Season 2, Episode 4 Out Now! In this episode we travel down the U.S. Route 395 to Bishop CA, learn a bit about the E Clampus Vitus Fraternity, visit Talbot Cattle Company Ranch with rancher and veterinarian Tom Talbot and then follow him north to a ranch in Bridgeport to vaccinate a whole bunch [...]
S2 E3: Tom's Place & Long Valley w/ Cashbaugh Ranch Out Now! In this string of four or five episodes we're exploring ranches located in the Eastern part of the state off of U.S. Route 395. In the past 2 episodes we moved North from Kern County into the Owen's Valley which is [...]
Join us on our travels up 395... especially the dusty parts.
Season 2, Episode 1 Out Now! To listen now press play on the player below, search “Stories from California Cattle Country” on your preferred platform for streaming podcast episodes or click on one of the following links to go straight to it : Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Scenes from [...]
Steak au poivre with Natalie Koopmann Episode Out Now! This summer is the first anniversary of the project known as "Stories from California Cattle Country". Though our first episode was released in August of '21 the conceptualization started around the beginning of Summer last year. My first ranch visit, literally my first visit [...]
Feedlots Explained with Marissa Fisher of UC Davis Episode Out Now! The beef cattle facilities which is a part of the animal sciences department are located just west of the campus and have the capacity for 650 head. It's there where we linked up with Marissa Fisher, the beef cattle facilities manager to [...]
Hospitality Tour at Circle Ranch Recap with Molly Dennis Episode Out Now! On May 16th, the California Cattle Council bused a group of chefs, butchers, and other hospitality professionals to Circle Ranch in Ione. Circle Ranch was ideal because of its proximity to Sacramento, relative beauty and its wonderful owners in Tim and [...]
Talking Dairy Technology with Tyler Ribeiro at Rib Arrow Dairy Episode Out Now! A year ago, if you were to ask me about dairy operations I would say well… the cows eat grass and then they make milk. I was ignorant to the complexity of their formulated diets, the incredible regimented pace of [...]
Air Superiority: Rounding Up Cattle with a Helicopter at Carver Bowen Ranch Episode Out Now! In this episode we first speak with the ranch's current Patriarch, Carver Bowen. Carver was on hand for the round up though he’s a bit too long in the tooth to ride horseback anymore. Sheila coaxed him over [...]
Cow Pedicures at Rib Arrow Dairy Episode Out Now! On our recent visit to Rib Arrow Dairy in Tulare, we met up with father and son hoof trimmers Marty and Art DeHaan. The DeHaans visit Rib Arrow Dairy weekly and attend to about 50 cows per visit providing trims and occasional treatments for [...]