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In this episode, Rachel is joined by Leslie Gifford of Western Ag Network. Leslie will be on her own episode soon because she thrills me all the time with her stories and love of history and her heart for little girls, broncs, and old houses. You guys are going to love her. Our guest this week is Shane Hanchey, now officially 18x National Finals Rodeo Qualifier in the tie-down roping. We talk about having the horse of the year, getting ready for his big roping, the NFR, and a food truck that brings crawfish and boiled shrimp to the people! I'm a fan, man. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find Adam Rose on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada!

In this episode, Rachel visits with Congressman Gabe Evans from Fort Lupton, Colo. Evans is running to retain his seat against Democrat challenger Manny Rutinel, who has a long anti-ag and anti-oil and gas agenda. This is a big problem for the constituents within CD-8 in Colorado, one of the largest ag and energy producing Congressional districts in the country. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find Adam Rose on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada!

In this episode, Rachel visits with with editor and author Nancy Casey. Casey edits Buck Sawyer and is hopefully encouraging him to finish HEX 2 because I'm anxious to read it. This is the insider guide to writing and self publishing, especially in the agriculture/rural space so many of us are in. You can find and follow Nancy at planetnancy.net. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find Adam Rose on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada!

In this episode, Rachel visits with Mace Thornton. He was one of the first policy guys I met when I was a whippersnapper on the Colorado Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee a million years ago. He had a novel on his bucket list and now he's working on number three. You know I LOVE a good rural story with some history. His check all the boxes. Find and follow along at macethornton.com. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find Adam Rose on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada!

In this episode, Rachel visits with Kari Hume about her battle with an energy company. She's our very own Erin Brockovich. From humefarmstead.com: In 2024, Tallgrass Energy built the Logan Compressor Station just 951 feet from our front door — more than 400 feet closer than the distance the company reported to federal regulators. This compressor station sits over the bi-directional natural gas transporting Rockies Express Pipeline, called "REX”. It went in following a zoning change, without a local building permit and without the kind of public notice a project of this size would typically require. Since then, we've lived with near-constant noise, low-frequency vibration we can feel inside our home and shop, and intermittent sulfur-like and chemical odors. The dispute has since grown to include the nearby Trailblazer Pipeline, which runs through our pasture roughly 800 feet from our home. That pipeline has carried natural gas across our land for over 40 years under a 1981 right-of-way agreement — but Tallgrass has converted it to carry carbon dioxide (CO2), a use that legal analysis confirms was never authorized under that agreement. Our children can no longer play outside without experiencing sounds, vibrations, airborne toxins, concerning odors, and a large aesthetic eyesore. Our fabrication business requires welding and plasma cutting, both open-flame activities in the presence of unannounced, pungent natural gas releases. Though these activities are inside our shop, air quality experts confirm that VOCs actually accumulate inside buildings and residences near facilities with emissions. We’ve spent nearly two years trying to resolve this privately and in good faith. That didn't work. We've now filed suit — Hume, Brady et al v. Tallgrass Energy et al, Logan County District Court, case number 2026CV030052 This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find Adam Rose on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada!

In this episode, Rachel visits with editor Nancy Casey about self publishing. This is an absolute insider look into writing, editing, and publishing. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.iliffcustomcabinetry.com or on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada! Find Nancy Casey at https://planetnancy.net/. I have a copy of her memoir. Send me a text at 970-768-0024 if you would like it. I'll mail it to you as soon as I read it!

In this episode, Rachel visits with former state senator Greg Brophy, her favorite watermelon grower. Brophy says renewable energy projects on private property can be a total win for ag producers akin to a dang lottery ticket. Here's his take. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.iliffcustomcabinetry.com or on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada!

In this episode, Rachel visits with Dick Wadhams, who I aspire to be as smart as. He's a political powerhouse who has forgotten more about Colorado politics than I have ever known. I'm a total fan. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.iliffcustomcabinetry.com or on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada!

In this episode, Rachel visits with Oregon author Buck Sawyer. Raised in a salebarn with the best meatloaf around, Buck is the author of The Steens Mountain Series. I am within minutes of finishing the first book, Brand of Crazy, about HEX, Hector Eladio Xavier, and I've thoroughly enjoyed it and I'll be suggesting it to the folks who follow my #cowbios on The Facebook. You can find him at bucksawyer.com. Rachel also gives a sneak peek and an introduction to Willa Koenig, one of the main characters of her first novel, The Gospel of Squash Blossoms and Pearl Snaps. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.iliffcustomcabinetry.com or on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada!

In this episode, Rachel visits with Jesse Lasater from Bayfield, Colo., about his acceptance into the elite PALS program through American Farm Bureau. He is one of the very best choices from the West to send through rigorous training to be an exceptional advocate for agriculture. You're going to like him! This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.iliffcustomcabinetry.com or on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada!

In this episode, Rachel visits with Don Richards. Don is a force of nature. He has been a financial advisor and an independent insurance broker since 1984. He earned his BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado in 1978, his MBA in Finance from the University of Denver in 1983, his CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation in 1989, his Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor designation in 2021, and his CERTIFIED SUCCESSION PLANNER™ designation in 2025. Don currently holds FINRA Series 7, 63 and 65 registrations and provides investment products through Cetera Wealth Services, LLC. Don is the founder of The Richards Financial Group, Inc. and Texarado Western Advisors, LLC, and he is an associate with The Benefit Team, LLC, an employee benefits consulting and brokerage firm. Don is involved in numerous community and professional organizations and has served on the boards and advisory councils of several charitable foundations, including the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Farm Bureau, Colorado FFA Foundation, Young Americans Education Foundation and Junior Achievement of Metro Denver. He served on the Chamber's Executive Committee from 2008 through 2009.  Don is an active member and volunteer with the Denver Chamber, is a graduate of the 2007 class of Leadership Denver, an eight-time delegate in the Leadership Exchange program and a six-time delegate in Colorado Experience. He is a 2011 graduate of Leadership Program of the Rockies, a member the American Enterprise Institute Leadership Network, and a chapter officer of the Vino & Veritas Society. Don served on the steering committee of the Dean’s Society at the Daniels College of Business and has served as a mentor in the Daniels Scholars program. Don is an active member of the Western Stock Show Association, the Silver Spur Club at the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo, Colorado Livestock Association, Colorado Cattlemen's Association, and the Denver Agriculture & Livestock Club (where he serves as Vice President), and he is a long-time supporter of the Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.iliffcustomcabinetry.com or on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada!

In this episode, Rachel visits with Colorado gubernatorial candidate Barb Kirkmeyer about the issues important to agriculture and rural Colorado. She also talks us through how the budgeting process works within the Joint Budget Committee. Pull up a chair at the table for a good visit. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.iliffcustomcabinetry.com or on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada!

In this episode, Rachel visits with Nebraska farm broadcaster Susan Littlefield. Join two veteran, Gen X ag journalists in talking about agriculture. You're going to feel like you just pulled up a chair in the milking parlor or chute side. Come on in and we'll just tell you the dang story. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.iliffcustomcabinetry.com or on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada!

In this episode, Rachel visits with Sterling's Sen. Byron Pelton for a wrap up of the legislative session, a gospel on private property rights, and his take on the state in a post-Polis era. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.iliffcustomcabinetry.com or on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada!

In this episode, Rachel visits with Kyle and Tonya Perez. Kyle had three cows left to AI breed in the pen he had been working all day when he smelled the smoke. There was another set with flames licking their heels that were all set to receive fresh embryos the following day. Wind, dry conditions, and ample fuel is really a terrifying combo. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.iliffcustomcabinetry.com or on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him here. Check our our cows on the Anywhere Cam site at https://anywhere.cam/. Scroll down to the Hereford cows and tada!