The Millennial Ag Podcast

By Valene Cauhorn & Katharine Lotspeich

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Welcome to Millennial Ag, where agriculture is always on tap and no topic is off limits. Join Valene, a beef rancher and agriculture engineer, and Katharine, a proud daughter of dairy and dairy consultant as they navigate agricultural issues that rarely get talked about, while challenging viewpoints and rediscovering how to have powerful, respectful, and change-making conversations.

Episode Date
Episode 209 - Bridging the Gap Between Agriculture and Engineering with Valene Cauhorn
Jun 12, 2025
Episode 208 - Free Trade Matters: What Dairy Can and Will Do in a Growing Global Market with Erica Louder
Jun 05, 2025
Episode 207 - Beef: Bigger, Better, Smarter with Meat Scientist Dr. Phil Bass
May 29, 2025
Episode 206 - From Silent Struggles to Shared Strength: Erik Blaser’s Mental Health Journey in Agriculture
May 22, 2025
Episode 205 - The Courage to Disrupt: Rethinking Strength, Emotions, and Health in Agriculture with Terry Drieling
May 15, 2025
Episode 204 - Laundry, Scrolling, Silence: The Mental Health Warning Signs We Can’t Ignore
May 08, 2025
Episode 203 - Finding Stability Amid Uncertainty with Dr. Nora Feldpausch
May 01, 2025
Episode 202 - Manure Occurreth - Laugh Anyway!
Apr 24, 2025
Episode 201 - Sharing Our Week With Custodians of Success at the Western Dairy Management Conference
Apr 17, 2025
Episode 200 - Ag’s Next Frontier: Owning the AI & Political Revolutions
Apr 10, 2025
Episode 199 - The Burning Questions: Ag, the Future & What’s Next?
Apr 03, 2025
Episode 198 - Ag Labor – It’s Just Basic Math with Rick Naerebout
Mar 27, 2025
Episode 197 - The Steaks are High: Commercial Beef Outlook with Brandon McEndaffer
Mar 20, 2025
Episode 196 - Zero Risk Does Not Exist: On Biosecurity with Dr. Julia Herman, DVM
Mar 13, 2025
Episode 195 - "Show Me Your Butt!" - On Calving Season with Valene
Mar 06, 2025
Episode 194 - Live from World Ag Expo! Insights on Precision Technology in Animal Agriculture
Feb 27, 2025
Episode 193 - Don't Sweat the Petty Things and Don't Pet the Sweaty Things
Feb 20, 2025
Episode 192 - Navigating Net Zero in Dairy and Beef: Precision Agriculture, AI, and the Real Culprits with James Hague
Feb 13, 2025
Episode 191 - Raw Milk Revealed: Myths, Risks and Realities with Unbiased Science
Feb 06, 2025
Episode 190 - Trump’s Leadership and Ag’s Future: Insights from Tanner Beymer
Jan 30, 2025
Episode 189 - Agility in Ag: Keeping Pace with the Speed of Change
Jan 24, 2025
Episode 188 - We're Past Eradication: Dr. Barb Petersen on Facing Endemic Bird Flu in Dairy Cattle
Jan 16, 2025
Episode 187 - "We Took Chances" - How English Dairy Farmers Mike and Donna Bowe Reshaped Their Dairy Legacy After Foot and Mouth Disease
Jan 09, 2025
Episode 186 - How Much Money Came In and Where Did It Go? - On End of Year Planning with Bill Lickley
Dec 19, 2024
Episode 185 - Holiday Beef Market Shakeups
Dec 06, 2024
Episode 184 - We Don't Fall to the Top of Mountains: Finalizing the Idaho Water Deal with Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke
Nov 22, 2024
Episode 183 - What's Gonna Happen Now? We talk about what Trump's appointments may mean for American Ag
Nov 15, 2024
Episode 182 - 2024 US Elections Breakdown with NCBA's Tanner Beymer
Oct 31, 2024
Episode 181 - Not Enough Milk or Cows: Dairy Markets Going Crazy
Oct 24, 2024
Episode 180 - Danger of Denver Slaughterhouse Ban Threatening Agriculture with J.P. Dunn
Oct 17, 2024
Episode 179 - Whiskey Hour with the Real Ones: A Damn Cool Life We Live with John Cauhorn
Oct 10, 2024
Episode 178 - Open the Gate, Don't Educate!- On Ag Influencing with Tucker Brown
Oct 03, 2024
Episode 177 - Corporate Cowgirls: On Kicking Ass in Agriculture with Bec Pfeffer
Sep 26, 2024
Episode 176 - Agricultural Barons: Questions Left to Consider
Sep 19, 2024
Episode 175 - Agricultural Barons: Candid Conversation with Austin Frerick Part 2
Sep 12, 2024
Episode 174 - Agricultural Barons: Candid Conversation with Austin Frerick Part 1
Sep 05, 2024
Episode 173 - Agriculture Life Enhancement with Megan Blaser
Aug 29, 2024
Episode 172 - Diet Mountain Dew and Politics: Dairyman John Nye on the 2024 Election
Aug 23, 2024
Episode 171 - Smart Animals: On artificial intelligence in the livestock sector with Stuart MacLennan
Aug 16, 2024
Episode 170 - A Grace Break and What the Olympics Can Teach Agriculture
Aug 08, 2024
Episode 169 - Current Ag Market Outlook with Cole Lickley
Jul 25, 2024
Episode 168 - Water Fights with Idaho Lt. Governor Scott Bedke
Jul 19, 2024
Episode 167 - Farming on the Edge with First Generation Rancher Carlos Ochoa
Jul 11, 2024
Episode 166 - From Pastures to Policy: Insights from the NCBA Young Cattlemen's Convention
Jul 04, 2024
Episode 165 - Ag is Like Poker: Specialty Farming Challenges in NE Nevada with Dan Lotspeich
Jun 28, 2024
Episode 164 - Farming the Future: Jessica Langley on Carbon Credits and Markets in Agriculture
Jun 20, 2024
Episode 163 - Avian Influenza in Dairy Cows - The Lowdown
Jun 13, 2024
Episode 162 - "Everybody Has a Little Froot-Loopedness" - Finding the Humor in Mental Health Struggles with Lowell Cerise
May 31, 2024
Episode 161 - Real Tools for Mental Health Wellness with Nevada Farmer Sam Banta
May 23, 2024
Episode 160 - Idaho Takes Real Action on Mental Health Recognition, Access, Help, and Healing
May 16, 2024
Episode 159 - Don't Believe Everything You Think with Dr. Nora Feldpausch
May 09, 2024
Millennial Ag Returns with May Mental Health Month
May 02, 2024
Episode 157 - Beef Counts: Empowering Idaho Communities with Quality Protein
Jul 27, 2023
Episode 156 - The Current State of the Beef and Dairy World
Jul 13, 2023
Episode 155 - Celebrate June Dairy Month with DairyMAX!
Jun 23, 2023
Episode 154 - Val and Katharine Reflect on May Mental Health Month
Jun 05, 2023
Episode 153 - Speaking Up Is an Act of Courage with Dr. Nora Feldpausch
May 26, 2023
Episode 152 - Daniel Hayes and Rising from Substance Abuse
May 18, 2023
Episode 151 - May Mental Health Month - Middle School Counselor Karen Hall
May 12, 2023
Episode 150 - Whiskey's for Drinkin', Water's for Fightin' with Warren Peterson
May 05, 2023
Teaser for 150 - The Big One
Mar 31, 2023
Episode 149 - Anything and Everything Corned Beef with Natalie Wyne
Mar 16, 2023
Episode 148 - All About Katharine
Mar 09, 2023
Episode 147 - All About Valene
Mar 04, 2023
Episode 146 - Ag Labor Series #5 - It's a Wrap (Roundtable with all the series guest)
Feb 24, 2023
Episode 145 - Ag Labor Series #4 - Stop Beating Around the Immigration Bush with Rick Naerabout, IDA
Feb 16, 2023
Episode 144 - Ag Labor Series #3 - Ag Labor Solutions Aren't Simple with Guest Dan Lotspeich
Feb 08, 2023
Episode 143 - Ag Labor Series #2 - Labor Challenges in the Dairy Sector
Feb 02, 2023
Episode 142 - Ag Labor Series Kickoff with Calvin Beasley of Beasley's Orchard in Indiana
Jan 26, 2023
Episode 141 - Why We Still Need Local News with Steve Kiggins
Jan 21, 2023
Episode 140 - Katharine Goes to Scotland
Jan 14, 2023
Episode 139 - MA's 2023 Goal Forecasts and Plans
Jan 06, 2023
Episode 138 - 2023 Sneak Peek and Merry Christmas!
Dec 23, 2022
Episode 137 - Like a bad rash, Wayne Pacelle is Back
Dec 16, 2022
Episode 136 - Kelly Maher on Parallels in Politics and Agriculture
Dec 02, 2022
Episode 135 - What We Are Grateful for This Thanksgiving!!
Nov 21, 2022
Episode 134 - Why Are Thanksgiving Turkeys So Dang Expensive?! with guest Dr. David Frame
Nov 17, 2022
Episode 133 - US 2022 Midterm Elections - Now What?
Nov 10, 2022
Episode 132 - Election Rundown with Tanner Beymer
Nov 03, 2022
Episode 131 - Colorado Champion Curd Nerds take on National FFA Competition
Oct 23, 2022
Episode 130 - Drama at the World Dairy Expo with TDF Honest Farming's Derrick Josi
Oct 05, 2022
Episode 129 - The Uberization of Ag with Damian Mason
Sep 29, 2022
Episode 128 - Since We've Been Gone
May 26, 2022
Episode 127 - Mental Health Moment with Katharine and Valene
Apr 13, 2022
Episode 126 - What We're Hearing In the Countryside
Mar 25, 2022
Episode 125 - Wild Grain Markets with Angie Setzer
Mar 17, 2022
Episode 124 - How Do We Have Meaningful Relationships Within Our Agricultural Organizations?
Mar 12, 2022
Episode 123 - Flowers and Vegetables in Southern Idaho
Feb 25, 2022
Episode 122 - Regenerative Ag & Its Social Implications
Feb 17, 2022
Episode 122-What Sustainability Means for Beef Producer Kara Smith (rerelease of Episode 107)
Feb 12, 2022
Episode 121 - Regenerative Ag Practices in the Dairy Industry with Tanya Oldham
Feb 03, 2022
Episode 120 - On Being Present
Jan 29, 2022
Episode 119 - Regenerative Agriculture and Systems-based Thinking with Matt Craighead
Jan 21, 2022
Episode 118 - "You Won't Hurt Anyone By Caring" - Dr. Nora Feldpausch
Jan 15, 2022
Episode 117 - Faith and Farming with Bo Stevenson
Jan 06, 2022
Episode 116 - Discussing Goals for 2022
Dec 30, 2021
Episode 115 - Merry Christmas from Millennial Ag!
Dec 24, 2021
Episode 114 - End of Year Planning with Bill Lickley
Dec 16, 2021
Episode 113 - Food Price Inflation with Bailee Woolstenhulme
Dec 09, 2021
Episode 112 - Supply Chain Headaches with Dairywoman Maria Nye
Dec 02, 2021
Episode 111 - Thanksgiving 2021
Nov 26, 2021
Episode 110 - Amy Shipley on Beef's Perennial Popularity
Nov 18, 2021
Episode 109 - Checking in With Your Mental Health
Nov 12, 2021
Episode 108 - National FFA Convention
Nov 04, 2021
Episode 107 - What Sustainability Means for Beef Producers with Kara Smith
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 106 - Honoring Colin Powell
Oct 22, 2021
Episode 105 - Katie Pinke Talks About Family, Mental Health, and Keeping Rural America Strong
Oct 14, 2021
Episode 104 - In Support of Idaho's Governor (Rerelease of Episode 80)
Oct 08, 2021
Episode 103 - Katharine Nerds Out About Milk Quality
Sep 30, 2021
Episode 102 - Ranching with Wolves with Kimberlee Kerns
Sep 23, 2021
Episode 101 - One Kind Thing
Sep 16, 2021
Episode 100! - Throwback to Agriculture's Civil War
Sep 09, 2021
Episode 099 - If It's Too Hot to Touch...on Wildfires with Kelsey Brizendine
Sep 02, 2021
Episode 098 - Booker's bill and what it means for Ag with Tanner Beymer
Aug 26, 2021
Episode 097 - Ranching/Business/Fashion with Jessie Jarvis
Aug 19, 2021
Episode 096 - Working Cows with Clay Conry
Aug 12, 2021
Episode 095 - Grain Harvest with John E. Cauhorn
Aug 05, 2021
Episode 094 - Farming Flowers with Erica Louder
Jul 29, 2021
Episode 093 - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Dry Aging Beef with Dr. Phil Bass
Jul 22, 2021
Episode 092 - Beef It's What's for Ninjas with Lance Pekus
Jul 15, 2021
Episode 091 - Supreme Court hit pause on the PAUSE Initiative
Jul 08, 2021
Episode 090 - Happy Fourth of July!
Jun 30, 2021
Episode 089 - Will cow masks work to reduce GHG emissions? with Sara Place
Jun 24, 2021
Episode 088 - Rerun of Project Counterglow
Jun 16, 2021
Episode 087 - JBS Cyber Attack with Dr. Derrell Peel
Jun 10, 2021
Episode 086 - Happy June Dairy Month!
Jun 03, 2021
Episode 085 - Brandi Buzzard's response to Epicurious
May 26, 2021
Episode 084 - Radical Change with Life Coach and Beef Advocate Kiah Twisselman (Rerelease of Episode 055)
May 20, 2021
Episode 083 - The Global Ag Network with Delaney Howell and Ashtyn Carr
May 13, 2021
Episode 082 - On Taking Care of Yourself and May Mental Health Month
May 06, 2021
Episode 081 - Advancing Technology with JC Olson of Scoular
Apr 29, 2021
Episode 080 - On Idaho Agriculture with Governor Brad Little
Apr 21, 2021
Episode 079 - Revisiting Mental Health with Dr. Nora Feldpausch (Rerelease of Episode 037)
Apr 15, 2021
Episode 078 - Get Involved Locally with Magic Valley Cattle Association's Katy Starr
Apr 07, 2021
Episode 077 - What Ag Can Learn From the Suez Canal Jam
Mar 31, 2021
Episode 076 - Meat IN: Agriculture Came Together for a Common Cause
Mar 24, 2021
Episode 075 - Activists Try to Hit PAUSE on Colorado Animal Agriculture
Mar 17, 2021
Episode 074 - Colorado Agriculture Under Attack with Senator Jerry Sonnenberg
Mar 04, 2021
Episode 073 - Trust in Food with Farm Journal's Nate Birt
Feb 18, 2021
Episode 072 - Produce Sector and COVID: Stephen Parrott of Fort Boise Produce
Feb 04, 2021
Episode 071 - Considering Consolidation in Agriculture
Jan 21, 2021
Episode 070 - Bottom Line of 2020 with IDA's CEO Rick Naerebout
Jan 07, 2021
Episode 069 - Happy New Year from Millennial Ag!
Dec 31, 2020
Episode 068 - Merry Christmas from Millennial Ag!
Dec 24, 2020
Episode 067 - Dairies Stand Against Dean Foods
Dec 17, 2020
Episode 066 - Food Labeling with Meat Scientist Natalie Wyne
Dec 10, 2020
Episode 065 - Let's Capitalize on the End of 2020
Dec 03, 2020
Episode 064 - Thanksgiving 2020
Nov 26, 2020
Episode 063 - Dairymen John and Maria Nye on Niche Marketing on a Large Scale
Nov 19, 2020
Episode 062 - Angela Dwyer and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Nov 12, 2020
Episode 061 - A Break from Politics
Nov 05, 2020
Episode 060 - On How Legislation is Made with Guest Idaho State. Rep. Laurie Lickley
Oct 29, 2020
Episode 059 - Jason Medows on Ag and Mental Health
Oct 21, 2020
Episode 058 - Millennials Prove Civility Can Exist Around Upcoming US Elections
Oct 15, 2020
Episode 057 - Politics is a Contact Sport, Get Involved, Go Vote
Oct 08, 2020
Episode 056 - Just Start: On Succession Planning with Progressive Cattle Writer Paul Marchant
Oct 01, 2020
Episode 055 - Radical Change with Life Coach and Beef Advocate Kiah Twisselman
Sep 24, 2020
Episode 054 - Damian Mason on Agriculture Subsidies
Sep 17, 2020
Episode 053 - Progressive and Proud of It: Dairy Magazine Editor Walt Cooley
Sep 10, 2020
Episode 052 - Happy First Year Millennial Ag!
Sep 03, 2020
Episode 051 - Senator Sonnenberg Doesn't Do Silence
Aug 27, 2020
Episode 050 - Further, Faster, Together: Guest Justin Lewton on how agriculture can regain its voice
Aug 20, 2020
Episode 049 - From Reactive to Proactive: Starting the conversation about the dangers of remaining neutral in agriculture
Aug 13, 2020
Episode 048 - #fancyladycowgirl: Embracing Your Whole Self with Courtenay DeHoff
Aug 06, 2020
Episode 047 - A Dairy Farmer, a Beef Rancher, and a Vegan walk into a Podcast...
Jul 30, 2020
Episode - 046 Ehhhh It's Not the Methane: The Burger King Environmental Campaign With Dr. Sara Place
Jul 23, 2020
Episode 045 - Who’s Driving? Production Animal Ag or the Activists?
Jul 16, 2020
Episode 044 - Colorado Eggs Go Cage Free
Jul 09, 2020
Episode 043 - Tough Topics: Reflecting on where Millennial Ag went in June 2020
Jul 02, 2020
Episode 042 - Exploitation in Agriculture with Sarah K Mock
Jun 25, 2020
Episode 041 - Your Farm is On A Map, and It’s Not Good News
Jun 18, 2020
Episode 040 - Critical Conversations: Racism and Agriculture
Jun 11, 2020
Episode 039 - Ag Market Whiplash
Jun 04, 2020
Episode 038 - Reflecting on May Mental Health Month
May 28, 2020
Episode 037 - Normalizing Mental Health Conversations with Dr. Nora Feldpausch
May 21, 2020
Episode 036 - The View from Within: A Montana Farmer's Journey Through Mental Health
May 14, 2020
BONUS Episode - Beef Supply Chain Roulette
May 13, 2020
Episode 035: Our Mental Health “Why”
May 07, 2020
Millennial Ag's Mental Health Series Trailer
Apr 30, 2020
Episode 034 - Beef and Coronavirus: Where the Supply Chain Stands Now
Apr 30, 2020
Episode 033- Plowed Under: Produce's Plight During Coronavirus
Apr 23, 2020
Episode 032 - Leaving Plant Based Protein Behind During the Pandemic
Apr 16, 2020
Episode 031 - Spilt Milk: A reason to cry
Apr 09, 2020
Episode 030 – The Hope That Is to Come
Apr 03, 2020
Episode 029 - FEAR (Face Everything and Rise) the Pandemic
Mar 27, 2020
Episode 028 - Coronavirus. Surpised? Yeah, us neither.
Mar 20, 2020
Episode 027 - Animal Ag, It's Time to Wake Up
Mar 13, 2020
Episode 026 - The Politicization of American Agriculture
Feb 28, 2020
Episode 025 - Does Civility Even Exist?
Feb 21, 2020
Episode 024 - Agriculture and Activism: The Victim Card
Feb 14, 2020
Episode 023 - Positivity Boost
Feb 07, 2020
Episode 022 - Ag Gag Laws: Are they the right approach for animal agriculture to protect themselves?
Jan 31, 2020
Episode 021 - Ag's Hustle for Worthiness and Where We're Getting It Wrong
Jan 24, 2020
Episode 020 - Agriculture's Biggest Threat: Complacency
Jan 17, 2020
Episode 019 - Behind the Curtain of the Golden Globes
Jan 10, 2020
Episode 018 - Goals vs. Resolutions: Kicking off the new decade with Millennial Ag
Jan 03, 2020
Episode 017 - Millennial Ag's Twelve Days of Christmas
Dec 25, 2019
Episode 016 – Perspective from Millennial Consumers
Dec 20, 2019
Episode 015 - Managing Risk with Cole Lickley
Dec 13, 2019
Episode 014 - Food Fear with Damian Mason
Dec 06, 2019
Episode 013 - Happy Thanksgiving from Millennial Ag
Nov 28, 2019
Episode 012 - Ryan Steele; Perspective from a Millennial Stockman
Nov 22, 2019
Episode 012 - Amanda Radke on Agriculture Advocacy
Nov 15, 2019
Episode 011 - Millennial Ag's Take on mCOOL
Nov 07, 2019
Episode 010 - Blue Jackets, Bright Futures: Celebrating the 92nd National FFA Convention
Oct 31, 2019
Episode 009: It’ll All Buff Out: Rancher and Blogger Ruby Uhart on Personal Grace, Learning from Failure, and Letting Go of Perfectionism
Oct 24, 2019
Episode 008 - Sonny Perdue and the Hidden Dangers Behind Headlines
Oct 17, 2019
Episode 007 - Laurie Lickley on Millennials, Mentorship, and Developing a Personal Board of Directors
Oct 10, 2019
Episode 006 - Is Agriculture a Zero Sum Game?
Oct 03, 2019
Episode 005 - Kara Smith: Perspectives from a Millennial Agriculturist
Sep 26, 2019
Episode 004 - Agriculture Advocacy in Action
Sep 19, 2019
Episode 003 - Beyond the Beef Backlash
Sep 12, 2019
Episode 002 - Agriculture's Civil War Part 2
Sep 05, 2019
Episode 001 - Agriculture's Civil War Part 1
Aug 29, 2019
Meet Valene Lickley
Aug 27, 2019
Introduction to Katherine
Aug 27, 2019
Millennial Ag Podcast Trailer
Aug 24, 2019