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the bringing together of a ranch's cattle for branding or to start a cattle drive.
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Biologists surround and herd juvenile male fur seals close to the location where they haul out.
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spring event in which cowboys gathered together the cattle herds, branded newborn calves, and castrated most of the new young males
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the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold
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the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police; "a mass roundup of suspects"
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The herding together of cattle for inspection, branding, or shipping.
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The spring and fall gathering of cattle on the ranges in order to brand and ear-mark the calves, wean, sort for ownership and cut out those wanted for shipment to market.
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Roundup is the brand name of a systemic, broad-spectrum herbicide produced by the U.S. life sciences giant Monsanto. It is the most used herbicide in the world, and the top-selling agrichemical of all time. Monsanto developed and patented the glyphosate molecule in the 1970s, and marketed Roundup from 1973.
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