Aberdeen Barn Talk

Welcome back to Aberdeen Barn Talk.  Been a little tied up and had to take a break but host Curtis Ohlde is back and in this Episode sits down with Wes Gunn and David Shockey to review the last year while on the American Aberdeen Breeders Services Committee and what they are looking forward to in 2025.  In addition both Wes and David are running for the American Aberdeen Board and share some of th...

In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde is joined once again by reoccurring guest, Dustin Bender and a first time guest, Colton Tom with the University of Findlay in Ohio.  Dustin shares past experience with the Ohio Beef Expo and the involvement the Eastern American Aberdeen Regional Association has had over the years.  Colton then goes into a deep dive starting with the two seme...

In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with Matt Cooney of Cann Valley Cattle Co. from Victoria, Australia.  Matt shares being a first generation cattleman, growing up in the city then finding interest in Lowline Cattle while visiting his aunt.  Since then Matt has aggressively shown cattle to promote his program and has been successful in growing his program sourcing g...

In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde is joined by Rebecca Miller, David Shockey and Dustin Bender to talk with Matt Wilkinson of Lowland Park Beef in New Zealand.  There was a little bit of mic feed back on one mic creating some static so hopefully you don't mind too much.  Matt shares about the area he lives in New Zealand then his family background in the Dairy Business....

In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde is joined by Rebecca Miller to hear from Margo Hayes of Vitulus Stud, Queensland, Australia.  Margo shares her story of starting out with two Lowline cows to shipping live cattle and genetics around the world.  She was a Pioneer in Red Genetics and promoting them.  Margo was a member of ALCA, Ausline and the American Aberdeen Association.  M...

In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with American Aberdeen Association Committee Members Dustin Bender, Wes Gunn and David Shockey.  They continue on from the last episode talking about various females in their respective programs and wrap up with talking about committee goals for 2024. Curtis starts out sharing that this episode title came from another podcast, The...

In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with American Aberdeen Association Committee Members Dustin Bender, Wes Gunn and David Shockey.  They start out sharing information about their background and learn that David started out as a pig boy.  They then review the committee and the Association for 2023 with the biggest accomplishment being online registration going live. ...

In this Season 2 Episode 1 of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde sits back down with guest Told Bohlmeyer and Dustin Bender.  They give updates on their respective farms since last being on then give an update on the future of their farms.  They then talk about some current events before going talking about some of their favorite episodes from Season 1.  They then discuss what kind of content t...

In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde goes International traveling to Listowel, Ireland to talk with Lucie & Johan Walsh of Boiheamach Farms.  Earlier in the day a local new crew was onsite to interview Lucie and John's farm and talk about Lowline cattle.  They have the second herd to their knowledge of Lowline Cattle.  The herd started with the purchase of embryos from...

In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde sits back down with Dustin Bender and Eric Kyllo to wrap up the series on Record Keeping.  Dustin brings some worksheets from his operation for calf production weights, preg checking and evaluating bull data.  They each break down how they would break down for their individual operations.  Eric emphasis's applying the data back to the f...

In this episode on the series of Record Keeping 2 of 3, host Curtis Ohlde sits down again with Eric Kyllo and Dustin Bender to take a deep dive into production records each use and how they are utilized in their programs and how these records are evaluated and and tie back into episode one of the Financial Plan.  This episode runs a little longer than most.  This episode focus's on the cow/ca...

In this Bonus Episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with American Royal Director of Communications Allyssa King.  Allyssa shares the history of the American Royal then reviews the schedule starting with the Rodeo in May to the Breeding Cattle Shows starting now, Junior Shows next week, more Breeding Shows followed by Horse Shows and other activities.  Allyssa also gives us a g...

In this episode 1 of 2 over record keeping, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with Eric Kyllo of Minnesota who in addition to being an American Aberdeen Breeder is also a business owner and consultant.  Dustin Bender also stops in.  They discuss the importance of keeping good financial records and planning.  Some of the areas they discuss are Production vs. Financial Records, Net Worth/Balance Sheet, In...

In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with Wreen Pacheco of Pacheco Beef.  Wrenn tells the story of her and her husband Arturo growing up in New Mexico and Texas, meeting at Junior College Judging and onto Texas Tech.  Arturo then pursued a Phd in Ruminant Nutrition at K-State followed by finding a ranch to settle down to and call Wabaunsee County Kansas of the Flint H...

In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde sits down to do a Nutrition 101 with Twig Marston.  Twig tells of his background then they dive into what makes a ruminant a  ruminant.  They also discuss the stomachs that make up a ruminant and there respective function.  In addition they discuss various nutrients and feed additive.  Tune in for additional information as they continue deep...

Today's Episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk is a sharing from the  The Cattle Call and brings awareness to the Flint Hills of Kansas and one way of doing that is with Symphony in the Flint Hills.  The Cattle Call Host, Curtis Ohlde attends this years 18th annual Symphony in the Flint Hills and has the opportunity to interview Sandy Carlson the event manager and Mike Holder a retired County Extensio...

In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk a episode 2 of 2 Curtis and Dustin discuss current events and Junior Nationals in McCook, Nebraska along with June being Dairy Month and up and comping episode topics.  Then continue on with Curtis, Todd and  Dustin catching up on what is going on in their areas, discuss some current events and layout how things are going for their respective operations for re...

In this weeks Episode, Curtis and Todd are joined for Doc Talk with Heath Heyden of Northwest Iowa.  They catch up on some current events and what is goin on in their respective regions.  Then discuss vaccinations for Bred Heifers, Wet Cows, Bulls and Calves.  Going over Killed and Modified Live Vaccines along with primary differences and concerns with using MLV if close to breeding time.  They al...

In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk a episode 1 of 2 Curtis and Todd are joined back by Dustin Bender to catch up on what is going on in their areas, discuss some current events and layout how things are going for their respective operations for rest of the year.  Todd shares with us his recent trip to Ireland, golf and Guinness.  Junior Nationals for American Aberdeen's is coming up in Jun...

In the episode of the Aberdeen Barn Talk, Curtis sits down with the Chelsea Woodcock DVM, a native from California practicing Veterinary Medicine in Missouri.  They will discuss the importance of doing bull physical exams prior to breeding season to make sure you don’t have any surprises at preg check time. 150 Years of Angus in the United States. http://www.kansasangus.org/150-years-of-angus-fiel...

In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, Curtis and Todd discuss Coffee Talk and "Spring is in the Air"!  Busy time with Calving, Planting, Spring Turnout and Breeding.  They then talk with Brent Sieck the inventor of Heat Siecker a revolutionary tool for anyone to assist with heat detection for A.I., Embryo Transfer or for the clean up bull.  They discuss how Brent came up with the idea t...

In this Episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde and Todd Bohlmeyer discuss current events over Coffee Talk.  Then the continuation of the previous episode they discuss Marketing with Dustin Bender.  The episode is then wrapped up with Curtis sitting down with Mark Sullivan of The Stockman Magazine.  Mark shares some stories about himself, the mission of The Stockman Magazine, what a new r...

In todays episode 1 of 2 of Aberdeen Barn Talk, your host Curtis Ohlde sits down with co-host Todd Bohlmeyer and Dustin Bender from Ohio to discuss what is going on in their areas in Coffee Talk and Marketing.  Dustin shares his thoughts in marketing for his farms retail meat program.  They talk about the importance of Sharing your Story, having a Marketing Plan and Customer Service.  The continua...

In this episode, Curtis and Todd sit down with Steve Hoffman owner of Steel Brook Livestock to learn about his family operation in Wisconsin.  Steve is also the current President of the Midwest American Aberdeen Association and talks about his goals, membership renewal, opportunities in the annual directory and other programs the Association has.  For more information about the Midwest Association...

In todays episode, part two of What’s in your Calving Box.  Curtis and Todd discuss current events and review the last podcast.  The Dustin Bender with CABB Farms in Ohio joins in to talk about what is in his tool box then shares how CABB Farms got started and a little more about their program. https://www.timeanddate.com/on-this-day/february/16 UNL https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nebraska-e...