Josh Eilers – Austin, Texas Josh Eilers of Ranger Cattle in Austin, Texas, began his successful business in 2011 during his freshman year at the University of Texas. His path into the industry and career trajectory has been anything but traditional. Josh wasn’t born into the ranching business, nor did he have any practical, hands-on…

Sarah Nielsen – Plano, Texas Sarah Nielsen grew up on her family’s cattle ranch in Rowan, Iowa and incorporates many of those life lessons and insights in her profession as a physical education and health educator and middle-school volleyball, basketball and track coach in Texas today. She was in the Round Rock Independent School District…

Michael White – Vernon, Texas This month’s featured beef producer is Michael White of White Cattle & Farms in Vernon, a “medium” small town at the right-side base of the Texas panhandle. During the last quarter of the 19th century, it’s estimated that seven million head of cattle passed through Vernon on the Great Western…

Mark Sustaire – Winnsboro, Texas “Ranchers and farmers can’t predict how the day is going to play out, but you just roll with it,” says Mark Sustaire of Sustaire Dairy in Winnsboro, Texas. From dealing with unexpected weather and broken equipment to helping a neighbor farm in a crisis or pulling over on a country…

  Zachary Yanta – Runge, Texas Meet this month’s featured Texas beef producer, Zachary Yanta, from Runge. This small town about half-way between San Antonio and the Texas Gulf Coast is home base for the approximate 11,000-acre ranch and farm that sprawls across eight Texas counties. Here, Yanta runs about 1000 head of cattle and…