Let's Talk Beef Podcast

Neal and Amanda are both 5th generation Ranchers from Wyoming.  Neal's family homesteaded in the Spotted Horse area in the 1880s and they still lease part of the original family homestead.  Amanda grew up in southeast Wyoming on her family's ranch.  Neal and Amanda met in college and after college, with the suggestion from Neal's dad, they bought a pot load of registered Angus cows and from there have grown to 600 momma cows.  They raise Angus cattle focusing on the maternal strengths of their cattle and raise them on the hard grasses of Wyoming where corn does not grow.

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Brandon is a 3rd generation rancher at Happy Hollow Beef located in Willis Point, TX.  The ranch was started by Brandon's grandfather Chuck Howley, who started the ranch after his professional football career with the Dallas Cowboys.  Chuck had a big passion for Black Angus cattle and quarter horses and grew his ranch to 50 broodmares and over 1000 cattle.  Due to Chuck's bad health, the ranch struggled for a few years until Brandon, after being honorably discharged, decided to try his hand at keeping his grandfather's legacy going, and boy has he ever.

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Cody Nelson is the owner/operator at Bar N Cattle Company located in Renville, MN.  Cody’s love of beef cattle started like so many others, as a 4H project.  Cody has had many endeavors not only within the beef industry but also in cover crops and his newest one, a tree farm. Cody has begun to take his knowledge from his years in cover crops and is experimenting with ways to graze cattle all winter long in Minnesota, and is finding success in doing it.

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Dr. Trey Patterson grew up in the panhandle of Texas until his high school days when his family moved to Colorado for his father's work as a beef nutritionist.  Seeing his dad working with ranchers is where Trey began to develop his passion for beef cattle.  For College Trey attended Colorado State and the University of Nebraska.  From there Trey moved up to South Dakota State University, where he worked for five years where he worked with many ranchers from across the state through his work with the extension.  After that Trey took his current position as President and CEO of the Padlock Ranch Located in Ranchester, Wyoming.  Padlock Ranch was formed in 1943 by Homer and Mildred Scott.  Padlock began a crossbreeding program the 1950s and have maintained a crossbreeding program since then, with making changes within there program over the years.      

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Wade Shafer grew up in the Detroit Lakes area of Minnesota, on a small beef operation that his father ran.  After high school, Wade attended North Dakota State University for his undergraduate studies.  Wade said he enjoyed math and science in school but never thought that it applied to the cattle that they were raising on their beef operation.  However, during his time at NDSU, he began to think there was, and with that, he headed to Colorado State for graduate school.  After school, Wade did go back home to run the beef herd for some time.  Wade eventually let the beef herd go and ended up getting, what he thought would be a short term job with the Simmental Association.  However, Wade has now been there ever since and is now the Executive Director of the Simmental Association.

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Dr. Bob Sager is a 6th generation cattle producer, who grew up on a ranch near Manhattan, Montana.  Growing up on the ranch Bob developed his passion for beef cattle, especially nutrition, and during high school knew that his home ranch was not big enough for him to come home to the ranch.  Bob studied animal science at Montana State and received his DVM from Colorado State in 1974 and not too long ago got his Ph.D. from Montana State as well.  Bob also spent time in Russia as a Senior Veterinarian supervising over 60 Russian vets take care of over 437,000 beef cattle. Upon completing that Bob now ranches in the White Sulpher Springs area and still practices Vet Medicine.  Bob also enjoys fly fishing and throwing the hammer, which he has competed in 30 US National Championships.

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Kirk Donsbach is a 2nd Generation Rancher who ranches in the Roy, Montana area.  Kirk grew up not on a ranch per se but was around it a lot as his father worked as a hired man for most of his life, but always wanting to ranch himself.  Kirk went to school first to be a pilot, but that quickly changed and Kirk finished school with a business degree.  However, he learned that ranching is what he wanted to do.  So, Kirk ended up working for seven years traveling the country and working to save money to buy a ranch with his dad.  Their dream came true in 2000, but unfortunately, Kirk’s father passed away in 2003 and Kirk has stepped in and has run the ranch since.  He also has become a Commodity Broker to not only help lower risk on his end but to also help others in the same situation.

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Jared Murnin grew up on a ranch that his father put together in Miles City, Montana.  Jared’s family ran a commercial cow/calf operation, but getting involved in 4-H is where Jared found a love for the registered cattle, especially the Angus breed.  After attending Casper College and then Colorado State where he competed on the Livestock Judging teams for both schools.  Jared found himself working for the Gelbvieh Association and then the Angus Association, which located him to Texas.  During this time, he met his future wife and after 7 years in Texas, they relocated back to Montana.  Jared recently went to work for the Western Ag Reporter in Billings to serve as the papers, general manager.  He has also begun a Registered Angus and Hereford herd that he runs with his wife, daughter, and son.  

A little bit of a different podcast this week as this podcast is an interview of myself.  I sit down with a high school classmate, Steve Opat, and he turns the table on me and interviews me to help introduce myself to you the listeners.  So hope you enjoy and thanks again for taking the time to listen.

Eldean and Sandy Flynn live near Cartwright, ND on the ranch that Eldean’s grandfather started many years ago.  Eldean has been part of many aspects of the ranch from his early days, from breaking horses to helping work cattle to whatever he needed to do.  However, not until the Eldean’s dad became sick did he take over the cow herd and had to learn how to manage them for himself.  With the help of his wife Sandy they forged ahead and keep the cattle going and made them into an intricate part of their lives. Nevertheless, Eldean and Sandy are strong members of their community and do many things to help as many people as they can, no matter the situation.  So, yes these two are cattle ranchers, but even more importantly they are amazingly generous people as well.