CASPER, Wyo.—It’s not easy being a rancher in Wyoming.

Not only do they confront the wrath of Mother Nature, but they also must jump over government hurdles and navigate market conditions, among other challenges.

“Our goal was to try to involve as many groups as we could,” Hugh Turk, a 60-year-old rancher and the group’s cofounder, told the Wyoming Truth. CASPER, Wyo.—The University of Wyoming (UW) is making numerous efforts to give agriculture and ranching a leg up in the Cowboy State.

Several speakers from UW highlighted new initiatives and programs now underway to ramp up agriculture and ranching during the Wyoming Natural Resource Rendezvous Convention and Trade Show on Tuesday.

When there was a suicide within the agricultural community of Kaycee about six years ago, the community came together and created Alliance for Hope, a suicide prevention organization.

“Our goal was to try to involve as many groups as we could,” Hugh Turk, a 60-year-old rancher and the group’s cofounder, told the Wyoming Truth.

Gillette, Wyo.—Cheyenne the sheep made a dash across the dirt pen as 13-year-old Bailee Behnke attempted to corner him to slip on his halter. In the adjoining corals, neighboring sheep bleated in collective commiseration from behind the wooden slats in the makeshift pens at Cam-Plex in Gillette.