Correlated traits
Date: Mar 15 2016
Big Thinkers & BlogRanchers who care about their cattle, the buyers of those cattle and the final beef consumers, also tend to be just some of the most genuine, welcoming and humble people you’ll ever meet.
Category: Big Thinkers
Following the calves: A success story in the making
Date: Oct 31 2015
Big Thinkers & Blog & StockmanshipIt’s become a running joke in the Evert family that ranches near Brady, Neb.: The first year Virginia was at the clipboard during preg-checking time, mysteriously all the wild cows came up “open.”
Following the Calves: 86% CAB and Prime: “still OK”
Date: Oct 27 2015
Big Thinkers & BlogIn October, the last of last year’s 150 calves finished at Cattleman’s Choice Feedyard, near Gage, Okla., went to harvest at National Beef.
Following the Calves: Everything Evert
Date: Oct 23 2015
Big Thinkers & BlogBrandon and Virginia Evert, and their neighbors, cousins and seemingly best friends Kirk and Rachael Evert ranch together, raise kids together and generally “do life” together.
Quality down the tracks
Date: Sep 28 2015
Big Thinkers & BlogIn an industry that sometimes resists change, the Collins men embrace it, like, for instance, when they decided to transition from complete phenotypic to a combination of genetic and phenotypic selection.
In the neighborhood
Date: Sep 23 2015
Big Thinkers & BlogMeet Ryan Schneider. A third-generation Cozad, Neb., cattleman and in essence my neighbor (just a few sections away anyway).
True grit with a grin
Date: Sep 04 2015
Big Thinkers & BlogThis summer I met Richard Tokach on his Angus ranch near St. Anthony, N.D. I shook his hand and I knew he had it.
Like father, like son
Date: Jun 21 2015
Big Thinkers & BlogAfter my stop in Lost Nation, I hit the road for Monona, Iowa, to catch up with Koal Deering.
Koal is a young, innovative farmer who operates an Angus cowherd and feedlot.
Opportunity lies beyond the ranch gate
Date: Apr 10 2015
Big Thinkers & Blog & Consumer ConnectionThe two shook hands and what began as a conversation more than 10 years later has blossomed into a friendship and a successful business partnership.
Functional, successful, profitable
Date: Apr 08 2015
Big Thinkers & BlogI had the chance to spend my Friday afternoon with all three at the same time while visiting the Thoeny Ranch in eastern Montana.