Pro Ag Podcast

In this episode, Rachel sits down with McKenzi Stone, a young HR consultant in eastern Colorado. Her consulting role is in Human Resources but her heart is for people and rural places and that's what really made this visit super enjoyable. Kenzi is the conversation you just might need after the last two weeks. Find her at McKenzi Stone, HR Consultant or McKenzi and Co. This episode is brought...

In this episode, Rachel and Dan Gates sit down once again to talk about why Colorado's 83 to protect hunting and fishing doesn't matter today. That's right. It doesn't matter today, but within our kids' generation, it will. Vote, man. Find Dan and more information at savethehuntcolorado.com and you can find the Through the Gates podcast wherever you're listening. This episo...

In this episode, Rachel is joined by Leslie Gifford of Western Ag Network. Leslie will be on her own episode soon because she thrills me all the time with her stories and love of history and her heart for little girls, broncs, and old houses. You guys are going to love her. Our guest this week is Shane Hanchey, now officially 18x National Finals Rodeo Qualifier in the tie-down roping. We talk abou...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Congressman Gabe Evans from Fort Lupton, Colo. Evans is running to retain his seat against Democrat challenger Manny Rutinel, who has a long anti-ag and anti-oil and gas agenda. This is a big problem for the constituents within CD-8 in Colorado, one of the largest ag and energy producing Congressional districts in the country. This episode is brought to you by t...

In this episode, Rachel visits with with editor and author Nancy Casey. Casey edits Buck Sawyer and is hopefully encouraging him to finish HEX 2 because I'm anxious to read it. This is the insider guide to writing and self publishing, especially in the agriculture/rural space so many of us are in. You can find and follow Nancy at planetnancy.net. This episode is brought to you by the generous...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Mace Thornton. He was one of the first policy guys I met when I was a whippersnapper on the Colorado Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee a million years ago. He had a novel on his bucket list and now he's working on number three. You know I LOVE a good rural story with some history. His check all the boxes. Find and follow along at macethornton....

In this episode, Rachel visits with Kari Hume about her battle with an energy company. She's our very own Erin Brockovich. From humefarmstead.com: In 2024, Tallgrass Energy built the Logan Compressor Station just 951 feet from our front door — more than 400 feet closer than the distance the company reported to federal regulators. This compressor station sits over the bi-directional natural gas...

In this episode, Rachel visits with editor Nancy Casey about self publishing. This is an absolute insider look into writing, editing, and publishing. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.iliffcustomcabinetry.com or on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Adam, please let him know you heard about him h...

In this episode, Rachel visits with former state senator Greg Brophy, her favorite watermelon grower. Brophy says renewable energy projects on private property can be a total win for ag producers akin to a dang lottery ticket. Here's his take. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.iliffcustomcabinetry.com or on The Facebo...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Dick Wadhams, who I aspire to be as smart as. He's a political powerhouse who has forgotten more about Colorado politics than I have ever known. I'm a total fan. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.iliffcustomcabinetry.com or on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Oregon author Buck Sawyer. Raised in a salebarn with the best meatloaf around, Buck is the author of The Steens Mountain Series. I am within minutes of finishing the first book, Brand of Crazy, about HEX, Hector Eladio Xavier, and I've thoroughly enjoyed it and I'll be suggesting it to the folks who follow my #cowbios on The Facebook. You can find him at...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Jesse Lasater from Bayfield, Colo., about his acceptance into the elite PALS program through American Farm Bureau. He is one of the very best choices from the West to send through rigorous training to be an exceptional advocate for agriculture. You're going to like him! This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabin...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Don Richards. Don is a force of nature. He has been a financial advisor and an independent insurance broker since 1984. He earned his BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado in 1978, his MBA in Finance from the University of Denver in 1983, his CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation in 1989, his Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor designation in 2...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Colorado gubernatorial candidate Barb Kirkmeyer about the issues important to agriculture and rural Colorado. She also talks us through how the budgeting process works within the Joint Budget Committee. Pull up a chair at the table for a good visit. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.ili...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Nebraska farm broadcaster Susan Littlefield. Join two veteran, Gen X ag journalists in talking about agriculture. You're going to feel like you just pulled up a chair in the milking parlor or chute side. Come on in and we'll just tell you the dang story. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find h...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Sterling's Sen. Byron Pelton for a wrap up of the legislative session, a gospel on private property rights, and his take on the state in a post-Polis era. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.iliffcustomcabinetry.com or on The Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/icucab/. If you see Ad...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Kyle and Tonya Perez. Kyle had three cows left to AI breed in the pen he had been working all day when he smelled the smoke. There was another set with flames licking their heels that were all set to receive fresh embryos the following day. Wind, dry conditions, and ample fuel is really a terrifying combo. This episode is brought to you by the generous support o...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Mike Broemmel. He's a former Reagan staffer, longtime political writer, historical fiction author, playwright, and a gem of a human. We covered the gamut. Stick around for his story about the time his keyboard lost four very important letters... This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.ili...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Karen Nelson from Bertrand, Nebraska. Nelson grew up on a harvest crew - Heil Harvesting - and after college, joined her family to see if that is where she wanted to be fulltime. It wasn't, but there was a corn grower she thought was pretty great. Now she's in Bertrand and working to make the community better. We talk about the news desert, Stefan Solovi...

In this episode, Rachel visits with David Harold of Tuxedo Farms in Olathe, Colo., about why they won't be sending their Olathe Sweet sweet corn to Kroger stores. Then Christine Koeppen joins her to talk about sticking up for wildlife and hunting and answering the question her son asks: why do they hate us so much? This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Cu...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Dick Wadhams, an architect of some of the most impressive political campaigns. Wadhams said there is a real opportunity for Colorado Republicans to capitalize on all time low approval ratings within the Democratic party but the Republicans are being their own worst enemy. Find Wadhams' column next to mine each Monday in Colorado Politics. This episode is bro...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Ainslie Wilson, a rancher in Arthur County, Nebraska. The Morrill Fire rages through their area and Ainslie has been able to put some of that experience into words. Her words are powerful in print and to hear her speak of the experience. Get ready for Ainslie. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him...

In this episode, Rachel visits with northeast Montana's Haylie Shipp. We start out talking about her little blond boy, her choice to be a single mom on purpose, and jump into ranching and her new podcast coming this fall called Desolate Dating. You're going to love Haylie. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry. Find him at www.iliffcu...

In this episode, Rachel visits Heather Maude, straight off the plane from the White House and right to the calving pasture. We talk the gamut- calving, lawfare, two years since their lives were overturned, and why married couples need separate semen tanks. If ever were a woman made to do significant things, it's Heather. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Il...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Dr. Laurena Davis, who is a assistant professor of mass communications at Colorado Mesa University. When she saw a biography of her grandmother's career, a woman who she had watched live as a tough sheep rancher with a talent in the kitchen and her own impeccable style, boiled down to housewife, she recognized the need for more. Armed with a grant, she, a co...