The ReBrand Initiative promotes second careers for Standardbreds to secure the breed’s future beyond harness racing's ...

Like any serious burn, freeze-branding also increases the risk of dehydration. That’s because burns damage the skin’s protective barrier, and your body loses fluid while trying to heal from ...

Tough Work, Tight Margins: How Cattle Branding Is Evolving in Nebraska. Alyssa Schukar. Tue, May 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM UTC. 2 min read.

On the Burdick Ranch, nestled in Nebraska’s Sandhills, spring cattle branding is an annual act of community. The sheer scale of gathering, roping, vaccinating, and marking 900 calves with the ...

Freeze branding: The new body ... Aside from being less painful, it also produces less scarring than hot branding. Cattle skin is much thicker than human skin and can take more punishment.

In 1966, Dr R. Keith Farrell at Washington State University developed freeze branding (also known as CryoBranding) as a less painful way to mark animals for identification. Aside from being less ...

Gold Shaw Farm explains how cattle adapt and survive even in freezing winter farm conditions. ... What Happens to Cattle in the Deep Winter Freeze. Posted: May 22, 2025 | Last updated: May 22, 2025.

Nevada cattlemen aren’t required to brand their cattle unless they’re grazed on public land, Stix said — noting that roughly 87 percent of the state is, however, ...

Some producers also use freeze brands for individual ID within herds—using a system of numbers or letters on the hip or shoulder. Branding as a means of owner identification is an ancient practice.