Last updated on February 6th, 2024 at 04:03 pm
Keeping It Simple
Dave runs a traditional cow-calf operation in Saskatchewan, where the wind cuts deep in the winter and the summers run dry more often than not. He doesn’t run a big spread, and he doesn’t rely on a lot of machinery or hired help. His cows—roughly 140 head most years—graze native range and tame grass across the hills and meadows near his place. There’s not a lot of fancy equipment in the yard, and that’s just the way Dave likes it.
It’s a Family Affair
Six Creeks Farm, like many farms and ranches, is a family affair. And it takes a lot of family when the operation is spread across 4,500 acres of farmland and 50,000 acres of private and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) acres of southeast Montana prairie. “My grandpa, my dad and his two brothers bought the first place in 1982,” Hansen says, and they ran the outfit until about eight years ago, when Hansen and his wife Brandy, along with his parents Mike and Penny, and sister Megan, bought out the uncles.
Graze Better With Riomax
The Nebraska Sandhills come by their moniker honestly. In fact, when Mike Henderson’s great-great grandfather homesteaded in 1881 near the present-day town of Whitman, Nebraska, that was mostly what was there—sand and hills. “It’s pretty unique country,” Henderson says of the Sandhills. “We’re considered a high, arid, desert area,” about 3,500 feet above sea level. Henderson, his wife Tee Jay and their son Logan along with hired hands run around 1,000 cows. They manage around 15,000 acres on the home place and another 11,000 acres on a nearby place they call Petra.
Holding On Through the Seasons
In the heart of New Mexico, Lance Vicente and his brother run a multi-generational ranch that’s weathered the test of time and harsh conditions. But when faced with drought and rising feed costs, Lance was skeptical of a new mineral program that promised to improve cattle health and ranch efficiency. In this video, Lance shares his journey from doubt to transformation, revealing how small changes have made a big impact on their cattle, pastures, and even their workload.
High Tech Cattle
Seth Christensen owns Christensen Genetics, a high-tech cattle operation near Weston, Idaho, in the southeast corner of the state, just across the Utah border. While Christensen’s agricultural roots run five generations deep, he’s the first in his family to focus on cattle rather than farming. It’s a first generation, high-tech outfit that specializes in selling confirmed embryo transfer pregnancies featuring fullblood Akaushi heifers, leasing Angus bulls to commercial beef producers, as well as selling semen and frozen embryos.
Finding a Place in Ranching
The generational legacy of ranching is part and parcel of the beef industry’s DNA. Yet, keeping a family ranch afloat is tough, no matter where it’s located. It’s even tougher for a young person who’s not from a ranching family to rise from the ranks of ranch hand to ranch owner.
The Future Looks Bright With Riomax
The landscape around Fort Macleod where Wade Chester is located is a transition area between the prairies and the mountains. It isn’t always an easy area to live in, especially with being in the middle of a four- or five-year drought. Poor forages, low-quality grass, sick calves, and poor breed-up are just a few challenges he and others in his area have faced. But that’s all changed since switching to the orange tubs…
Riomax Has Your Back
With some low-quality grass and years of drought in Nazareth, Texas, Julie Gibson and her family have struggled with good nutrition for their cattle. From pinkeye, cracked hooves, and foot rot to calves without vigor and poor conception rates, they knew something had to change.
That’s where Riomax came in…
Riomax Shines When the Pens Get Muddy
In the heart of north central North Dakota, Nathan Blessum and his family, like so many others, work hard to navigate the ups and downs of farming and ranching. Their story is one of tough conditions and finding solutions where they can, proving that sometimes, the right tub of minerals can make all the difference on the farm.
