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Behind every great rodeo is a great stock contractor who knows the business of buckin’ horses, bulls and timed event cattle. The Burke Stampede once again pardnered with one of the best in the business, Chancy Wilson and crew of Muddy Creek ProRodeo. Muddy Creek has been our contractor of choice for many of the 35 years of rodeo in Burke. Chancy recognized that the Stampede had been doing everything professionally except inviting the cowboys and cowgirls of the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) and WPRA (Women’s Professional Rodeo Association) to compete on our arena floor. The Burke Stampede took Chancy’s encouragement and advice to heart and hit the dirt running being sanctioned by the PRCA for the first time ever in 2021. It was all we had hoped for and more, now five years later, we are not looking back.

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Gregory County 4-H held the 2025 Horse Show on Monday, June 30, 2025 at the Burke Rodeo Arena. This year’s show featured 12 youth participants, including two seniors, four juniors, and six beginners. Throughout the day, excitement buzzed in the air. Youth were so excited to compete in their events.

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Commentary by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA R-CALF USA supports Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, and we want to continue supporting her. Within just months of her confirmation, she took decisive action to end the nightmarish criminal charges the U.S. Department of Agriculture had leveled against the Maude family in South Dakota, and she closed the Mexican border to cattle, bison, and equine imports when the New World Screwworm–previously detected in southern Mexico–was detected about 700 miles south of the U.S. border.