This week's episode of the Business Brief podcast looks at the vision state officials and energy industry leaders have for a nuclear-powered future in Missouri.

Plus, cattle are getting beefier. The show explores why cattle weights are increasing and what that means at different points along the beef supply chain.

Envisioning a nuclear-powered future

If You Say No (The LH7 near Bandera)
© 2011 by Eric Carl Dahl

I know that you were up at dawn, your horses they don’t wait
They whinny and they paw the ground, telling you you’re late
Orion’s hanging by your trailer, you’re nowhere to be seen
You don’t hear me cause you’re dead asleep
As I whisper through your window screen.

If you say no, and I walk along the pasture to my car
If you come outside for a cigarette, just the way you are
Sitting on that steel step
Would you just think about waving goodbye?
Sometimes things don’t work out, nobody’s asking why.

There’s a band in town at the Cabaret, they know how we feel
There’s a guitar player from Houston, there’s a ghost on pedal steel
There’s a San Antonio drummer,
There’s a Louisiana woman in jeans,
And an old coyote who sings like a dog lost in his cactus dreams.

If you say no, and I walk along the pasture to my car
If you come outside for a cigarette, just the way you are
Sitting on that steel step
Would you just think about waving goodbye?
Sometimes things don’t work out, nobody’s asking why.

Out on the Medina River there’s a place I love to go
A longhorn ranch with a sun-baked tack house
And a shady bench where I sing my show.
I swear to God there’s one old steer, horns clear out to the moon
He listens close till I screw up, and he leaves if I stop to tune.

If you say no, and I walk along the pasture to my car
There’ll be no one back there waving goodbye
That’s just the way you are.
Sitting on that steel step as the tail lights drift by
Sometimes things don’t work out, nobody’s asking why.

Live By Your Word

If You Say No (The LH7 near Bandera)

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On this week's podcast, Rural Roots Canada travels to Stavely, Alberta, to take in the Cudlobe Cattle Field Day, hosted by Cudlobe Angus and Cudlobe Angus West. From community to cattle science to cow patties, we round up the sights, sounds, and stories from the pasture.

RRC Podcast Ep. 5 - Aug. 11 - Cudlobe Cattle Field Day

Ranchers John Smith and Laura Laing, who own Plateau Cattle Company near Nanton, have spent their lives improving their cattle herds' health and welfare.

Which is why the ranch has been named as the recipient of the Alberta Beef Producers' 2025 Environmental Stewardship award, an honour that recognizes exceptional commitment to sustainable ranching practices and contributions to the beef industry.

Plateau Cattle Co. Win 2025 ABP Environmental Stewardship Award

A rancher from Sundre, Alberta, has received a prestigious honour from the Canadian Cattle Foundation.
Brianna Elliot is a recipient of the Reg Schellenberg Next Generation Legacy award.
Elliot, who is a participant in the Canadian Cattle Young Leaders program, was selected by her peers for being a positive, humble leader with the ability to bring people together to achieve a common goal and being an overall exceptional ambassador of the Canadian beef industry.
Elliot was presented with the award at the semi-annual meeting in Quebec.

Sundre, Alberta Rancher Receives 2025 Reg Schellenberg Next Generation Legacy Award

сгенерируй картинку де два чувака один блондін другій каштановий длінні волоси под каре в кофтах трешер на скейтах і над ними пише як обложка трека крупнорогатий двіж

орест і остап - крупнорогатий двіж

Consumers' perception of beef production in Canada appears to be shifting.

The Public and Stakeholder Engagement Program at the Canadian Cattle Association asks consumers about their feelings about cattle once a year.

Jenna Sarich with the CCA says their most recent survey showed some surprising results.

New Survey Shows Canadians' Perception of Beef Shifting

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The English countryside exists laregly in the imagination. Much of it is a factory, and only 8% is accessible to the public.

The Countryside

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Cattle Slaughter

Eric Dahl is a songwriter with ties to the state of Washington on both sides of the Cascade mountains. He was born in Colville in the northeastern corner of the state. His father was a teacher from Spokane who soon moved with his family to western Washington. Dahl’s mother is a native of Leavenworth with relatives in the Wenatchee Valley. Eric grew up in Kent and south Seattle, but thanks to his maternal grandfather and uncles, he worked in the Leavenworth fruit orchards and hiked from an early age in the Cascade Mountains to the high lakes. Later he studied and published poetry at Whitman College in Walla Walla, the University of Washington in Seattle, and at Oxford University where he was awarded the Isis Poetry Prize.

Missouri Business Alert’s Business Brief is a podcast covering business news and issues shaping the state.

RRC strives to tell unique stories from the agriculture community that show the true roots of the industry. It will also show off new products and ideas from the ever evolving industry.

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