Sep 4, 2026 · 25 min · 11 segments
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For over a century, cowboys have relied on miles of barbed wire fence to move cattle across pastures.
That's taking work off the plate of the modern rancher and, in the long run, saving money.
Large buttes frame miles of grassy pasture on the first right out of Jackson on Highway 22.
In the distance, the summit of the Grand Teton pokes out, the area's home to the Mead family ranch, where six generations of ranchers have stewarded land since 1906.
are black Angus.
They have some of our bulls, like that one with the white belly, he's got some Simmental in them.
So they're like, move us, move us.
Together, the couple and their adult kids keep the ranch oven running for a small-scale beef business.
That includes their son, Sam, who recently ran for the GOP Senate nomination but lost in the primary.
Today, Kate's driving around on a four-wheeler checking in on the ranch's 50-plus steers.
You know, if you look at their flank, and their flank is nicely developed, you know, they're ready to go.
Mead beef products can be found at a local boutique butcher or on a high-end menu.
But to get there, small-scale ranching like this takes a lot of work, moving hundreds of cows several times a year.
And when they're getting off the truck, they, like, look around like, woo-hoo! It's very tall.
The annual ritual used to mean setting up and taking down miles of fence when the cows leave for temporary grazing leases in the nearby Gros Ventre foothills.
you know, we need you to work on the fence up here.
And they'd go, it's an antique.
How
For over a century, cowboys have relied on miles of barbed wire fence to move cattle across pastures.
That's taking work off the plate of the modern rancher and, in the long run, saving money.
Large buttes frame miles of grassy pasture on the first right out of Jackson on Highway 22.
In the distance, the summit of the Grand Teton pokes out, the area's home to the Mead family ranch, where six generations of ranchers have stewarded land since 1906.
are black Angus.
They have some of our bulls, like that one with the white belly, he's got some Simmental in them.
So they're like, move us, move us.
Together, the couple and their adult kids keep the ranch oven running for a small-scale beef business.
That includes their son, Sam, who recently ran for the GOP Senate nomination but lost in the primary.
Today, Kate's driving around on a four-wheeler checking in on the ranch's 50-plus steers.
You know, if you look at their flank, and their flank is nicely developed, you know, they're ready to go.
Mead beef products can be found at a local boutique butcher or on a high-end menu.
But to get there, small-scale ranching like this takes a lot of work, moving hundreds of cows several times a year.
And when they're getting off the truck, they, like, look around like, woo-hoo! It's very tall.
The annual ritual used to mean setting up and taking down miles of fence when the cows leave for temporary grazing leases in the nearby Gros Ventre foothills.
you know, we need you to work on the fence up here.
And they'd go, it's an antique.
How
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