Working Ranch Magazine Summer 2025

Summer 2025 Vol 20 • No 4

FEATURES

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FAITHFUL, AVAILABLE, AND TRAINABLE This student-run seedstock cattle company is still going strong.

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By Addie Brown

64 THE TANGLED TRAIL TO CORNER CROSSING TRESPASS

Court of Appeals affirms right of public to cross at corners where public and private land meet. By Burt Rutherford 78 HOW TO MAKE CARBON WORK FOR YOU The road to carbon sequestration began with the want of a good steak.

MELANIE ELZINGA BRODY RUSSELL

By Burt Rutherford

82 ELKO COUNTY CATTLEWOMAN OF THE YEAR 2025 Congratulations to Patsy Tomera!

By Sabrina Reed {Plus}

48 RANCHER’S JOURNAL: RAISING BEEF AT THE BASE OF THE BUTTE Calving and tagging in the badlands of Wyoming, pumping wells, prepping bulls, and lots of family time for the C Lazy H brand.

BRENDA HAMPTON

By Brenda Hampton {And}

On The Cover: Rachael Sebastian, Mira 3 Photography, took this amazing shot of Gerry Gesell setting up camp at the Pyramid Ranch in Kansas during a working cowboy photography retreat hosted by the Mira 3 Photography and Open Triangle Photography.

28 WR / STETSON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER: AUBREY DUMONT

4 I SUMMER 2025 WORKING RANCH audited readers run 21 million head of beef cattle.