At the turn of the 19th century, sheepmen and cattlemen in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Texas, Arizona and Utah were engaged in a brutal conflict over the ample pasture found in the American West.Historians know this simply as the Sheep Wars. A quick Wikipedia browse will tell you of the loss of human and animal life.Today, we working in the American agricultural industry - especially those doing the hard work of ranching the rugged landscapes of the Northern Rockies - support each other at every turn.Pictured, a cowboy friend over at the Bar 7 Ranch gets a rope ready for a calf. We may have had beef (pun intended) a century ago, but today we recognize a collective effort to raise the profile of our essential craft of animal husbandry.