Today Tienna Canen was recognized at the AQHA Annual Convention in Las Vegas, NV for her participation in the 2020-21 AQHLead program. The program, designed for young adults ages 19-34, helps support their development as young leaders in the equine industry.  AQHLead grants were awarded to 10 applicants for the Class of 2021 to offset the cost…

Recently four members of our ranch team attended a Ranching for Profit school. I highly recommend the school, but that is not what I want to talk about. Please hear my heart on something that struck home with me about the current situation many ranches find themselves in….. Our ranches are a part of us.…

Ranching Heritage Breeder: Mahlstedt Ranch – AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeder: Mahlstedt Ranch Matching lifetime partners is this Montana Ranching Heritage Breeder’s goal. By Andrea Caudill The customers pulling up to the gates of Mahlstedt Ranch are there to bring home a new horse, but most of them are repeat or word-of-mouth customers because of what else they get…

When I started writing these blogs, I had every intention of posting one every month, but life happened and the blogs didn’t… Blogs won’t be monthly, but let’s hope they are more regular then they have been! With calving season upon us, days are spent doing a lot of record keeping, tagging, and tattooing around…

Celebrate with a puzzle Happy National Ag Day! I have created something fun for you Here is a Mahlstedt Ranch Quarter Horse Word Find. Read the write-up about us and find the bolded words in the puzzle. Just click on the link below to open and print. Have fun!!!

In looking for a career, most people wouldn’t look twice at one offering long hours inall kinds of weather (bitter cold, mud, summer, dust, and back to bitter cold), broken equipment, and no promise of profit, but a guarantee of debt. Even with all the hardships, I cannot think of anything I want to do…

In recent years it has been proposed that cutting the farm subsidy program would substantially relieve government debt. Claiming that farmers and ranchers are receiving more than their fair share of government aid, many people view government subsidies as no different than a welfare program for farmers. This is not the case. So, what is…

In a world with ever increasing worries over environmental sustainability, many people are touting the unsustainability of beef products and promoting the idea of going meatless to save the planet. Before you, the consumer, make a decision to go meatless or continue to eat meat, I encourage you to do your research. This post will…

It’s lambing time here at the ranch so it’s no surprise that this post is all about sheep and how important they are to our everyday living! Behind that cute, wooly face is a utility that is very multi-faceted; providing wool, meat, milk, and other products for our world. Not only do sheep provide us…