Casual Cattle Conversations

Social Media Influencing & the Ranching Lifestyle

Natalie is a social media influencer, ranch wife, mother, and pharmacist. She shares her story and experience on how to build and monetize social media brands. 

Transcript: https://casualcattleconversations.blogspot.com/2021/05/social-media-influencing-ranching.html

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Managing Reproduction, Nutrition & Genetics with Rick Funston

Rick comes from a North Dakota ranch but has built a career of helping ranchers improve reproduction management in their herds from Montana, North Dakota and Nebraska. Rick is based out of Nebraska and is passionate about beef cattle reproduction because he understands how it drives profitability for ranchers. 

Managing Time & Labor Resources on a Diversified Operation with David Schuler

We talk about maximizing efficiency with data, communication and cattle handling as well as maintaining mental health. David Schuler with Schuler Red Angus shares the methods and processes used by their operation to improve the overall efficiency of the ranch. 

Direct to Consumer Marketing on a National Scale with Five Marys Farms

Straight from the boxing and shipping room, Mary shares the story of their family business and how they began marketing beef, pork and lamb directly to consumers. Mary talks about the challenges they have faced and how they have overcome them.

Listen in to hear about how Five Marys Farms works to build a community for people who market beef directly to the consumer and insight on how to get started or expand the business you already have. 

The Reality of Finding and Keeping ”Good” Help with Casey Fanta

Casey has experience working on ranches his entire life and now he notices where the gaps lie in the skillsets required for ranchhands and managers. He shares his personal experiences, struggles and advice for finding good help and how to keep them. He also offers tips on how to gain the skillsets you need to work on and operate a ranch.

Adapting out of Necessity with Bill Rishel

Bill Rishel has lived his entire life involved in the beef industry. He has been involved in countless changes and adaptations that have taken place and are to come. Bill shares his stories, insight and perspective about the future of the beef industry. We cover genomics, changes in carcasses and packing plants, sustainability, methane emissions and economics all in one episode!

Implementing Genetic Testing on Your Commercial Operation with Bryce Risa

🤔What questions do you have about implementing genetic testing in your herd? 🤔

Bryce operates a ranch in Opheim, MT and is a believer in using 🧬 genomic testing on his commercial heifers. Listen to this short, honest episode to hear Bryce's experiences and advice on implementing DNA testing in commercial herds. 

Time: 15 minutes 

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A Passion for Commercial Cattle and High-Quality Genetics with Kacey Jacobson

Kacey has a burning passion for the beef industry. She currently works for Top Dollar Angus and shares how TDA works to capitalize on high-quality genetics in the beef industry. She offers insight for commercial and seedstock producers as well as college students. Listen in to learn how this company works with multiple parties in the supply chain.

Ranch Management: Systems-Thinking, Decision Making, and Problem Solving with Trey Patterson

"Be humble, have a lot of humility, and be a lifelong learner." 

Listen to Trey Patterson share his outstanding story and knowledge about what mindset he uses to approach ranch management. 

Trey talks about his journey to where he is at today and how we can all work to stay open-minded as we manage ranches. He shares real and practical examples and experiences in this episode. 

You won't want to miss it!

Balancing Work Time, Family Time and Fun Time with Jared Wareham

Jared Wareham has advice for everyone in this episode! We are talking time management with an off the ranch job and family. He also shares what activities and habits he views as time-wasters and offers outstanding advice on professional development.