The Progressive Cattle team hits the road at NCBA in Nashville visiting presenters of Cattlemen’s College. Emily Solis of Animal Agriculture Alliance explains preparing for animal activists hitting your ranch; Jessica Gilreath of Texas A&M University shares research of sustainable practices directly beneficial to cow-calf production; Jason Sawyer of King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management dives into decisions that sort the manageable as opposed to the unmanageable; and Kent Swisher of the North America Renders Association about the role they play in the sustainability picture for beef production in all phases of rendering.

Cassidy and David visit with Bob Milligan, a senior consultant with Dairy Strategies LLC, who shares his insight on working with cattle ranchers and those in ag related to business management. Also get to know Kate James, Progressive Cattle’s summer intern, and what goes into her work with the publication.

Paul, Cassidy and David spend some time talking on market dynamics with Tanner Beymer, NCBA’s director of government affairs and market regulatory policy. Just how far has NCBA membership moved toward price discovery reform in recent years?

Listen in as David, Cassidy and Paul talk about the magic of grazing with the executive director for the Texas Grazing Land Coalition, Jenny Pluhar. Do you know what grows on your ranch? Should you really take half, leave half? And, do you really need 16-plus pastures to do rotational grazing effectively? All of these things and more are discussed in this episode. 

Paul, Cassidy and David put their taste buds and palate for real beef to the test with a blind taste test of Burger King’s traditional Whopper and the fake meat in the Impossible Whopper.

In this episode, Colorado-based chief meteorologist and drought planning consultant Brian Bledsoe shares his weather forecast for the coming months, as well as the importance of having a drought plan. He also lists a few things to include in the drought planning process – one being forage insurance.

On this episode of the Progressive Cattle podcast, Frank Mitloehner, professor of animal science and air quality specialist at the University of California, Davis, discusses beef’s roll in climate change. What battles should beef producers fight? Is climate change real? And, is biodiversity the next “Achilles’ heel” in animal agriculture? You won’t want to miss it.

Joining us on this episode of the Progressive Cattle podcast is Ranch House Designs’ founder Rachel Cutrer. She shares social media tips, how much you should include in your marketing budget and ways she has seen seedstock producers adjust during the pandemic.

And, did Paul really say he takes oxytetracycline (OTC)? Yes, yes he did.

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Join David, Cassidy and Paul as they look back at 10 years of Progressive Cattle and what was happening in the beef industry when the magazine got its start. You’ll also hear special guest Elliott Dennis, a livestock economist with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, wrap up this year’s cattle markets and what he forecasts for the first quarter of 2021.

David and Cassidy chat with our own Irons in the Fire columnist and podcast contributor, Paul Marchant, about his newly published book, “Musics of a Would-be Renaissance Cowboy.” The book is a collection of Paul’s columns for Progressive Cattle and its sister magazines. He shares the inspirations that have helped his career in ranching and how collecting that experience and learning about others helped shape his new book. The editors also chat about major events of 2020 and where the beef industry goes into 2021.