LaneCast Ag Podcast

A podcast conversation recorded during a 60 mile-an-hour windstorm. Luckily, we were inside the sale barn at Hinman Angus Ranch. The American Angus Association’s Troy Marshall and Kurt Kangus join the “Agriculture Conversation” and discuss drought, wind, snow and cattle.

Montana family ranchers and community stakeholders are disappointed in what many are calling a politically driven decision by the Bureau of Land Management in their “Finding of No Significant Impact” with the American Prairie Reserve request to change BLM grazing allotment requirements. Montana Stockgrowers Exec. VP Jay Bodner and association President Jim Steinbeisser share their thoughts. They also discuss MSGA new M Bar Leadership Academy.

Marketing livestock has come a long way in the last 50 years. Sam Fraser of Frontier Productions joins the “Agriculture Conversation” to discuss how his family-owned marketing service was created to provide producers, both small and larger operators, the opportunity to sale you livestock in the 21st Century.

Don’t let that title discourage you, rancher Casey Mott joins the “Agriculture Conversation” to discuss cowboying, ranching, views on life, agriculture advocacy, philosophy and, yes, horny toads.

As the state Colorado prepares to create a wolf reintroduction plan, the states livestock producers are concerned with its goals. In last 20 years, the Montana Stockgrowers Association has witnessed the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park, their recovery and advocated for the delisting from the ESA and a voice in how Montana manages the apex predator. To show their support for Colorado ranchers, the Montana Stockgrowers have made an official request that Montana wolves to not be transplanted in Colorado.

Terry Fankhauser Colorado Cattlemen’s Assoc. Exec. Vice President and Montana Stockgrowers Assoc. Exec. Vice President Jay Bodner join the “Agriculture Conversation” to give insight into the challenges that both Colorado and Montana face.

Sustainability and profitability go hand-in-hand in the cattle business. American Angus Association CEO Mark McCully joins the “Agriculture Conversation” discussing how the Angus Breed continues to innovate and utilize new technologies to improve cattle and provide commercial cattlemen the opportunity to maximize their profits.

DTN Livestock Analyst ShayLe Stewart and host of Cattle Market News joins the Agriculture Conversation. ShayLe recaps the 2021 cattle markets, influential factors for the year ahead, the economics of the droughts and much more are covered.

Rancher Turk Stovall is a respected cattlemen from south of Billings, MT. He recently attended his first Montana Grain Growers Association Convention and became a member. Several factors are explored on why this cattlemen is now a Grain Grower member along with key issues impacting agriculture.

From Waters of the U.S., Endangered Species Act issues, Build Back Better and more, Nicole Rolf - Senior Director, Governmental Affairs for Montana Farm Bureau share more on work going on in Washington D.C. impacting famers and ranchers.

The Montana Premium Processing Co-op is just months away from opening a mobile livestock processing plant designed for hoof-to-plate concepts which is also USDA Certified. Discussing the challenges that cattle producers face, processing local beef, competing with the Big Four Packers and much more will be covered with guests: Mike Callicrate with Ranch Foods Direct, Walter Schweitzer President of Montana Farmers Union and Matt Rains with the Montana Premium Processing Co-op. https://www.mtpremiumprocessing.com/