This week, David, Joe, and Korbin discuss the Angus Underground Facebook Community Forum, and how it is here to provide answers to your burning questions and quench your thirst for new information, all within a welcoming and friendly community. Then, for the first segment, the guys welcome Logan Sampson from Ruby Valley, Nevada to talk about his company, Gene Brokers. Logan talks about how his impulse buying and desire for an open marketplace led to GeneBrokers. He shares the process of going from testing mode to a live site, if GeneBrokers is really like a shopping mall for semen, how the payment process works, along with the nuts and bolts of paying and shipping. Logan talks about the three entities where the semen is stored — the vendor, seller, and shipper, and how customers can use this for their best advantage.

In the second segment, Robert Whitacre from Winchester, VA and Lex Carter from Pingree, ID join the show to discuss all things Breeder Link. They talk about how to use the filters to navigate towards what you want, the options for creating a storefront, and exactly what you can (and can’t) sell. They walk us through a checklist of what you need to list something and give us a glimpse behind the quality control of listing sires into the program.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Montana Ranch

The Montana Bred for Balance Bull and Female Sale — Call David at 406-210-5605 or send an email to [email protected] if you’re searching for semen from balanced trait sires!

Rafter 5M Land & Cattle

Bruin Ranch

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Contact [email protected] or call 406-210-1366 if you are interested in becoming a sponsor for Angus Underground.

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American Angus Association® (AAA)

GeneBrokers

BreederLink

Quotes:

• “I’m not going to tell you how to breed your cows, and no one should either. That’s not our business. Our business is to support you in what you want to do.” — Logan [13:54]
• “When it comes to genetics, we’ve made plenty of mistakes, but one thing about ours is that the environment sorts those mistakes out. They don’t last very long.” — Lex
• “We want people to think of us as a maternal source. We really try to find bulls that come from strong cow families.” — Lex [45:40]

Learn more about our sponsor, Montana Ranch, by visiting MontanaRanchAngus.com.