Brandi Buzzard
You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure - Cattle Included
By Brandi Buzzard on August 17, 2020
We raise purebred Gelbvieh and Balancer cattle, which are commonly called “seedstock.” Our purebred cows and bulls all have their own individual pedigrees, very similar to the kind of pedigrees...
Controlling the Summer Bugs and Bacteria
By Brandi Buzzard on July 16, 2020
I would love to say our cattle never get sick, but unfortunately, that’s not the truth. Just like cats, dogs, hamsters and humans, cattle have biological systems that can be disrupted by bacteria and...
Ranch Work in the Summer
By Brandi Buzzard on June 16, 2020
A few weeks ago, we hauled our cows from our ranch to the summer grass we lease so our home pastures can rest and grow for haying. The cows will spend five months grazing on vast grass pastures while...
Cooking with a Rancher During Quarantine
By Brandi Buzzard on May 18, 2020
If you’ve been to a grocery store in the last month, you might be wondering, “Where’s the beef?” Meat shelves have been relatively bare the past six to eight weeks and you might be confused as to why...
How COVID-19 is Affecting Cattle Farmers and Ranchers
By Brandi Buzzard on April 16, 2020
A lot can change in just a few short weeks. A month ago, our nation’s citizens were flitting about to school functions, filling restaurants and were cautiously unfazed by COVID-19. Fast-forward to...
Meet a Female Rancher
By Brandi Buzzard on March 24, 2020
Imagine it’s late spring in Kansas. A 150+-year-old farmhouse sits on a ranch nestled among large maple trees and a creek. Peppered throughout lush, green pastures are red cows eating grass to their...
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