229: Cattle Market Rebound, Record Pairs, and a Beef Checkoff Rant with John Campbell
John Campbell is back on the podcast, this time calling in from Oklahoma with a full breakdown of how the cattle market has snapped back from the fall crash. He walks through runaway calf prices at Wi...
26 Dec 202520min
228: Cattle Market Holds Strong as Heifer Retention Rises: What It Means for 2026 with Dan and Samantha
This week’s conversation digs into the final stretch of 2025 cattle markets with Samantha and Dan breaking down the latest data, the holiday trade environment, and what early signals tell us about 202...
25 Dec 202516min
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
