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
Opheim Limousin Striving for Next Level
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Sometimes it takes a fresh perspective to get a clearer view. That was the case for Opheim Limousin of Mound City, S.D. For decades, Tom Opheim had been raising commercial Limousin cattle. He and his wife, Dixie, had put in the work, refined the details, and developed a closed herd they were proud of. But it wasn’t until their son Cade and his wife Maria came home that discussions of taking the herd to the “next level” commenced. Cade and Maria, who both judged livestock in college, felt the cattle needed to “get off the place,” meaning the cattle could...