Jaclyn Wilson and her family have been hosting interns for years. In this episode, she shares how interns have been valuable in improving their operation and why intern programs are important. Throughout the episode, Jaclyn shares tips on how to navigate housing, payment and management situations if you host interns. Listen: https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/episodes Read: https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/transcripts Tip: PayPal.Me/cattleconvos RancherMind: https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/ranchermind-events Ranching Resources: https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/ranching-resources Watch: https://youtu.be/n-ctIQzp25I

Lance Cox comes from a ranching background and has worked on several operations other than his home place. In this episode, Lance shares his perspective and advice on how ranch hands and managers can better communicate and work together.

Leave the stress of selecting bulls behind! Dr. Matt Spangler explains how your operation can increase profitability through genetic selection and how you can discover which data is the most important for you to analyze.    Resources:https://ebeef.ucdavis.edu/ https://getpenned.com/ https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/ranching-resources Audio: https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/episodes Video: https://youtu.be/v6UgYAeTztw Read it: https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/transcripts Tip the Host: PayPal.Me/cattleconvos

Make rotational grazing easier on yourself and employees with RangeWard. RangeWard offers fencing trailers that allow you to implement the grazing strategies you need to improve your soil health and reduce the labor challenges associated with these.    The first half covers the benefits of regenerative grazing and the second half talks about the technology offered by RangeWard.   RangeWard: https://www.rangeward.ca/ Audio:https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/episodes Video: https://youtu.be/HPTzaoyMUec Transcript:https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/transcripts Tip Shaye:  PayPal.Me/cattleconvos Newsletter: https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/newsletter www.facebook.com/RangeWard www.linkedin.com/company/range-ward-inc/?viewAsMember=true

Strategic plans are crucial to the success of ranches. They allow goals to be achieved and often bring families closer together. Scott Mickelsen shares how ranchers can get started with strategic plans and what those first steps look like in this episode.   Tip the Host: PayPal.Me/cattleconvos Video: https://youtu.be/UQXKtyQlg9k Transcript:https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/transcripts RancherMind: https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/ranchermind-events

Improve your overall promotional strategies for your bull sale. Tracey Koester shares her knowledge and experience on this topic and provides listeners with actionable tips that they can start using today.    Bull Stalkers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bullstalkers Newsletter: https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/newsletter RancherMind: https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/ranchermind-events Tip Shaye: PayPal.Me/cattleconvos Follow @cattleconvos on social media.

We need to stop silencing our voices and share the story of the beef industry. If we don’t, someone else will do it for us and probably not share what needs to be shared. In this episode, Chandler Mulvaney discusses the dos and don’ts of advocacy and helps listeners find resources to start their journey as advocates. Resources: https://www.performancelivestockanalytics.com/performance-beef/ Transcript: https://casualcattleconversations.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-dos-and-donts-of-advocacy-with.html Audio: https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/episodes Video: https://youtu.be/ZasFWr-H3jI Newsletter: https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/episodes Partner: https://forms.gle/iSrxi6NkzMVtQy9h8 Chandler’s Email: cmulvaney@beef.org

In September, Kaitlynn Glover and I sat down to visit about 30 by 30. Kaitlynn takes the time to explain what it means, where the government was at this fall and how you can do your part as a producer to take action.   Transcript: https://casualcattleconversations.blogspot.com/2021/12/policy-episode-30-by-30.html Partner: https://forms.gle/pBZz4BsDzwH9t5xe7 Newsletter:https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/newsletter Kaitlynn’s email: kglover@beef.org

🥩 Get Paid for what Your Beef is Worth 🥩   The markets are frustrating.😡 You don’t always get paid for what your beef is worth.   How do you get around this?   Logan Peters shares his solution to this problem in the latest episode.    With a passion for beef and an entrepreneurial heart Logan shifted his cattle operation to raising Wagyu cattle and selling beef directly to consumers and restaurants.   Learn how you can add value to your beef by listening to this episode! Transcript: https://casualcattleconversations.blogspot.com/2021/12/loganpeters.html Video: https://youtu.be/9Svyu31TGNQ RancherMind: https://www.casualcattleconversations.com/ranchermind-events

Jerry Wulf shares his experiences as a leader in the beef industry and his community. He discusses how and why it is important to become a leader. His advice and experience are honest as can be. Take a listen!