241: 3 Financial Metrics Every Producer Should Track Monthly
Most producers can tell you cow count, rainfall, and how much hay is left. But the operations that stay broke even in good markets usually miss the same thing: they aren’t watching the right financial...
13 Tammi 8min
240: How to Rebuild Without Going Broke: Heifers, Genetics, and Data with Emma Coffman
Lauren and Emma kick off the year by getting brutally practical about herd rebuild decisions and the real economics behind keeping heifers. With cattle prices strong but input costs still climbing, th...
12 Tammi 24min
239: The Cattle Market, Methane, and the Misinformation Producers Still Pay For with John Campbell
Lauren and John open the year with a strong market update across multiple regions, highlighting higher prices, aggressive demand for bigger feeder cattle, and notable shifts in how buyers are using gr...
12 Tammi 35min
238: Behind the Scenes of the Beef Checkoff with Terry Quam
As CattleCon approaches, Terry Quam joins the podcast to walk through what actually happens behind the scenes of the beef checkoff and why producer involvement matters now more than ever. From how the...
8 Tammi 28min
237: The Big 2026 Cattle Market Wildcards: Border, Beef Demand, and Placements with Dan and Samantha
The first market update of the new year kicks off with Dan Gerhold and Samantha Cozza-Wright breaking down a cattle market that’s wasting no time rebounding. From a Santa Claus rally and feeder cattle...
7 Tammi 19min
236: Will Your Operation Survive the Generational Shift? with Emma Coffman
Emma’s back and we’re going straight into one of the messiest, most avoided topics in agriculture: generational transition. With the average age of U.S. producers climbing and new “beginning” producer...
6 Tammi 24min
235: What the Weather Pattern Is Telling Us About 2026 with Gary Lezak
Meteorologist Gary Lezak kicks off the new year by breaking down what the long-range weather pattern is already revealing about 2026. After chasing a major West Coast storm to Lake Tahoe, Gary explain...
5 Tammi 17min
234: The Bold Shift Ranching Needs Now with Dan Leahy
Dan Leahy has spent 20+ years walking into other people’s ranches and fixing the stuff nobody wants to name out loud. In this episode, he breaks down why ranch management is the real bottleneck, not j...
2 Tammi 33min
