LaneCast Ag Podcast

Does your farm or ranch have a website? Are you connected to consumers via social media? These are questions that farmers and ranchers ask each day and weigh the cost and the benefits that come with an online presence. In today's business environment along consumers wanting to know more about what goes on in the countryside, having a presence online is just as important as the type of seed you plant and bulls you buy.

RanchHacks is a technology consulting firm based in Montana focused on serving the ranching and livestock industry. We educate and train ranchers and livestock producers to effectively manage technology within their operation. Every operation is different. RanchHacks strives to educate & equip operation leadership to manage technology within their operation effectively.

Millions of rural citizens across the nation do not have access to reliable broadband internet. 29 percent of U.S. farms and ranches have no access to the Internet according to a USDA’s Farm Computer Usage and Ownership report released in 2017. On this Podcast, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr discusses the challenges and opportunities that are in the works to connect farmers, ranchers and rural citizens to reliable broadband internet.

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A conversation at the kitchen table of ranchers John and Evan Helle. The hardworking ranch family raises sheep near Dillon, MT. Being forward thinking, the Helle’s take the wool their sheep grow and created Duckworth. Duckworth is the world’s only source-verified, single-origin, Merino wool apparel company. 100% Made-in-USA. Along with success in the countryside and in apparel, the Helle’s discuss the legal battles they face against radical environmentalists.

http://www.duckworthco.com/

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Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has passed out pardons to great pomp and circumstance. Most recently a visit by reality television star Kim Kardashian West prompted a pardon for Alice Marie Johnson. Rumor has it President Trump is considering pardons for Oregon ranchers Dwight Hammond Jr. and his son Steve who are imprisoned for arson after a controlled burn got away from them. The Public Land's Councils Ethan joins the conversation and discusses the opportunity at hand to free the family ranchers.

Sign the Petition http://protecttheharvest.com/2018/05/20/petition-to-pardon-dwight-and-steven-hammond/

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What is the world saying about U.S. cattle producers, trade deals, and fake meat? Farm Broadcaster Susan Littlefield shares her experience of attending the 22nd World Meat Congress in Dallas, TX.

What is the world saying about U.S. cattle producers, trade deals, and fake meat? Farm Broadcaster Susan Littlefield shares her experience of attending the 22nd World Meat Congress in Dallas, TX.

Part of two of our conversation with Rancher Jim Felton. Jim Felton ranches within Montana's Designated Surveillance Area in which wildlife are known to have brucellosis. Jim discusses his frustrations and the challenges that come with ranching in this area.

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Part of two of our conversation with Rancher Jim Felton. Jim Felton ranches within Montana's Designated Surveillance Area in which wildlife are known to have brucellosis. Jim disucess his frusrations and the challnges that come with ranching in this area.

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Part of one of our conversation with Rancher Jim Felton on how social and digital media have changed their ranching operation. From how they share knowledge of their lifestyle to the consumer or marketing their purebred Black Angus and Hereford Bulls.

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Part of one of our conversation with Rancher Jim Felton on how social and digital media have changed their ranching operation. From how they share knowledge of their lifestyle to the consumer or marketing their purebred Black Angus and Hereford Bulls.

Music by audionautix.com.