Jack Keating, will be sharing how virtual fencing can transform your operations and help you achieve optimal results. Say goodbye to physical cross-fences and hello to a cutting-edge technology that will streamline your processes and elevate your ranching game. Get ready to discover the countless advantages of virtual fencing and take your cattle ranching operations to new heights.

Using data and precision technology is the new norm in many segments of the agriculture industry, so why does it feel farther behind in the beef industry? Neogen is changing that narrative with the Igenity Feeder DNA test. Tanner King – Feedlot Business Manager for Neogen – and Rob Gill – Superintendent at True Ranches – share their experiences using the Igenity Feeder DNA test and how they see it impacting the beef industry in this podcast episode.

Have you felt giddy about cattle prices? It feels good to see high prices and get paid more for the work you put into your cattle. However, we know that markets run in cycles and need to keep in mind that none of these prices are permanent. Lee Schulz shared tips for how beef cattle producers can understand cattle cycles and how to make decisions accordingly during this podcast interview.

Celeste Settrini is a woman who wears many hats in the beef industry. Her passion for family ranches, improving the beef industry and connecting with consumers is inspiring, to say the least. When she decides she wants to do something, she simply makes it happen and uses the power of storytelling in all that she does. Settrini shares her advice for remaining resilient as a rancher and why it is important to be a leader in the beef industry.

Elaine Froese – Farm Family Coach – shares tips for communicating and resolving conflict between in-laws and generations on family farms and beef cattle operations. Elaine discusses how to make sure everyone's skillset is used, how to approach conversations in a way to avoid conflict and how to set boundaries around work, life and compensation.

Heifers are IMPORTANT and what happens to them during their first year of life is even more IMPORTANT! Shelby Rosasco joins the show from the University of Wyoming to discuss what beef cattle producers need to think about when determining if they should develop their own heifers or buy from someone else. She also covers the critical components of a profitable heifer development strategy that puts emphasis on improving fertility in cow herds.

Craig Gana shares how beef cattle producers can determine if there is an ROI in embryo transfer work in this podcast episode. Craig shares the story of his company, Recip Solution, and how he works with a Vytelle Satellite partner to serve not only his customers but also use the IVF process for his own herd.

Mary Jo Irmen shares tips for how cattle producers can shift their mindsets in a way that allows them to create and appreciate wealth from their beef operations. Mary Jo is the author of Farming Without the Bank and works alongside cattle producers who want to create more financial freedom in their businesses and lives.

Chris Rawley with Harvest Returns shares how farmers and ranchers can obtain funding to start or grow their operations through the use of outside investors in this podcast episode.

Aimee Tice resides in Eastern Nebraska and is passionate about feeding her family beef and locally grown food sources. Aimee shares her perception of food as a mother and how she makes her purchasing decisions. 

Hear the honest reality of starting a direct-to-consumer beef business from Hannah Klitz, founder of Oak Barn Beef. Hannah shares how she navigates online sales, a storefront, social media marketing and growing her business in this podcast episode. Whether it is selling quarters, halves and wholes or beef bundles; Oak Barn Beef has found ways to serve a variety of customers who crave Nebraska beef directly from ranchers.

Troy and Stacy Hadrick share their journey of starting a 25-head-per-day harvesting facility in rural South Dakota. North Prairie Butchery will serve the rural community of Faulkton. This dynamic duo shares the reality of what challenges they have faced and how they've overcome them during this process.

Ryan Moorhouse, general manager at Hartley Feeders, joins the podcast to share how cattlemen can build better relationships with feedlots while offering insight as to what types of calves feedlots want. 

Beef cattle producers share their experiences navigating high input costs over the past year. These beef producers discuss how they’ve worked through fertilizer and feed costs as well as drought. There is also conversation about vertical integration and how cattle marketing will change in the future.

Dr. Clint Rusk, Ray Williams and Wes Chism join the podcast for a second time to add to last week’s conversation about the challenges faced by seedstock producers. This week the trio shares how data collection has become a fast and easy process, how to implement this technology as well as what is holding the industry back from adopting it.

This two-part series with Dr. Clint Rusk, Wes Chism and Ray Williams covers the challenges faced by seedstock and commercial cattlemen and how data collection and technology can play a role in providing solutions. 

Here's what you'll hear in Part 1:

Addressing Labor Challenges

Management Styles

What Data is Important to Collect

How Data has Changed the Beef Industry

Dr. Clint Rusk joins the show from the Charolais Association and Wes Chism and Ray Williams join us from the team at Gallagher North America. Part 2 will be focused on improving the actual data collection and analysis process as well as how that data can be integrated into breed association databases. 

Traceability systems and animal disease are important topics in the United States beef industry today. Discover why all cattle producers need to be aware of the impacts of animal disease and how they can take action on their own operations.

I've seen them done in all kinds of ways. I've had them use the circle irrigation systems subdivided into a pie shape, and the water is in the center. All the cattle have access to it, but they are closed off from other sections of the of the growth area. I mean, there's just all kinds of creative ways you can do this, and you just kind of have to use trial and error a little bit.

“I like rotational grazing systems because we give a chance for the grass to get a little rest and revive between grazing cycles. Therefore, we're not stressing the root systems of the desirable plants as much. Animals are selective grazers and they typically select for and consume desirable plants, and leave behind what they don't like. So, when we leave those unwanted plants, which are the primary weeds we have in Kentucky and I suspect across the US, those are the plants that can go through their reproductive phases, and subsequently, we get a shift towards more weedy type plants, and that kind of environment.”

Fixing fences in the spring can be quite the task for cattle producers. Here are some resources and tips to make it a more efficient process this year.