Advancing the Legacy

Advancing the Legacy highlights generational succession planning in the Beef Industry. We tell families' stories about navigating successes, troubles, and humor around passing the baton from one generation to the next.

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Podcasting since 2025 • 57 episodes

Advancing the Legacy

Latest Episodes

Janie VanWinkle: Telling the Rancher’s Story - Replay

REPEATJanie VanWinkle is a fourth-generation rancher from south of Grand Junction, Colorado. She and her husband, Howard, own and operate VanWinkle Ranch, a Charolais cow-calf operation that runs about 600 head. Together, they’ve spen...

May 12, 2026 • Episode 56 • 1:16:57

Randy Rusk: The Road Back Home

A Westcliffe CO native with deep roots, Randy Rusk operates a high-altitude cow/calf operation at 8,000 feet. 12 years after leaving home and working in the livestock industry across the country, Randy and his wife Claricy—whose family has b...

April 21, 2026 • Episode 55 • 31:11

Matt Horton: Stewarding His Fifth Generation

This is a repeat episode! Sit back and enjoy!

April 14, 2026 • Episode 54 • 59:39

Sonny Barthold: Disciplined Eye of a Buyer

Sonny Barthold’s life in livestock buying started at just 14 years old. With 45 years of experience buying cattle across the region, he now brings that veteran eye to Farmer’s Commission Company.Based in Yukon, Oklah...

April 07, 2026 • Episode 53 • 58:58

Mike Hogue: The Last One Standing

Located six miles west of the High land values of Steamboat Springs, co, Mike Hogue represents the grit required to preserve a family legacy. As the only one of four siblings committed to the bear river ranch, Mike recently navigated a gruel...

March 31, 2026 • Episode 52 • 39:20

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