Logan Naylor
Logan Naylor is our Gross/Redman unit manager. He oversees two other cowboys, our first calf heifers during calving, and a small cow herd. Why'd you choose to work in [...]
Cory Ballantine
Cory Ballantine is our mechanic, and is one of the people who literally keeps this ranch running. He works in our shop to keep our equipment, big and small, [...]
Is Beef Destroying the Environment?
The threat of climate change caused by methane emissions is a real concern right now. It doesn’t take any time at all watching the news or browsing social media [...]
Hosting a Field Trip
Today, we hosted a field trip from a local school as a part of their Agriculture in The Classroom program. Agriculture in the Classroom is an organization that [...]
Herd Health – Trich Testing
We started the process of Trich testing all of our bulls a few weeks ago, and we finished it up this week. Where we operate it is mandatory for [...]
Late Winter Motivation
I don’t know what it’s like where you are, but here winter can feel like it’s never going to end. Feeding calves and cows is incredibly important, but it [...]
Feeding calves – There’s more to it then you think
Our feedlot is full of growing calves this time of year and keeping them all fed keeps an entire team busy. To keep them growing and healthy we feed [...]
Jim Frazier
Jim Frazier is Padlock Ranch's Feedlot Manager. He enjoys the intricacies of managing people and learning how different personalities work together. Jim is a self motivated person and uses [...]
Jess Cline
Jess Cline has worked for Padlock for 2 years. He started out as a cowboy and is now the Unit Manager at the Dawes Camp. He's spent his life [...]
Kevin Gorzalka
Kevin is Padlock Ranch's new Farm Manager. He has been a valuable part of our team for the last 23 years. Growing up in agriculture has given him a [...]