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2017 Production Sale Catalog

The 2017 sale catalog has been uploaded to our website and can be viewed HEREA hard copy should arrive at your doorstep by mid to late next week.In the meantime, here’s a ballad for all you night calvers delivered by the one and only Sam Platts. Catch him live at our after party!  

2017 Calving Groups

We held off as long as possible, but two weeks ago we finally moved all the cows down to our lower pastures on the ranch – unfortunately, this marked the start of feeding hay. And yesterday we sorted said cows into early and late calving groups – unfortunately, this means the 2017 calving season has officially “unofficially” […]

Blast from the past…

The past several weeks I’ve spent most mornings cooped up in the office working on various advertisement layouts for our upcoming sale. Kate and Dad have also been cooped up working on getting our water rights prepared for review by the Montana Water Adjudication Bureau. As so, dad’s been dusting off some discolored boxes and […]

Cooper Hereford Ranch recipient of Jake Jabbs School of Business Award

In late July my sister Katie mentioned that a business acquaintance of hers had nominated our ranch for the “Jake Jabs School of Entrepreneurship Family Business Award.” How nice, I thought, before completely putting it out of mind, knowing of course it was unlikely we would be chosen. The business acquaintance is not affiliated with directly, nor does she come […]

2016 Apple Harvest

Last year was the first I can remember that our apples trees yielded just enough for picking and eating. Typically my mom wrangles together an assembly line that manages to pick, sauce, and can close to 100 quarts of apple sauce. After taking a year off, mom was chomping at the bit to replenish our […]