225: The Pattern Is Locked In. Now the Real Questions Begin for 2025–26 Weather with Gary Lezak
This week’s episode dives into a weather pattern that has finally revealed its true shape — and it’s a complicated one. Meteorologist Gary Lezak joins Lauren to break down the emerging 70–75 day LRC c...
22 Des 202518min
224: The Mating Mistakes Costing You Thousands — And How Genomics Prevents Them with Martin Ropp
In this episode, Lauren sits down with industry veteran Marty Ropp to cut through the noise on genomics and what it actually means for cattle producers. Marty shares how genomic tools have finally cau...
19 Des 202524min
223: The Cattle Market Is Up, but Beef Demand Isn’t: Dan’s Rant the Industry Needs to Hear
Warm temps, melting snow, and a half-marathon training confession set the stage for what turns into one of the most candid episodes of the year. Host Lauren Moylan sits down with market analyst and ca...
18 Des 202520min
222: $12B for Farmers, Trade Deals in Limbo, and Farm Bill 2.0 with Rep. Tracey Mann
Representative Tracey Mann returns to the podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on the Bridge 8 announcement, ag trade realities, input costs, and what farmers should expect heading into 2025. Laure...
17 Des 20259min
221: Feed Her or Sell Her: The Hard Truth About Winter Nutrition and Cow Numbers with Emma Coffman
Winter is here, forage is fading, and a lot of cows are walking into the hardest part of the year underfed and overworked. In this episode, Lauren Moylan and advocate Emma Coffman get brutally clear a...
16 Des 202517min
220: Not the “Worst Winter Ever”: What the Real Long-Range Forecast Says for 2025–26 with Gary Lezak
This winter’s atmosphere is officially locked in, and it is not the pattern a lot of people were hoping for. In this episode, meteorologist Gary Lezak joins host Lauren Moylan to unpack the new Lezak ...
15 Des 202514min
219: Unpack the Cattle Market and MCOOL with John Campbell
When cattle prices finally bounce back, most producers’ minds go straight to optimism, not labeling law. In this episode, host Lauren Moylan and John Campbell walk through a sharp rebound in the sale ...
12 Des 202526min
218: Volatile, Violent, and Not Over Yet: Cattle Market Reality Check with Dan and Samantha
The cattle market just put producers through one of the wildest years in recent memory, and this episode does not sugarcoat it. Lauren Moylan sits down with Dan Gerhold and Samantha Cozza-Wright to un...
11 Des 202518min
