Day in the Life of an American Rancher

My name is Carson Sleep, Im 23 years old and am a 6th generation rancher on the Sleep Ranch. Our ranch is located in the Northern Black Hills on the South Dakota, Wyoming border where my family settled and started ranching in 1883. I work alongside my parents, Jeff and Jodi, our ranch hand, Jaques, and my wife, Damaris who also works as a nurse in town. We have friends and family who come along very frequently as well We run a cow, calf operation where we summer our cattle on the Black Hills National Forest and winter them in the foothills of the Black Hills. We also have a backgrounding feedlot, and grow alfalfa and grass hay. To God be the Glory , ranching, farming, cows, cattle, americanagriculture, agriculture, america, conservation, sustainability, diy, homesteading, livestock, west, wildwest, southdakota, blackhills, wyoming, wildlife, hunting, construction, trucks, tractors, horses, homesteading