A Shot of AG
Designing a Cattle Brand From Scratch
Clip: Season 6 Episode 33 | 1m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
Steve Lucie explains how he designed, welded and registered his own cattle brand.
Steve Lucie shares the story behind his cattle brand, from sketching the design on paper to welding the iron himself. He used the handmade brand on his first cattle before learning about the registration process required in Illinois. Lucie explains how an old ranching tradition still operates under state rules, even where cattle brands are relatively uncommon.
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A Shot of AG
Designing a Cattle Brand From Scratch
Clip: Season 6 Episode 33 | 1m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
Steve Lucie shares the story behind his cattle brand, from sketching the design on paper to welding the iron himself. He used the handmade brand on his first cattle before learning about the registration process required in Illinois. Lucie explains how an old ranching tradition still operates under state rules, even where cattle brands are relatively uncommon.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- Well, did you do this brand or were that generations before you?
- Nope, this is my design.
I actually designed this brand at my welding table.
I do welding and everything, carpentry.
But I took some metal and I had drawn it out on paper first and I just took some metal and I cut out the main L and then I found a couple pieces to make the ends 'cause I wanted to look a little wonky.
And I welded that- - A little flare to it.
- I welded that old steel brand together and I welded a rod on the end of it.
And the first cattle I branded, I hot branded with that thing.
- Oh really?
- Yeah.
I did it the old school way several years ago.
But I had- - Do you have to brand in Illinois?
- No, you do not.
- Okay.
- I had to register this brand with Illinois because if you brand an animal in Illinois, it has to be a registered brand.
Still the old laws hold up.
And if you're out west and you try to design a new brand, there's millions of them.
But in Illinois there wasn't very many.
So this got approved right away.
And they sent me, I have a certificate and everything.
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