Under Oregon’s open range law, a ranch isn’t liable for its cattle causing a car accident on an interstate highway, according to the state’s Court of Appeals. The appellate court has affirmed the ...

PORTLAND — It was 11:30 at night and Roxann Stout and her adult daughter Jesica Galligher drove along Interstate 84 toward Stout’s home in Eastern Oregon in 2019. Suddenly they saw a dead black cow ...

Find out how ranches help protect the environment by protecting large swaths of it from development and managing indigenous ...

The notion of an open range evokes memories of the Old West, when cattle freely grazed on public land and cowboys drove herds cross-country to the stockyards. The nation’s open range dates back to the ...

In Texas, many subdivided ranches—like a former 2,000-acre one—maintain their agricultural (Ag) valuation without individual landowners managing cattle. Instead, they use a general lease allowing ...

Cattle graze in southern Union County as a rain squall covers part of the Elkhorn Mountains west of North Powder in 2023. PORTLAND — It was 11:30 at night and Roxann Stout and her adult daughter ...