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Episode 39 – Reba Mazak: Living A Legacy, Not Just Leaving It

Episode 39 – Reba Mazak: Living A Legacy, Not Just Leaving It

Reba Mazak is a fifth-generation Florida cattle rancher based out of Sumter County. In addition to ranching in Florida and Texas, she also owns a limerock mine, wedding venue, and hunting operation. She has served as President of Florida CattleWomen in 2004 and President of the American National CattleWomen in 2022. Reba is passionate about the beef industry and mentoring the youth of agriculture. Help us congratulate her for the well-deserved honor of being the 2025 Florida Woman of the Year in Agriculture!

Episode 38 – Ava Budde: Building Bridges for Beef

Episode 38 – Ava Budde: Building Bridges for Beef

Ava Budde grew up in eastern Washington as a third-generation rancher. She was involved in 4-H and FFA, went to Northwest College for livestock judging, and is currently an agricultural communications major at the University of Wyoming. She previously served as the Washington State Beef Ambassador and is finishing her term as one of three members of the 2024-2025 Collegiate Beef Advocacy Program. She is passionate about advocating for the agriculture industry and we cannot wait to see what she’ll continue to do for our industry!

Episode 37 – Liesa Priddy: JB Ranch: Bridging Ranch Life and Wildlife – Part 2

Episode 37 – Liesa Priddy: JB Ranch: Bridging Ranch Life and Wildlife – Part 2

Part 2 of Mrs. Liesa Priddy’s story is live! We talk about everything from the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), traveling, and all things personal.

Episode 36 – Liesa Priddy: JB Ranch: Bridging Ranch Life and Wildlife – Part 1

Episode 36 – Liesa Priddy: JB Ranch: Bridging Ranch Life and Wildlife – Part 1

Liesa Priddy grew up in the south part of Immokalee. She owns and operates JB Ranch, a cow-calf operation that focuses on land stewardship and conversation. She has served our state in many capacities including as commissioner of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, on the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District, and the Big Cypress Basin Board to name a few. She was awarded the Land Conservationist of the Year award from the Florida Wildlife Federation in 2011. We can’t wait for you to hear about all that she’s done in the conservation space in this episode and what it means to back up a claim with scientific knowledge.

Episode 35 – Tittle Tattle: New World Screwworm

Episode 35 – Tittle Tattle: New World Screwworm

We’re baaaaaaack! Thank you for bearing with us as we took a short break.

This week’s episode consists of updates on what has been going on in our lives and also some updates regarding New World Screwworm. We hope you learned something from this episode and hope to see some of y’all at FCA Convention at Marco Island soon!

Episode 34 – Jillian Childs: Florida Farm Finder

Episode 34 – Jillian Childs: Florida Farm Finder

COVID was definitely a hard and dark time for everyone, but a lot of good things came out of it, including Florida Farm Finder! Meet Jillian Childs, founder of Florida Farm Finder. Jillian founded Florida Farm Finder to build a community around Florida’s farm direct food. This community has allowed people to get produce and food directly from local producers and has highlighted both small and large producers! Not only that, it has allowed people to start their producing their own foods and goods and connecting them with their local UF IFAS Extension Agents for resources. We hope you are inspired by Jillian’s gumption just like we are!

Episode 33 – Girl Crew: Part 2

Episode 33 – Girl Crew: Part 2

The wait is over! We hope you enjoyed Part 1 just as much as we did. We laughed, we cried, and we talked about some really important topics!  Part 2 of Girl Crew is finally here for y’all to enjoy!

Episode 32 – Girl Crew: Part 1

Episode 32 – Girl Crew: Part 1

What’s better than working cows? Working cows with an all girl crew! We have to give a HUGE thank you to Heather Howell Cleckler for connecting all these amazing #LadyLegends and bringing all of us together. So much was unpacked as we sat down to talk about the work weekend and what opportunities in the industry mean to the upcoming generation. We couldn’t fit it all in one episode, so look out for Part 2!

Episode 31 – Tittle Tattle: Redefining the Rules

Episode 31 – Tittle Tattle: Redefining the Rules

Grab a snack and sit down with MM and GT for a little tittling and tattling. We started this podcast to have those hard conversations that hardly come up but desperately need to happen and the topic of this episode is no exception. We hope that this sparks up conversations among your peers and opens up your perspective!

Episode 30 – Kim Brackett: 2025 NCBA Vice President

Episode 30 – Kim Brackett: 2025 NCBA Vice President

Kim Brackett was raised in Wyoming on a cow-calf operation. She currently lives with and her family, operating Brackett Ranches Limited Partnership, a cow-calf and stocker operation based in southern Idaho on the Idaho/Nevada border. She’s had a long history of service in the beef cattle industry including but not limited to chairing the Beef Industry Long Range Plan Task Force, Cattlemen’s Beef Board, the Beef Quality Assurance Advisory Group, and serving as president for the Idaho Cattle Association. She was also awarded the prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship in 2018 to study abroad and research issues affecting sustainability and the agriculture industry.