Producer Profiles

Sand County Foundation's Leopold Conservation Award Program honors landowners across the U.S. for outstanding voluntary achievement in conservation practices that improve their bottom line and our environment. The award recipients are ambassadors of natural resources management and its critical importance to the entire community of the U.S. This is their story.

Progressive Forum is a compilation of viewpoints from cattle producers on a given topic. Hear what those with boots on the ground have to say about the issues.

What is the most unique feedstuff you’ve used?

Eldon Farms, in Rappahannock County, Virginia, is as romantic as a scenic picture-postcard, lying within the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and within view of Shenandoah National Park.

When Daryl Strohbehn retired as an Iowa State Extension beef specialist, there was one project he wasn’t ready to give up the reins to.

Since 2003, he has tracked the profit values for sires of calves enrolled in the Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity (TCSCF).

Progressive Forum is a compilation of viewpoints from cattle producers on a given topic. Hear what those with boots on the ground have to say about the issues.

What stockmanship practice has improved animal welfare on your operation?

At times in the cattle industry, it can be hard to distinguish one breeder from another.

Seedstock producers do everything they can to produce the best genetics possible.