Originally published in the 2026 Western Ag Reporter Herd Reference Edition Pelton Polled Herefords calls the rolling hills of western North Dakota home, 14 miles northwest of Halliday. As one makes their way towards the ranch headquarters, one can’t help but admire a dark-green pasture with Hereford pairs grazing in the belly deep grass near a winding creek. It is beautiful cattle country. Craig Pelton is a third-generation rancher who resides just northwest of his grandfather’s home place. Growing up, his folks ran around 150 head of commercial cows, and when his dad purchased his first Hereford heifer for a...