/ 2025 / Press / Feature Story

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Bob Miller, United States

Neighboring ranchers gather to brand cattle on May 30, 2024 in Cimarron, New Mexico. Out of concern for the long term viability of their lifestyle, small and midsize ranchers are doing whatever they can to attract young people to the family business. “Ranching is the economic and social backbone of our community,” one rancher told me. “It’s important for us to train a new generation dedicated to keeping ranching alive.”