Cattleman’s Corner Radio

"My wife June is the key to the whole operation"

That is the impression that we received when talking with Gelbvieh breeder Roger Olsen of Platteville, Colorado. Roger is a Select Sire rep, while June runs the cattle operation on a day-to-day basis. 

Here is a transcript of today's conversation;

Now, here's Roger Olson again today from Mill Iron Lazy V Cattle Company.

"One of the things that I failed to mention, Brian, and ...

• Roger Olson's Cattle Operation: Roger Olson is involved in a family-run cattle business in eastern Colorado, operating the Mill Iron Lazy V Cattle Company. The operation specializes in registered Gelbvieh cattle, a breed chosen for its maternal traits, feed efficiency, and adaptability to pasture conditions. Despite challenges from area development and droughts, the cattle have performed well, and Olson maintains a mix of pas...

Joe, the owner of Klun Farms & Cattle, discussed his background and journey in the cattle business. Growing up on a farm that has been in his family since the 1900s, Joe has been involved with agriculture from an early age. After starting a separate career in telecommunications focusing on low-voltage fiber optic lines, he has spent over a decade building this business alongside his cattle ventures. Joe’s passion for cattle was...

Our co-host David Woodruff has David Lamoureux, and they were talking about flood irrigation practices in Arizona. 

"Yeah, well, it's out south. It's about halfway between Phoenix and Tucson, down south of Eloy, a little place called Picacho, down there by Picacho Peak."

And it's all flood irrigated? 

"Right." 

When you come on raw land in Arizona and you go to flood irrigate it, there's a little bit of leveling involved, o...

Now here's more with my conversation with Cole Buffo from southwest Kansas. Do you raise your own feed? 

"Yeah, we do all our own alfalfa. We've got about 140 acres of alfalfa ground that we put up. We can usually get about four cuttings a year out of, and it's all along the creek. So, I mean, it's usually pretty decent for us."

How's your moisture this year? 

"We're a little dry. I know we're trying to figure out when to sta...

I have Cole Buffo on the phone with me with Buff Tuff Cattle Co, if I've got the name right. Welcome to the show, Cole, and if you don't mind, just kind of give us a background on that name there and how you got started in the cattle business. 

"Yeah, so it was actually a nickname, a buddy of mine that I grew up with kind of gave me back when we were in middle school. And I mean, I got started when I was in grade school with catt...

Welcome to the Cattleman's Corner. I'm Brian Hale, sitting in for the late Howard Hale, as we continue his legacy of speaking with cattlemen and women from around the globe. 

We're talking to Ted Delagana.

Ted is now from Conrad, Montana, but used to be in, was it the Central Valley in California? 

"Central Coast, is what we call it."

You were involved in agriculture down there? 

"Yep, all my life."

What kind of things...

Kory Ostrand of Ostrand Angus, located in Mason City, Nebraska, discussed the origins of his involvement in livestock. Kory detailed how he used money from selling a 4-H steer to purchase a registered Angus heifer at the age of nine, marking the beginning of his journey into registered cattle breeding. His family's ranch has been operational since 1884, making him the fifth generation to run it. They are strategically located about...

Now let's check in with Dan Reardon of Rockin' R Red Angus, who had moved his operation from the high country in Colorado to just a few miles south of McGrew, Nebraska.

How did your sale go, Dan? 

"We were really, really thrilled with the sale, and how it went, and the feedback on the bulls. You know, it was a really challenging time."

"The two days before the sale is when the big fire hit, and so friends and customers just ...

Welcome to the Cattleman's Corner. I'm Brian Hale, sitting in for the late Howard Hale, as we continue his legacy of speaking with cattlemen and women from around the globe. 

Gelbvieh and Balancer cattle are well known throughout the beef industry for their maternal strengths and superior growth. With attributes such as more pounds of calf weaned, added fertility, greater cow herd longevity, and heavier carcass weights, just to n...

Welcome to the Cattleman's Corner. I'm Brian Hale sitting in for the late Howard Hale as we continue his legacy of speaking with cattlemen and women from around the globe. We'll be back with today's guest right after this.

Gelbvieh and Balancer cattle are well known throughout the beef industry for their maternal strengths and superior growth. With attributes such as more pounds of calf weaned, added fertility, greater cow herd lon...

Let's check in with Bryan Gill from Gill Red Angus to see how their sale went.

"Sale was really good. We sold 160 commercial replacement heifers and they averaged just under 3500 and then we sold 98 bulls. Sold every bull we offered and averaged just under $10,200."

Wow nice.

"It was really good."

Oh good yeah that's pretty good averages. Was that your best sale ever?

"No last fall was our best sale. We have a two-yea...

The discussion details the history and operations of Cherry Creek Ranch in Veteran, Wyoming, in an interview with Shawn Booth. He describes his beginnings in the livestock business, starting with raising registered dogs and gradually moving into cattle by purchasing a bred heifer in Montana as a child.

Over the years, Cherry Creek Ranch has grown and adapted through sales and breeding programs. In 2008, they dispersed their cow her...

Had a chance to catch up with Isabel South Dakota Breeder, Bryce Lindskov on their recent sale.

You mind telling us how it went, Bryce?

It was a record-breaking sale, like most of them have been good, but this one would of course be our top sale. We sold like 605 bulls, 28 states, 4 Canadian provinces, and I'd say it would be the number one averaging sale for Angus and Charolais in the nation, and then the Hereford's would ha...

Here's more from my conversation with South Central South Dakota Angus breeder Steve Mowry.

You said you've been running it this way. It's been successful running them through the ring. Do you see any disadvantages to that?

"You know, I've had bulls that are team as kittens at home and I've had them get excited in the ring and and you know, it hurts the sale. But I mean, they are what they are and I've had bulls that I was a ...

Steve Mowry from Ma And Pa Angus in Presho, South Dakota.

"I started when I was about 16 as a bullfighter, but when I was a young 10, 12 years old, I was in Little Bitches rodeos. I always enjoyed the bull riding more than I rode barebacks and saddle broncs both. I had a lot more luck with junior bulls and even the senior bulls growing up. I just clicked with cattle. Horses, I was more afraid of a horse than I was a mean bull."

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Steve Mowry from Ma anb Pa Angus in Presho, South Dakota has a sale today. So the first question is Steve, if you don't mind, just give me a little background on how you got started in the cattle business.

"I guess I've always been drawn cattle in one form or another. I grew up on a ranch, my dad bought this ranch in 1961, the year that I was born. I followed my brothers into rodeo. That was some of my first enjoyable experience...

Now here's Galen Frenzen from Frenzen Angus and Polled Herefords.

"Most of the guys that sell yearling bulls, they start calving right after Christmas. We don't start calving till the middle of February and when we tested our bulls at our sale, I always get nervous with the yearling bulls, a lot of them weren't even a year old yet. But the vet commented that he said the nuts are right there and they're firm. And he said, I'm not ...