Chance Clay is 7th generation on his family’s ranch in NE Florida. Growing up he worked with his family on their cow/calf operation. After attending St. Johns River Community College, he remained on the ranch and began to diversify the operation. Clay Ranch now consists of a cow/calf operation, stocker calf operation, commercial blueberry farm and timber production. Chance is …
Zane Herrin
Zane Herrin was raised on Herrin Cattle Company, a commercial cow/calf operation that scatters within five counties in west Texas. He pursued a degree in wildlife management with a concentration in production at Tarleton State University. Following college graduation, Herrin served as the livestock manager at the Callaghan Ranch in Encinal, Texas – and worked under KRIRM alum Darrell White. …
Tyler Gardner
Tyler Gardner was raised on a family farm in Star Valley, Wyoming, were he learned the value of hard work and seeing a job through to the end. He quickly learned that horses and beef cows were more up his alley than farming and milk cows. He started day working for neighbors and riding colts. He learned many valuable lessons …
Tom Davis
Tom Davis was born and first introduced to cattle and farming on a dairy farm north of Ft. Worth, Texas. This environment gave him the opportunity to learn about every aspect of cattle, not just the beef cattle business. Davis was able to witness as his grandfather, J. Fred Davis, took a small family-owned dairy and turned it into a …
Jase Taylor
Growing up in a wildlife oriented family in Northern Utah, Jase Taylor learned early to love wildlife and to appreciate range as the home for the wildlife he loved. Starting at the age of 14, Taylor spent his summers and weekends living his dream as a big game and fly fishing guide on Deseret Land & Livestock in north east …
Daniel Dalton
Daniel Dalton, a 6th generation cattleman, spent his first 10 years of life in Tuttle, Idaho, on the family beef cattle and dairy operations. From the time he could walk, he was with his dad learning the works of the trade. His family relocated to Snowville, Utah, where his father managed 400 head cow-calf and 50 fox-trotter broodmare outfit for …
Chris Kirby
Chris Kirby is part of a fifth-generation ranching family in Oregon. He has held a passion for agriculture since age five when he owned his first milk cow named Valentine and his horse named Birthday. After his parents moved to the Portland area when he was a teen, Kirby spent summers on his grandparents’ ranch and helped full time during …
James Stuart
James Stuart was raised in Virginia, Idaho, a small agricultural community located in the south eastern corner of the state. At a young age he began to learn and love the rewards of hard work from time spent in the outdoors. His love for being horseback was spurred by his grandmother and mother’s shared passion. At 10-years-old, Stuart started working …
Rhonda Wulf
Rhonda Wulf grew up near Morris, Minnesota, part of the third generation in a family cattle operation. The Wulf family has operated a seedstock and cattle feeding operation started by the late Leonard Wulf in the 1950’s. Here Rhonda learned to appreciate the scope if the beef industry from genetics to carcass; developing a passion not only for producing a …
Philip Weltmer
Philip Weltmer grew up in Smith Center, Kansas on a family operation that included cow-calf, stocker, feedyard, feed mill, livestock market and row crop. Upon graduation from Kansas State University majoring in Animal Science & Industry, Philip returned home to join W & S Ranch Inc. Philip manages the registered and commercial Angus cow-calf herd and feedyard. They artificially inseminate …
Ben Spitzer
Ben Spitzer grew up in the cattle business and his family involvement goes back several generations to include both commercial cattle and registered cattle of several breeds. Spitzer attended Oklahoma State University (OSU) and majored in Animal Science with an animal production emphasis. Upon graduation from OSU, he decided to continue his formal education at Colorado State University (CSU) and …
Cody Peck
Cody was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and grew up not far from there in Julesburg, Colorado. Cody was lucky enough to have married his wife, Hester in 2007 and was blessed with two wonderful girls, Riata, 5 and Ava, 2. Cody came from Deseret Cattle and Citrus where he was involved in the Leadership Development Program. Deseret Cattle and Citrus …