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Send us Fan Mail Dr. Stephen Koontz is a Professor and Economist in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Colorado State University, specializing in agricultural commodity markets, agribusiness, and risk management. In this episode, we talk about beef industry infrastructure, packer concentration, imports, price discovery of fed cattle and changing technology in the valuation of feeder cattle. Links: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-498yg-1b86543 - Working Ranch Radio episode [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail Jeremy Kinder is the owner and operator of 6K Ranch near Faxon, Oklahoma, along with his wife Katy and four children. Currently, the operation consists of a commercial cow/calf and stocker cattle business.  Jeremy graduated from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in Animal Science. After graduation, he worked in the registered Angus and Red Angus industry managing various herds from Colorado to Oklahoma.  He currently serves as the Southwest Area Vice-President of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association and President of the Tri-County Cattlemen’s Association. He also serves as a founding member of the Common Ground Coalition.

Send us Fan Mail Ted Schroeder is a Distinguished Professor of Ag Economics at Kansas State University. His research on livestock marketing and price analysis provides information and direction for the livestock and grain industries. His research focuses on improving commodity market efficiency by investigating price discovery methods, improving market coordinating mechanisms, and applied risk management. Schroeder also teaches courses in marketing and risk management. In this episode, we cover the recent Truth Social post announcing the Executive Order to waive quotas for up to 300 Million Metric Tons of beef for grinding in the U.S. We also cover the recent announcements of closures of Tyson beef plants, plus the challenges of today's small cowherd numbers for overall industry infrastructure.  Past episdoe: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1995747/episodes/13838968 Contact info: [email protected] 785.532.4488

Send us Fan Mail Joe Morgan is CEO of Poky Feeders, a custom cattle feeder in Scott County, KS.  He began feeding cattle after his graduation from Iowa State University in 1973. He began at Poky in 1985, and has grown the yard from a 17,000 head capacity to 103,000 one-time capacity today. Joe serves as Vice-Chair of US Premium Beef and is a long time member of the Kansas Livestock Association and National Cattlemen's Beef Association.

Send us Fan Mail Derrell Peel holds the Charles Breedlove Professorship of Agribusiness in the Department of Agricultural Economics. He has served as the Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist since 1989. His work focuses on livestock market situation and outlook and marketing/risk management education for producers. Dr. Peel works in all areas of livestock production economics and marketing for all beef cattle production sectors. Additionally, he works on meat demand and meat supply chain issues and beef product marketing. He also works in the area of international cattle and beef trade and have particular expertise in the Mexican cattle and beef industry.

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Kailey Fitzmorris is founding owner of Flyin 3 Vet Service, Eureka, KS. With additional locations in Moline and Cedar Vale, she has 4 additional veterinarians working with her in the practice. Our Locations | Flyin’ 3 Veterinary Service in Kansas Past podcast mentioned: Dr. Miles Theurer https://www.buzzsprout.com/1995747/episodes/14655607

Send us Fan Mail Dr. G. Cliff Lamb currently serves as the Director of Texas A&M AgriLife Research. Texas’ premier research agency in agriculture, natural resources and life sciences featuring 13 centers and faculty in 20 academic departments, a portfolio of more than 500 faculty programs and >$300 million in annual research expenditures. He received his B.S. (1992) from Middle Tennessee State University and his M.S. (1996) and Ph.D. (1998) from Kansas State University. He served as Assistant (1998-2004) and Associate Professor (2004-2007) at the University of Minnesota followed by serving as a faculty member and the Assistant Director and Professor at the North Florida Research and Education Center at the University of Florida (2008-2017).  In 2017, Dr. Lamb was appointed as Head of the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University, where he served until his current appointment in 2022. Dr. Lamb maintains an active research program focused on applied reproductive physiology to enhance production efficiency of beef cattle operations.  In addition to the United States, Dr. Lamb has conducted experiments and implemented reproductive management strategies throughout the world including Australia, Argentina, Botswana, Brazil, Ethiopia, Hungary, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, South Africa, Russia, Uruguay, and Zimbabwe.

Send us Fan Mail Mark Gardiner is CEO of Gardiner Angus Ranch, Ashland, KS. In this episode, we talk about the many challenges that wildfires have brought to Mark's region. Mark shares ways that they have overcome these challenges and grown stronger as a result.

Send us Fan Mail Kendal Kay is CEO of Stockgrowers State Bank, Ashland, KS, where he has worked for 30 years. He is the former mayor of Ashland and played a key role in the donation and recovery efforts of the Starbuck Fire of 2017, one of the state's largest wildfires in recent history. I caught up with Kendal while he was en route to visit victims of the yesterday's Ranger Road wildfire that burnt roughly 150,000 acres of Oklahoma and Kansas ranchland. We talk about current status reports of the many fires in the region, plus what we can do to help victims. Links: Ashland Community Foundation Ashland Community Foundation Kansas Livestock Association (785) 273-5115 Hay donation locations: Ashland Feed & Seed Ashland Feed & Seed - Homepage Shaw Feedyard - Ryan Koons, Manager - [email protected] or 620.805.4682

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Tom Carr is Professor Emeritus of the University of Illinois. After Serving on the faculty for 36 years as a Meat Scientist and Professor, he and his wife now make their home in his hometown of Medicine Lodge, KS. Other podcast episodes referenced: #22 - Diana Clark

Send us Fan Mail Chandler Keys grew up on a family farm in Maryland. In addition to helping his family raise purebred Angus cattle and grow various grain crops, he was active in 4-H and other agriculture clubs. After earning his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, Chandler held an entry level position with National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA). Over the next two decades, Chandler stayed with NCBA and moved up within the organization. He became the Vice President for Government and Industry Relations where he led the 20+ staff in the Washington DC office. Chandler then took his leadership to Swift & Company, later JBS, until he began Keys Group in 2012. Chandler and his family live in Maryland.

Send us Fan Mail Carolyn Perrier is a ranch wife, mother of three and grandmother of nine. She is a servant in her community, a leader for countless organizations through the years, and most importantly... my mom.  On this episode, we talk about her journey from city to country life and the countless challenges and blessings along the way. Past episode mentions: Tom Perrier https://www.buzzsprout.com/1995747/episodes/12299829 Symphony in the Flint Hills https://www.buzzsprout.com/1995747/episodes/12898676

Send us Fan Mail Justin McKee is a professional rodeo announcer, a cattleman, a communicator and a leader.  Raised in southeast Kansas, he now has a ranch near Hico, TX, and is a commentator on the Cowboy Channel, as well as announcing numerous rodeos across the nation. In addition, he puts on broadcasting clinics and leadership seminars to help others bring out their best. https://www.justinmckeenow.com

Send us Fan Mail Matt will go over the high-use sires in the Dalebanks 2025 sale offering, plus give an overview of the Perrier family's breeding program and genetic selection philosophies. Don't miss the 2025 Sale, Saturday, November 22, at the ranch NW of Eureka, KS

Send us Fan Mail Don Close is a senior animal protein analyst for Terrain Ag. He’s enjoying serving in leadership roles in the cattle industry and conducting research on a wide range of topics after overseeing the establishment of Terrain as the team’s first leader. Don’s prior experience includes his work as a senior animal protein analyst at Rabobank, and as a market director for the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, where he worked on all economic and market-sensitive policy issues for cattle feeders in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. In his three decades of professional experience, Don has been a licensed commodity broker, handled risk management and pricing for large cattle operations, managed a grain procurement program, and published market updates and outlooks for cattle and hogs. Don earned his BS in agricultural economics from West Texas A&M. Terrain | The Sneaky Barrier to Herd Expansion: Big Cows