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Summer’s moving right along…

By cooper on 08.01.2014

We finally completed our first cutting of hay. It’s always nice to look around the ranch and see full stackyards again, especially after having completely depleted them last winter. Mother Nature was kind and sent much needed rain in May and June. Our fields (both irrigated and dryland) were as tall and abundant as I’ve […]

May: Green grass and big blue skies

By cooper on 05.07.2014

Ahhh…. May. You’ve finally arrived. It seems as though we Montanan’s have been longing for your return ever since you left us a year ago. Green grass is beginning to pop up all across the hills and big billowy clouds layer the blue sky on most days.  Breeding and seeding is behind us and the number of cows we […]

2014 Production Sale

By cooper on 03.18.2014

We had a wonderful crowd present on sale day which translated into one of the best sales we’ve had to date. Record cattle prices combined with increased interested in the Hereford breed and one of our strongest set of bulls from top to bottom yielded outstanding averages for our 48th Annual Production Sale. Only a handful of […]

2014 Sale Catolog

By cooper on 02.02.2014

Well, dad finished writing footnotes for the catalog on Friday. So naturally, when Saturday morning rolled around he was wondering if the catalog was finished. ; ) Just wanted to let you all know that I am indeed working on our 2014 sale catalog and hope to have it uploaded later this week (February 8th). However, I’m […]

Making the Best Cow

By cooper on 01.08.2014

Jess Herbers was on a mission when he left Virginia and headed to our bull sale in 2010; find a Hereford bull to bring home and incorporate into his breeding program. This was no small task, considering “home” is Daltons on the Sycamore, a ranch and program well known in the Angus seedstock business. As […]