About Our Cause

If we want to keep U.S. beef the best in the world, we need ranchers and farmers to be included in the profit share.
– Montana Stockgrowers 

 Committed to keeping
Cattle Producers in Business.

Tri-State Livestock News is committed to helping our readers succeed. Not only in recent weeks, but every day of the year, it is our goal to ensure every bull, calf, cull cow, lamb and horse sells for a fair price. Your profitability is our focus, and through our newly introduced initiative we hope to help the industry learn, connect and make informed decisions that will establish market clarity and price discovery. It is our goal to help provide a pathway to long term financial stability for America’s livestock producers and feeders. We believe this video series, which will provide unique perspectives from the industry’s top leaders, will help find the answers we seek.

Our Team

Sam Tenpenny

Events, Marketing & Promotion

“I grew up in Topeka, Kansas competing in junior and high school rodeos when I wasn’t playing basketball. I attended Catholic schools K-12 until I moved three hours west to attend Fort Hays State University. I competed in the Central Plains Region of the NIRA on the FHSU rodeo team for four years before graduating with my B.S. in Animal Science in May of 2014. Prior to graduating, I interned with both the National Western Stock Show in Denver, CO and the American Royal in Kansas City, MO where I found my passion for program management, event production, and community enrichment through agriculture. My first job out of college was trading wholesale, bulk fertilizer, and providing logistic solutions for Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) in the Missouri and eastern Kansas markets. After two years I was offered the Director of Member Services position with the Kansas Grain and Feed Association where I was responsible for spearheading all membership recruitment and retention efforts, as well as managing all aspects of education program development and execution for the last 5 years. While I was not born into agriculture, my education, experience, and personal passion have allowed me to establish a very unique, well-rounded perspective that I am excited to share with TSLN/TFP, our subscribers and clients, and the rest of the industry!”

Rachel Gabel

Rachel Gabel

Assistant Editor

The Fence Post

Maria Tibbetts

Maria Tibbetts

Digital Editor

Tri-State Livestock News

Carrie Stadheim

Carrie Stadheim

Editor

Tri-State Livestock News

Sabrina "Bree" Poppe

Sabrina "Bree" Poppe

Publisher

Tri-State Livestock News, The Fence Post

Kristen Schurr Photography

Special thank you to Kristen Schurr for providing the amazing photography for our website. Please be sure to follow her on social media for more breathtaking photos of real ranching and life in rural America. 

Thanks to our colleagues at Western Ag Reporter for getting the #FairCattleMarkets initiative started. We’re behind any effort that helps agriculture succeed!

Click here to read Joe Goggins’ op-ed and call for Tweets to President Trump.

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