River Klass
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Podcast Appearances
So you've got these guys and gals. Some of the best cowboys in the world I know are cowgirls. that are working for at least 20 months, 24 months to get them to market. I go 30, 36 months. You know, I've always said I love this animal. I protect this animal. I serve this animal until it's time for them to serve me. I just was telling some people in my restaurant about how
I'm not a big hunter, love fishing. But when I put them steers that I've known, I know their grandmothers, their great grandmothers, great, great grandmothers. When I put them in my trailer and take them to market or take them to slaughter, just like anyone who hunts. But I don't take it for granted. I'm grateful. I know what's going.
I'm not a big hunter, love fishing. But when I put them steers that I've known, I know their grandmothers, their great grandmothers, great, great grandmothers. When I put them in my trailer and take them to market or take them to slaughter, just like anyone who hunts. But I don't take it for granted. I'm grateful. I know what's going.
I'm not a big hunter, love fishing. But when I put them steers that I've known, I know their grandmothers, their great grandmothers, great, great grandmothers. When I put them in my trailer and take them to market or take them to slaughter, just like anyone who hunts. But I don't take it for granted. I'm grateful. I know what's going.
And I wanted to make a show that showed just how you're getting that beef into that big box store. or that local market, or that farmer's market, that there's ranchers, that there's farriers, that there's auctioneers, there's livestock markets, there's saddle makers, there's hat makers.
And I wanted to make a show that showed just how you're getting that beef into that big box store. or that local market, or that farmer's market, that there's ranchers, that there's farriers, that there's auctioneers, there's livestock markets, there's saddle makers, there's hat makers.
And I wanted to make a show that showed just how you're getting that beef into that big box store. or that local market, or that farmer's market, that there's ranchers, that there's farriers, that there's auctioneers, there's livestock markets, there's saddle makers, there's hat makers.
It takes every one of these people to get those calves healthy enough that they can go and get slaughtered, get processed, and get one of the most nutrient-dense meats for us to eat and enjoy and satisfy us. I do go to a lot of ranches and I meet a lot of ranchers. The average ranch in America, 1,200 acres, 50 head.
It takes every one of these people to get those calves healthy enough that they can go and get slaughtered, get processed, and get one of the most nutrient-dense meats for us to eat and enjoy and satisfy us. I do go to a lot of ranches and I meet a lot of ranchers. The average ranch in America, 1,200 acres, 50 head.
It takes every one of these people to get those calves healthy enough that they can go and get slaughtered, get processed, and get one of the most nutrient-dense meats for us to eat and enjoy and satisfy us. I do go to a lot of ranches and I meet a lot of ranchers. The average ranch in America, 1,200 acres, 50 head.
Number one protein in America is beef and 88% of the ranches are only 50 head, average 50 head. It's not a full-time job anymore. You guys talk about that all the time. Everyone's got to have, we call them town jobs. They're welders, farriers.
Number one protein in America is beef and 88% of the ranches are only 50 head, average 50 head. It's not a full-time job anymore. You guys talk about that all the time. Everyone's got to have, we call them town jobs. They're welders, farriers.
Number one protein in America is beef and 88% of the ranches are only 50 head, average 50 head. It's not a full-time job anymore. You guys talk about that all the time. Everyone's got to have, we call them town jobs. They're welders, farriers.
I tell everybody every time, man, if every morning I could get up, go load my best horse, put him in that trailer, run out to the ranch and just check fence all day, doctor a couple of cows, get some pink eye, maybe a hoof, put that horse back in the trailer, crack a beer and come home, that'd be the happiest job I could ever do. I would be living in a tent My wife would leave me.
I tell everybody every time, man, if every morning I could get up, go load my best horse, put him in that trailer, run out to the ranch and just check fence all day, doctor a couple of cows, get some pink eye, maybe a hoof, put that horse back in the trailer, crack a beer and come home, that'd be the happiest job I could ever do. I would be living in a tent My wife would leave me.
I tell everybody every time, man, if every morning I could get up, go load my best horse, put him in that trailer, run out to the ranch and just check fence all day, doctor a couple of cows, get some pink eye, maybe a hoof, put that horse back in the trailer, crack a beer and come home, that'd be the happiest job I could ever do. I would be living in a tent My wife would leave me.
It's just not feasible anymore.
It's just not feasible anymore.
It's just not feasible anymore.