Pro Ag Podcast

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...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Wade Allnutt a rancher near Walden. He wrote a letter to the CPW Commission and Colorado voters about the working dog killed by wolves steps from the home he lived in on a ranch. For a glimpse into the first day of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife meeting we reference- https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/03/09/someones-lying-in-latest-activist-embarrassment-for...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Bob Welch, a longtime writer of Western life, a ranching history buff, a cowman, and the editor of the beautiful Ranch Record Magazine. Visit https://ranchingheritage.org/support/become-a-member/ to join. The museum is one of the best kept secrets in the ranching community. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabin...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Dan Gates who is the face of Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management. He has been the face of the fight to save the hunt and he and I are both adamant that the ag and outdoors communities must stand shoulder to shoulder against attacks. You can find his podcast Through the Gates wherever you listen. This is my favorite episode- https://podcasts.apple.com/...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Angela Lieurance. Angela headed the capital campaign at the NWSS and has raised over $200 million for various campaigns. She is classy and outspoken and brilliant and she will leave you with a better look at your potential. You're going to love her as much as I do! This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose at Iliff Custom Cabinetry....

In this episode, Rachel visits with Jordan Lambert, Colorado State University's Director of Agricultural Innovation and Partnerships, CSU Spur. Jordan is not only one of my favorite humans, she hosts the Future Cowboy event at the Spur this weekend. Formerly, the Offal Party, it brings organ meat and haute couture together and I can't say that about any other event ever. This episode is br...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Heather Maude of Caputa, South Dakota. Heather was indicted on federal criminal charges for theft of federal property for a fenceline dispute. This is the story of what happened and how she and Charles prevailed. 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 Faceb...

In this episode, with National Western upon us, Rachel reached back into the vaults and pulled her conversation with the late Evan Slack from 2020. Slack speaks about the Denver Union Stock Yards and mixing and mingling with the people in the yards for many years. It's one of my favorite conversations with a legend and someone I look up to. I'm now a farm broadcaster on Western Ag Network,...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Sue Anschutz-Rodgers about Hereford cattle, NWSS, and the story about her fiesty personality that has grown legs. 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 Dr. Mahesh Nair, an associate professor of Meat Science at Colorado State University. We bonded over our mutual frustration surrounding the ad campaigns that crop up on The Facebook comparing a package of grocery store packaged ground beef, and a vacuum packed, direct to consumer-type pound of ground and the accompanying claim that "their" beef is bett...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Sue Anschutz Rodgers. If you're unfamiliar, Sue is a rancher, a philanthropist, a daughter of the oil and gas business, and is sharp as a tack. In honor of Monday's ribbon cutting at the NWSS junior barn named in her honor, enjoy a snippet of my visit with the incomparable Sue Anschutz. This episode is brought to you by the generous support of Adam Rose...

In this episode, Rachel visits with the writer Joe Wilkins, an eastern Montana ranch-raised writer and teacher. Rachel reached out to Wilkins after reading The Entire Sky. Then, after their interview, she finished Fall Back Down When I Die. That one is now in her top three all time favorites, alongside Kent Haruf's Plainsong. Wilkins' voice carries in it echoes of Haruf in all the best way...

In this episode, Rachel visits with Dr. Samantha Cunningham, a good Sandhills soul who teaches at CSU and advises the CSU Seedstock Marketing Team. Catch the telling of The Bull on the Wall and how the experience is making stockmen. 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://w...