Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Rancher

Photo: A rancher poses as the sun sets over the Switzer Ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills.

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A rancher poses as the sun sets over the Switzer Ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills.

Photo: A rancher poses as the sun sets over the Switzer Ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills.

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A rancher poses as the sun sets over the Switzer Ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills.

Photo: Rancher Mark Ellis with his border collie near Salmon, Idaho.

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Rancher Mark Ellis with his border collie near Salmon, Idaho.

Photo: Rancher Mark Ellis with his border collie near Salmon, Idaho.

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Rancher Mark Ellis with his border collie near Salmon, Idaho.

Photo: Rancher Mark Ellis with his horse and Border Collie.

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Rancher Mark Ellis with his horse and Border Collie. (Near Salmon, Idaho.)

Photo: Rancher Mark Ellis with his horse.

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Rancher Mark Ellis with his horse. (Near Salmon, Idaho.)

Photo: Don Flynn and Jim Owens sit and talk at the Shasta Livestock Auction in Cottonwood, northern California.

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Don Flynn and Jim Owens sit and talk at the Shasta Livestock Auction in Cottonwood, northern California. Ranching stays in the blood and the auction house serves as a social gathering place for ranchers both working and retired.

Photo: Teenagers help with branding cattle at a ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills.

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Teenagers help with branding cattle at a ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills.

Photo: Teenagers help with branding cattle at a ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills.

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Teenagers help with branding cattle at a ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills.

Photo: Teenagers help with branding cattle at a ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills.

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Teenagers help with branding cattle at a ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills.

Photo: Ranch hands in the Nebraska Sandhills take a break after dinner.

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Ranch hands in the Nebraska Sandhills take a break after dinner.

Photo: Cattle are gathered for branding at a ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills.

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Cattle are gathered for branding at a ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills.

Photo: A rancher leans against a fence post in Nebraska's Sandhills.

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A rancher leans against a fence post in Nebraska’s Sandhills.

Photo: A rancher leads his horse past a frozen irrigation ditch near Likely, California.

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A rancher leads his horse past a frozen irrigation ditch near Likely, California.

Photo: Dan Shiner uses draft horses to feed hay to his livestock at the Shiner Ranch near Leadore, Idaho.

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Dan Shiner uses draft horses to feed hay to his livestock at the Shiner Ranch near Leadore, Idaho.

Photo: A cow stands knee-deep in snow on a winter day near Cedarville, in Northern California.

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A cow stands knee-deep in snow on a winter day near Cedarville, in Northern California.

Photo: Duane and Ken McGarva haul hay out into the field for their cattle on a cold January day.

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Duane and Ken McGarva haul hay out into the field for their cattle on a cold January day.

Photo: This calf is being taken back out to the field for reintroduction to its herd.

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This calf is being taken back out to the field for reintroduction to its herd. (Flournoy Ranch near Likely, CA.)

Photo: Duane and Ken McGarva haul hay out into the field for their cattle on a cold January day.

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Duane and Ken McGarva haul hay out into the field for their cattle on a cold January day.

Photo: Bill Flournoy carries a calf to his truck -- he'll leave it there for a while to keep it warm.

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Bill Flournoy carries a calf to his truck — he’ll leave it there for a while to keep it warm.

Photo: This calf is being taken back out to the field for reintroduction to its herd.

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This calf is being taken back out to the field for reintroduction to its herd. (Flournoy Ranch near Likely, CA.)

Photo: Workers at the Flournoy Ranch in northern California use axes to break the ice from a watering hole.

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Workers at the Flournoy Ranch in northern California use axes to break the ice from a watering hole.

Photo: Workers at the Flournoy Ranch in northern California load up hay on a cold January day.

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Workers at the Flournoy Ranch in northern California load up hay on a cold January day.

Photo: Workers at the Flournoy Ranch in northern California pitch hay from a truck for cattle on a January day.

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Workers at the Flournoy Ranch in northern California pitch hay from a truck for cattle on a January day.

Photo: Workers at the Flournoy Ranch in northern California load up hay on a cold January day.

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Workers at the Flournoy Ranch in northern California load up hay on a cold January day.

Photo: Braving temperatures of -20 F and windchills down to -60, the men of the C.B. Bledsoe Ranch in Colorado head out for chores.

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Braving temperatures of -20 F and windchills down to -60, the men of the C.B. Bledsoe Ranch in Colorado head out for chores.

Photo: Braving temperatures of -20 F and windchills down to -60, Jesus Alanis, a worker at the C.B. Bledsoe Ranch in Colorado, chops a hole in the ice covering a cattle tank.

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Braving temperatures of -20 F and windchills down to -60, Jesus Alanis, a worker at the C.B. Bledsoe Ranch in Colorado, chops a hole in the ice covering a cattle tank.

Photo: Braving temperatures of -20 F and windchills down to -60, Jesus Alanis, a worker at the C.B. Bledsoe Ranch in Colorado, chops a hole in the ice covering a cattle pond.

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Braving temperatures of -20 F and windchills down to -60, Jesus Alanis, a worker at the C.B. Bledsoe Ranch in Colorado, chops a hole in the ice covering a cattle pond.

Photo: Braving temperatures of -20 F and windchills down to -60, the men of the C.B. Bledsoe Ranch in Colorado load up hay for cattle.

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Braving temperatures of -20 F and windchills down to -60, the men of the C.B. Bledsoe Ranch in Colorado load up hay for cattle.

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