Chris Effling grew up on a cattle operation in eastern South Dakota where the rhythms of calving season, pasture checks and summer weighing routines weren’t just chores, they were life.

Jenny and Brent Roller on their seedstock operation on March 26, 2025, near Hewitt, Minnesota. They started the operation in 2020.

For Keith, focusing on genetics is crucial to performance, both for milk production and the marketability of his beef calves. Sexed semen is used for retaining replacements and a Simmental bull covers ...

James has noted that he finds the Simmental breed to be future fit in his relatively low input, high output system. He farms 100 acres of grassland, where he aims to turn out cows and calves as soon ...