The Cattle Business Weekly
For cattlemen, by cattlemen is this podcast bringing you the latest in cattle industry headlines straight from the news desk of The Cattle Business Weekly in South Dakota. It's a dose of what's happening in markets, on the ranch and in Washington, D.C. It's news about everything that impacts a cattle operation's bottomline (aka profit). Listen to us in the feed truck, on the way to a cattle sale or on the porch with a beer! We promise you won't go away without having learned something.
The Cattle Business Weekly
Black Fork Farms: A Legacy of Farming and Craft Bourbon in S.D.
By Kelly Brandlee Black Fork Farms has been in the Ommen family since 1889 when Gordon Ommen’s fourth great-grandfather, Poppy J, immigrated from Germany. The farm started as a traditional crop and cow-calf operation in Southwestern Minnesota, expanding into South Dakota in the 1950s. Today, Gordon and his son, Jacob, continue to operate the farm. However, the desire to diversify has added another entity to their operation: a distillery, producing premium bourbon and other spirits from native grains grown on the farm near Brandt, South Dakota. The idea for the distillery came during one of Gordon’s travels. “My wife and...