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…

Dr. Jason Cleere – Madisonville, Texas This month’s featured beef producer is Dr. Jason Cleere, an associate professor and Texas AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist, stationed at Texas A&M University in College Station. He develops and implements Extension educational programs to increase production efficiency and profitability of Texas beef cattle producers and has a Ph.D….

Bill Wight – Odessa, Texas Bill Wight of Odessa, Texas officially hung out his own shingle as a cattleman back in 1977, fresh out of Rice University with a management degree. Although Rice didn’t offer an agriculture experience, the ranching lifestyle was old hat to Bill, running deep in his blood. Four generations earlier, in…

Neil Dudley – Hamilton, Texas Neil Dudley from Hamilton, Texas is truly a renaissance man in the agricultural industry. He is owner and co-owner of cow-calf operations around the Comanche, Texas area including, NHB Cattle, Dudley Bros., NS Ranch, Chatto Creek Ranch. He also “deals in bacon,” serving as Vice President of Pederson’s Natural Farms….

Dr. Jason Cleere – Madisonville, Texas This month’s featured beef producer is Dr. Jason Cleere, an associate professor and Texas AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist, stationed at Texas A&M University in College Station. He develops and implements Extension educational programs to increase production efficiency and profitability of Texas beef cattle producers and has a Ph.D….