Category: Big Thinkers

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.

Good stories, part II

Date: Jul 05 2017

Sitting shotgun in his truck, Rick Gurley was right. He’d tipped his hat when we exchanged pleasantries, barely made it across the cattle guard to his place near Huntsville when I knew.

Good stories, part I

Date: Jun 30 2017

Rick Gurley’s a storyteller. You know the kind.

Dissatisfied with a simple synopsis, driven by detail, he’ll settle into a memory and take you back with him for the ride.

Predictable cattle in a business that’s anything but

Date: Jun 16 2017

In a world where changes seems hard to predict, where prices are volatile and weather is, too, it’s nice to have something constant to rely on.

Like father, (not necessarily) like son

Date: Apr 25 2017

Paul moved to Lakeview, Ore., and runs the northern unit. It’s actually his son, Tom, who takes care of its southern sister.

Commitment you recognize

Date: Mar 27 2017

When the Schiefelbeins won the 2012 Seedstock Commitment to Excellence Award I started my day at their family meeting, seeing their teamwork in action.

When Tom met Sally

Date: Mar 06 2017

They drive people, challenge them, at times can cause great stress, but they bring families together and draw their keepers back to the basics of life.

Following the calves: Not in South Dakota anymore

Date: Mar 03 2017

On paper, Mark Sebranek doesn’t own very many of the 28,000 head of cattle on feed at his Garden City, Kan., yard….but don’t tell his heart.