Summer 2025 has been busy so far! On June 20th and 21st, we had the honor of attending Beef & Greet in Bentonville, Arkansas—Moly Manufacturing and Jorgensen Land & Cattle brought this exclusive event hosted by The 808 Ranch. I interviewed folks like Larry Grand, V.P. of Gentics with Jorgensen Land & Cattle, as well as Lamar and Shari Stieger, the Founders of The 808 Ranch! Much of the discussion centered on the management of the beef supply chain and the ability of our industry to fill consumer demand. The Steigers are great people. Make sure and check out the article in this issue entitled “The 808 Ranch, Lamar and Shari Steiger: Dreams Come True”. 

Another great month visiting with Ranchers. We stopped by and saw Stuart Gilbert of Graystone Cattle Co., Ton Heidt with K7 Herefords, Landi McFarland with Hoover Angus, Garrett Wood of Crooked Creek Angus, and Nick Dwyer of Dwyer Cattle Services. The most enjoyable part of my job is visiting with producers at their farms or ranches. Great conversations with these outstanding seedstock producers. And as a reminder, the Fall Sale Season is fast approaching. Nick Dwyer was hard at work getting ready for his Next Generation Foundation Female Sale coming up on August 24th! 

We are announcing a new podcast, “Cattlemen & Veterinarians, A Partnership in Bovine Health! This podcast features Dr. Shynia Peterman with the Lyons Vet Clinic in Lyons, Kansas, as my co-host. Dr. Shynia and I bring you episodes providing information, ideas, and tips on a variety of bovine health issues, featuring some of the industry’s brightest animal health professionals. Our first episode was on external parasites in cattle operations. Lice, mites, ticks, flies, mosquitoes, and other pests can make a cow’s life miserable and cost you money! Our guest was Dr. Mark Alley. Dr. Alley is a managing veterinarian with the US cattle and equine Technical Services team at Zoetis. Make sure to find us on your favorite podcast platform! 

Final thoughts. As part of the announcement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is releasing several farm security and national security policies strongly supported by America’s cattle farmers and ranchers in the Farm Security and National Security Action Plan. America is blessed to have hundreds of thousands of family farms and ranches producing beef right here at home,” said NCBA President and Nebraska cattleman Buck Wehrbein. “NCBA strongly agrees with Secretary Rollins that farm security is national security. We are pleased that USDA is protecting our family farms and ranches, scrutinizing foreign acquisitions to ensure they don’t threaten American agriculture, protecting U.S. agricultural research from foreign adversaries, and bolstering animal health programs to prevent a foreign animal disease outbreak.” The American Cattlemen strongly supports this action plan and looks forward to its implementation. 

We hope the remainder of your Summer is productive and safe! I hope to see you on the trail! 

TAKE CARE! 

Gale 

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