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Podcast paying visits around the state
Story Telling
Podcast taking producers to California ranches and dairies continues in 2022
by CCA Director of Communications Katie Roberti and CCA Media and Podcast Producer Ryan Donahue
In August, the California Cattlemen’s Foundation with support from the California Cattle Council released the first episode of Stories from California Cattle Country. Since launching the podcast, guests from across the state have joined CCA Media and Podcast Producer Ryan Donahue on episodes to communicate about the stories of ranching and dairy families, along with the animals and land they care for every day.
Although the podcast is still new, CCA leadership’s desire to have the resources to take listeners to some of the most beautiful parts of this diverse state to learn more about the people and practices of California’s ranches and dairies is not. Through this podcast and the multimedia created with it, the California Cattle Council and the California Cattlemen’s Foundation are executing a way for the public to learn about the critical work of ranchers and dairy farmers while showcasing the uniqueness of each California operation along the way.
In this feature for the California Cattleman we are sharing our favorite photos from each episode of the podcast to date. New episodes of Stories from California Cattle Country, are released every other Monday (the first February episode will be out on February 14). To catch up on any of these episodes from the first six months or listen to new ones that will be published in 2022, search “Stories from California Cattle Country” on your preferred platform for streaming podcast episodes or visit https://calcattlecouncil.org.
Episode 1: Koopmann Ranch, alameda county
In this episode, our first episode, we visited Koopmann Ranch in Sunol. We started with a tour of the ranch from Tim Koopmann, a third-generation rancher. Then we discussed how Koopmann Ranch has been sustained for over 100 years while navigating the federal inheritance tax and how a small salamander, among other vulnerable species helped save his ranch from insolvency.
We later sat down with Tim’s son, Clayton and daughterin-law, Natalie to discuss the future of the ranch and their newly-formed retail operation.
Episode 2: dorrance Ranch, Monterey county
In this second episode of Stories from California Cattle Country, we traveled to Salinas to hear from some of the Dorrance Family: Steve, Leslie, Clifton and Mollie. The CCA Director of Communications Katie Roberti and CCA Media and Podcast Producer Ryan Donahue visit livestock guardian dogs, Dillon and Elko with Dan Macon, in episode 8. Katie and Ryan are traveling the state as a team to produce the podcast. Photo credit: Dan Macon.
family shares about the ranch’s history, their experience with the River Fire burning too close for comfort and about the hustle that is securing the future of the ranch for the next generation. This episode is unique in that we also hear a conversation between the Dorrances and Sen. John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) which was had while the senator was touring the Dorrance Ranch that day.
Episode 3: Maddalena Ranch, Sierra county
There’s an old adage by comdeian W.C. Fields which says to never work with children or animals. This podcast regularly works with the latter and in this episode, we attempted the former by interviewing Chesley Tipton, a 6-year-old hand at Maddalena Ranch. Despite his youth Chesley is an experienced cowboy and helps his parents, Joe and Annie (Maddalena) Tipton run their ranch in Sierra Valley managing cattle and over 575 acres. We also heard from Annie about the history of the ranch and more.
See more photos and video from this visit at https://calcattlecouncil.org/maddalenaranch.
Episode 4 and 5: Likely Land and Livestock, Modoc county
There’s so much to see at Likely Land & Livestock Company that we visited twice—once in the spring and again in the fall. In the first episode, we spoke with fifthgeneration rancher Myles Flournoy about the ranch’s multi-generational history and about “Treasure Island,” which is a boneyard of old ranch vehicles, some of which fell victim to Myles and his brother Dan’s creative driving. Their uncle who runs the ranch’s auto shop refers to Treasure Island as his “parts department.”
An April interview with the three Flournoy brothers Billy, Dave and John, all fourth-generation ranchers in Likely, starts the second episode of covering this ranch. The brothers provide a bit of ranch history and illustrate the importance of the ranch cookhouse. We then meet Jessica, the new cookhouse cook, and end the episode with a bit of cowboy poetry by Sunny Hancock and recited by Billy Flournoy.
Visit https://calcattlecouncil.org/likely to read about these photos and watch videos created from our trips to Likely Land & Livestock Company.
Episode 6: New Hope dairy, Sacramento county
In December, we published our first visit from a dairy. New Hope Dairy is located in Galt about a mile off of Highway 99. We recorded this episode in a walkn-talk style with owner Arlin Van Groningen. We were introduced to the ranch by Arlin’s teenage son, Kale who spoke on what he likes about working on a dairy. We then talked to Arlin about nutrition, the dairy’s history and his feelings on succession or how to approach being a dairy farmer with the next generation – his children.
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Episode 7: Stemple creek and V Miller
Meats, Marin and Sacramento counties
Just before Christmas, we hit a beautiful day to visit Loren Poncia at Stemple Creek Ranch in Tomales to record for our first episode to be released in the new year. Loren (and his ranch dog, Maisy) showed us around the ranch in a side-by-side and later sat down with us to talk about what he believes are underrated cuts of beef.
In the second half of the episode, we followed up with Eric Miller of V. Miller Meats, a Sacramento butcher that has carried Stemple Creek beef since opening seven years ago.
Episode 8: Livestock Protection dogs, Placer county
Early in the new year, we traveled to Auburn to talk with Dan Macon, a Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension and sheep farmer, about his livestock operation and his utilization and research of livestock guardian dogs.
Dan shares about the need for these dogs, their training and their viability in sheep, goat and cattle operations. We were also fortunate to visit the rangeland currently home to Dan’s sheep and meet the two protection dogs, Elko and Dillon, who spend their lives as an integral part of the flock preventing predation from coyotes, mountain lions, feral dogs and even bears.
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