January 2020 Jimmy Holub Texas Beef Team member, Whitney Dutton, wrote the following email to pay tribute to her grandfather, Jimmy Holub. Please read on to learn about this dedicated rancher and retired dairy farmer from Moulton, TX. “Good afternoon! I wanted to reach out because my grandpa (the most amazing man and cowboy I…

Nov/Dec 2019 Nate Wolf Nate Wolf was smitten by ranch life early on, as a youngster growing up on the Illinois acreage of his father, a first-generation rancher. Today he runs his own cow/calf and stocker operation in Canyon, a town of about 13,000 in the Texas Panhandle. He’s also a long-time advocate and educator…

October 2019 Jake and Caitlin Richards Jake and Caitlin Richard are from Stamford, a small agricultural community in north-central Texas, about 40 miles up the road from Abilene. Here, the couple are raising an adorable young son, named Graham, all while tending to about 7,000 acres that includes a cow-calf operation with about 110 cows…

September 2019 Austin Brown III If I was writing “The Great Texas Novel” and needed a modern cowboy hero, I don’t think I could conjure up any better main character than the real-life Austin Brown III. Part hard-working steward of the land, part chivalrous gentleman, part savvy businessman and staunch advocate for the beef community,…

August 2019 Tana Autrey When you hear of a family business going back more than 140 years, intuition tells you it’s passed successfully through the generations with an abundance of hard work and heart. But, after “meeting” Tana Autrey, the 5th generation behind Campbell Ranch located mostly in San Saba County, you realize it’s not…