless kids and anyone that wants a job gets one, sometimes even if you don’t want a job you get one. The women help wrestle, give shots, brand and rope right along with the men. Kids wrestle and some rope too,” Stimpson elaborated.

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Ag Elsewhere: Wyoming

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By Tressa Lawrence

Despite some blue skies, March can still bring sub-zero temperatures to Wyoming as calves hit the ground.

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Ag Elsewhere: Montana

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By Lindsey Monk

Welding on some corrals before dark. It’s been a mild winter in Montana so far, knock on wood.

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Land Market Report: January Land Sales

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By Jared Groce

The rural land market in North Texas has had a fairly stale start to the year, with the number of transactions closed being minimal so far. There has been an increase in call volume from buyers, and some are turning into contracts, but I feel like we are still a little slower than we usually are at this time of the year. The “experts” are expecting fewer transactions in 2024 as compared to 2023, and they may be correct, because election years always seem to be slower. Once the election is over, and regardless of who wins, things seem to pick up once again. It is a strange phenomena that just seems to happen every four years.

With the amount of growth that we are currently experiencing here, I do not expect things to get any cheaper. More people means more houses, and they have to have land to build those houses on.

To read more, pick up a copy of the March issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.

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