227: The 10-Step Year-End Checklist Every Ranch Should Finish Before January
Most ranchers drift into January with half-finished books, fuzzy numbers, and a mental list of decisions they’ll “get to later.” But if you want a stronger, more profitable 2026, the work starts now. ...
24 Dec 20257min
226: The Truth About Regenerative Grazing: What Works and What Doesn’t with Emma Coffman
Grazing management is one of the most misunderstood and most financially consequential parts of running a ranch. In this episode, Lauren Moylan and Emma Coffman break down what rotational and regenera...
23 Dec 202515min
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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 202514min
