The Cattleman’s Corner: OPINION: Park It
By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
The history of people in positions of power asking the commoners to do things...
The Cattleman’s Corner: Drafting Genetic Quality in You
By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
A lot of parallels can be made between a professional sports team drafting new...
The Cattleman’s Corner: OPINION: Unruly Natives
By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
Environmentalists place a great deal of importance on native species. The religion of valuing...
The Cattleman’s Corner: Cattle Need More Flex
By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
From a plane window, thirty thousand feet above the ground, one can take in...
The Cattleman’s Corner: Pairing is the Key
By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
When most people hear about “pairing” they think of matching wine with food. I...
The Cattleman’s Corner OPINION: For Good or Bad, All Politics Are Local
By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
Could three city commissioners in Philadelphia decide whether a farmer in California’s Central Valley...
The Cattleman’s Corner: Kern County Cattleman and Cattle Try to Keep America Great Again
By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
On October 14, 2020 in Fallon, Nevada, approximately 700 ranchers and patriots gathered from...
The Cattleman’s Corner: Sometimes It Takes Unconventional
By Austin SneddenRanching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
When you are forty miles from town and a sixty-year-old galvanized tank is leaking water...
The Cattleman’s Corner: Acronym Overload
By Austin Snedden, Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
Eventually we may see the day when we only communicate in acronyms. Oil industry guys...
The Cattleman’s Corner: There Aren’t Enough Hands For Your Style of Cowboyin’
By Austin SneddenContributor, Valley Ag Voice
Have you ever worked cows with someone that has only worked with big crews? They dive...
The Cattleman’s Corner Trailer Lights, Tape Measures, and Other Mysterious Things
By Austin SneddenContributor, Valley Ag Voice
There are certain things in life with just no explanation. Sure, humanity has tackled some big...
The Cattleman’s Corner: Should Economic Contraction Mean Government Contraction?
By Austin SneddenContributor, Valley Ag Voice
In the private sector, income and growth generally correspond with each other. However, in government, economic...
The Cattleman’s Corner Balancing Reputation and Responsibility
By Austin Snedden
Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
We have all heard references that you can judge a person by their friends or whom...
The Cattleman’s Corner: R-CALF CEO Discusses the “Beef” with Dysfunctional Cattle Markets
By Austin Snedden
Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
On Tuesday, February 4th, the Kern County Cattlemen’s Association (KCCA) president, Carl Twisselman, welcomed 90 members...
The Cattleman’s Corner: Selecting Cattle to Fit Economics
By Austin Snedden
Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
For the last 50 years in the cattle industry, various traits have been emphasized and de-emphasized,...
The Cattleman’s Corner: Are Meatheads Smarter Than Meat Producers?
By Austin Snedden
We may all have different opinions on unions, but we can definitely agree that some are more effective than...
The Cattleman’s Corner: Barbed Wire and Bailing Twine
A cattle rancher’s day-to-day tasks run the gamut of job descriptions, a cattle rancher’s truck reflects those multitude of duties that may need to be undertaken. A rancher’s pickup truck is a masterpiece of functional chaos. From plumbing to fence repair, from mechanics to office work, my truck has it.
