David welcomes Jake Phillips from Australia, who shares his experience learning about the U.S. beef cattle industry through an extensive sponsored trip. Jake details his five-week trip across the U.S., including visits to renowned seedstock operations, universities, cattle conferences, and more. He and David talk about the importance of networking, lessons learned in operation culture and character, and the reminder that often the quality of the cattle is really correlated to the quality of the people.

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Jake Phillips

Angus Australia

Quotes:

“It's about bringing people together.” — Jake [23:11]
“We really need to be playing at the highest quality. It doesn't matter if it's grapes, oranges, beef, or lamb, and that really starts with the people. The people growing it, producing it, and then marketing it.” — Jake [34:33]
“The question I had was, is it possible for a first generation seedstock operation to happen in one generation?” — Jake [35:50]
“Quite often the quality of the cattle is really correlated to the quality of the people.” [1:22:21]

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