Category: Big Thinkers

Ovine to bovine

Date: Feb 05 2018

I met Fred Roberts this summer outside a diner in western Wyoming. He ordered his coffee and I asked him questions about Angus cattle. Fred’s a sheep guy, too.

Answers out the window

Date: Jan 22 2018

I expected a typical interview. If I’m being honest, maybe even a rushed one. I’d called Jordan Willis on the fly just a week earlier, asked him if I could snag an early morning on his Wyoming ranch.

Words two live by

Date: Jan 10 2018

“That was probably it,” my gut tells me as I drive past a charming farm house lining a dirt road on the outskirts of Spearman, Texas. I dial the first 8-0-6 number in my recent call list, not sure which brother will be on the other end of the line.

The green-hand, fourth-generation rancher

Date: Dec 07 2017

For cattleman Jay Stomprud, it’s the first expression that comes to mind when thinking of his pre-rancher life compared to today.

News release: from potential to profit

Date: Dec 04 2017

It takes a team

Date: Dec 04 2017

It’s about more than hard work and great genetics — having the right people in business with you can make all the difference.

Ready for rory?

Date: Oct 30 2017

I strain my ears as a few people wander into the kitchen of the Amarillo Country Club, pondering if those new voices match the one of chef and TV personality Rory Schepisi.

Not just a carcass program

Date: Oct 13 2017

“Rather than going for extreme, we make sure the cattle do everything else right and then pick the best you can for the traits you’re trying to improve,” Doug says.

The footsteps we follow

Date: Sep 22 2017

I’ll just put it to you this way – I’ve learned a lot. I had good help back then, too. I had people to mentor me, and people I was lucky that they were around.

One-man show, part II

Date: Aug 29 2017

Jim Moore’s full of these. Life lessons, advice not taken, anecdotes of who said ‘what,’ when and why.