The Lettie Show

Drought is hard on everyone. Whether you are a rancher or a farmer the heaviness associated with drought is not an easy one to combat. Today, Lettie gives operators some tips on how to overcome the mental heaviness when you are going through a really tough drought season. Whether it's in your personal life or associated with Mother Nature occurrences. These tips and tricks will help you overcome the hardships in agriculture, everyday life, and many other trials you may face. This podcast is jam packed full of insightful information on how to enjoy the season and make the best of right where you are. Ultimately, putting down the anxiety and stress and trust in the bigger plan. You can find more about Lettie at www.mc-ranch.com be sure to check out the blog! Head on over to lettie.mckinney on instagram and send us a DM on what you want to hear more of! If you enjoyed this episode, you can send a voice memo into the podcast. Ask us questions, or tell us something you would like Lettie to talk about! Be sure to send them in with the link below! Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Today on the show we are talking about how we added a new product to MC- Meat Co! And isn't beef... what Lettie. Lettie is kind of known as the beef lady, but today she talks about how with MC- Meat Co. She has always wanted to add another protein to the company, but actually raising the animal really sort of just stressed her out. It would add another thing to her plate and as of right now she is just trying to run the current businesses! Lettie talks about her "chicken story" and why having quality chicken is such a huge benefit to her. She loves other proteins, and she makes sure its nothing but the best quality. Plus once you know good quality, its really hard to go back to store bought goods. In Addition to the chicken, she talks about some benefits to adding chickens in a biological setting on the ranch. She also talks about how the Miller's, her partners, raise the chickens to bring high quality protein to more customers! Send us a DM ?@lettie.mckinney Shoot us an email at info@mcbarmeatco.com Or you can shop our chicken at www.shopmcbarmeatco.com You can find more of our ranch raised recipes at www.mc-ranch.com Be sure to check out misfits market... if you are new around here I love its weekly or bi weekly delivery of high quality produce straight to my door! Here is a link that you can use to save $15 on your first order! Check it out here Did you know you can send us voice memos in an we will answer all your questions or talk about what you have questions to or just anything really! Click on this here and you can send us a voice memo and we will answer it in one of our episodes! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Planting season is right around the corner for us. But I really want y'all to evaluate what kind of see if you were planting in your life. Today on the podcast I am talking about how alfalfa seed actually looks like a goat head. I believe nature has a funny way of teaching us things but we just have to be receptive to those teachings. Our thoughts matter. Little mindset shifts make a huge impact. You can reach out to me at lettie.mckinney on Instagram or shoot me and email @infomcbarmeatco.com Thank you so much for being here. I know you don't have to be and there are plenty of other podcasts to listen to. Here is a tip to help you living in rural America. @Misfits has helped me so much with providing high quality produce to my doorstep every week, or biweekly, or monthly! How ever I'd like to do it. It's been so nice. Here is a link you can follow and receive $10 off on your first order. I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me! https://www.misfitsmarket.com/?promo=COOKWME-OD6NJPCLXRT --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Today I am talking about all of the frequently asked questions I get pertaining to MC- Meat Co and The Roundtop. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Hello friends! Today we are talking about all things pertaining to the beef industry! What's the difference between grass fed beef and grain finished beef. What do cows have to eat to become either? Is there any nutritional difference? All of the questions I get in a regular basis we are covering! Come join the conversation! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

YOUR DREAMS DO NOT WORK UNLESS YOU DO. Do you think you are just magically going to wake up one day living your dream life? Well I hate to break it to you but life doesn't work that way. Here lately the Lord has been really convicting me of some big dreams I have been dreaming but the Lord asked me well what are you doing about it... ouch. Talk about a conviction. If you think one day you will wake up and the dream job, dream marriage, dream business, is going to be handed to you on a silver spoon. HA wake up call! Stop letting the sense of entitlement rob you from your destiny. NOTHING gets handed to you. You have to work hard+ partner with God+ pray big bold prayers+ Do what the Lord tells you! I am so tired of the sense of entitlement especially in my generation! Being selfish, burning bridges to the top, being mean is the way... well I have a rude awakening for you and I guess im not too nice when I talk about it. Whoops... but serving people is the way forward. I mean I guess if you want to be known as self centered and a jerk then that is up to you. But that is not how I want to be known. God has a perfect plan for your life, but you can't just sit around and do nothing to get there. ACTIONS ALWAYS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

You ever feel like a victim to your thought life? What narrative is going through your mind? This situation is never going to change, nothing good ever happens to me, I'm not worth it, I'm not loved. Well today I'm going to talk to you about how the Lord has really been challenging me to break out of old thought habits and patterns. The two books I talk about are Experiencing the Father by Jack Frost and Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen. The podcast I referred is here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oasis-church/id701120918?i=1000528529579 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Today I'm talking about why I feel like I need to take a hiatus from social media. It's half way through the year and the Lord is asking me to realign myself --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Little different episode this morning, but we are in a new season and sometimes you just keep having to walk forward. It feels unknown and weird and I'm not sure what the future looks like. But just keep trusting God. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

For so long I have fought time. You know like begged and kicked and screamed for God to change my season I was in. Asked God to change my time, breakthrough and provide a miracle. But what if we stopped begging and kicking and screaming and just enjoyed where we are at today? Whatever season you are in. I read a book called the Abnomally mindset and it really changed my outlook on everything I was believing and contending for. Faith is risky, and to be honest. I really didn't want to risk again to be greater yet again with disappointment and hurt. But that's not from God. Disappointment and hurt isn't from Him. It took me a while to see it. And even if my circumstances say this isn't possible and you might as well give up. I choose to believe God is fighting my battles for me. He is breaking through for me, He is going to do what he says. Because that's who He is and that's what His character does. In this season, I feel like I have learned so many hard hard lessons, and in pathing my way in uncharted waters, but there is so much grace, and love, and compassion. Papa God is for me, and is fighting my battles and I believe He is fighting yours too. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Change comes with sacrifice, love comes with sacrifice. Of course no one really wants to talk about this or admit all that goes into growing a business or becoming a better version of yourself but we are. You will have to sacrifice what you want most of what you want in the moment. Who do you want to be, where do you want to go. Sacrifice isn't ever easy friends, but it is worth it to live the life you want. Just keep moving --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Where the romantic side of the western lifestyle and the modern day of ranching collide. Today I am talking about why we brand cattle. What it is utilized for, where it originated from. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

All too often we wait on authority from man to finally start making a difference around us. We wait in our workplace because we think we don't hold the right position. We wait in our community because we don't hold the right leadership position. We wait to step out and make a difference in government because we do not hold any authoritative permission. What if I told you we don't have to wait on authority from man to finally start making a difference and impacting our workplace, our communities, and even our families? Well today. We are talking about all of the things and what it means to Co-labor with God. What He has taught me over the last several years as an entrepreneur. What it means to really bloom where you are planted. We can spend our whole life looking for a place or moving searching for it. But what if God is really asking you to bloom where you are planted? This is really a big huge can of worms, but I hope it encourages you and helps you step out into faith and know that God has really called you and He has chose you! If yall like this episode be sure to like and share! Book reference Chasing Vines by Beth Moore Jeremiah 1:5-6 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Hello friends! So if you have been following along on the world wide web of insta insta lately. I AIR BNB my HOUSE. Yes my house. I started in November of 2019 and holy smokes was I blown out of the water. Well I kinda have revamped how I Air BNB now and am tailoring it to the grain bin silo and also camper/rv hook ups! I think it is so much fun and I absolutely love love love doing it! I talk about how I really think this is the way to help bridge the gap between producers and consumers, or even families. I don't really like using the word consumers, because well when you buy one of our products you are family! Through AIR bnbing I have been able to connect with so many people! I absolutely love it. Maybe I am oblivious but here is all it entails and why I am so passionate about Air-bnbing and why I started! Be sure to follow on instagram @lettie.mckinney or on facebook @mcbarmeatco --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

This episode is a little different than the normal feed but you are not going to want to miss it! Are you planning a wedding? Or getting ready to? This is your episode. Today I am visiting with Mary and Angela from A Toast Events. A toast is a custom event planning business. They provide all the insights of to do's and don't do's when planning a wedding. The pros and con's of hiring an event planner. The different packages they offer. About all the details that going into planning a wedding. Working with your budget. And so many more crazy good insights. Angela dropped the bomb that a wise bride should only spend 40% of her budget on the venue and catering! Wow mind blown, I had no idea there was a whole other industry out there in the event planning business. All the inns and outs on picking a wedding venue and creating a unique day for their clientele. Mary told us how A toast customizes and tailors the event to client and their moto is to really keep customer service at the front of everything they do to provide their clients with exceptional service. They talked about working together, and how they got to a place of working so well together. How their personalities compliment all they do, and if one falls behind the eight ball on something the other one so graciously picks it up! I love hearing their dynamic and it encourages me so much. Mainly, for me I would much rather work alone... but this encourages me and inspires to me find a business partner relationship like Mary and Angela have! We talk about how they are going to start utilizing enneagrams and their bride's love language, and really just get to know about their core values and fears to give them a top notch experience. These ladies souls are so stinking beautiful, and I can't wait for you to listen to their view point and perspective. You can follow Mary and Angela along on instagram at atoastevents OR @theruralhousewives they are also on facebook at both of the same handles. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

I haven't really talked about The Roundtop much... but here it is! The Roundtop is a space for SWKS to have those rustic weddings that you see in magazines! Its a place for weddings, concerts, family fun events, baby showers, retirement parties, birthday parties and so much more! I kind of fell into this one... but I am so glad that I did. Kinda funny how the best things in life seem to happen that way! This episode I am talking all about the Roundtop and how it evolved. How we transformed an old rugged structure into this beautiful rustic venue. You can find more pictures of it @theroundtop on social media or follow @lettie.mckinney on insta for all the fun happenings! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

I know I have talked about genetics before... We brought on Tucker Brown and he gave us his perspective from a purebred operation and what they do. But I think it is so important to reiterate why genetics are so important! Especially with all these spring bull sales upon us. Choosing genetics is so crucial in your bottom line. It is imperative to fit your cow to your environment and ensure she is profitable for generations to come. Today I am talking about how we started out with a shorthorn and hereford herd. Over they years we still have some of those original genetics, but have improved them drastically. It is so important to have genetics that match your goal. Whatever you are trying to accomplish. Have an ideal cow size in mind and make sure you evaluate your resources. I know all these bull sale catalogs can be so overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be. When you know what you are trying to accomplish, finding the bulls becomes easy! Plus ask the people you choose to do business with, they know their bulls better than you do and will help you accomplish your dreams! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Fighting against common culture today or even the norm of just going going going. God asked me to just sit at His feet. It's a weird new normal, but brings so much peace. God has really been teaching me on what it means to just abide in Him. Letting Him do the supernatural and provide. For Him to show me what Divine Providence looks like. Did you know just sitting still and listening to him is also a sign and act of obedience. It's a weird new normal, but I have found so much peace in it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

In this episode I am talking about why we tag baby calves. Why we do it. How every operation is different. Some people use tags, some people ear notch cattle. It really doesn't matter how you do it as long as your system works for you! I also go on a rant and talk about my website revamp! Which in so stoked about! Aly McClure is great to work with. She is fun, energetic, and really just buys into your dreams and your vision, and where you want to go! She is doing a Rural Revival package for all entrepreneurs like me! I have shopped a lot around for marketing packages where someone would help me redo my website and it was all really way too expensive and out of my budget. Aly worked with me on creating a package that she felt reasonable for both her and me! Her focus is to help small business owners and entrepreneurs succeed and have a marketing plan they can implement. Her ideas really brought clarity and vision to my businesses. I highly suggest you work with her! Her website is https://prairieviewcreative.com you can also find her on instagram @alymcclure @prarieviewcreative and also on facebook @alymcclurephotography She is truly such a blessing and is doing so many amazing things for small communities and small business. I hope yall go check her out and also check out the work she did for us at mc-ranch.com There you will find all the things! You will find MC- Meat Co, The Roundtop, The AirBNB, the Podcast, it all! Aly did such great work! Be blessed friends. I love y'all. Lettie --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

What in the world goes into calving first year heifers? Well a lot actually! It's all about management. Every two hour heifer checks, genetics, being prepared. Today I talk about what we do for calving out first year heifers. How to make the best bang for your buck and also how genetics affect MC- Meat Co. How we use the calves of the first year heifers. How we utilize artificial insemination (A.I) to breed heifers. I give you all the details on what we do and how we do it! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Being super real and vulnerable here. Sooooo if you don't like deep things, I suggest not listening. Being open and honest with a struggle that I have dealt with for the past three years. How God has used to struggle to help me grow. How there has to be a death of an old season to birth something new. How God will use the pain and make it beautiful. New seasons are coming. Death has to occur for restoration to occur --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Today I talk about all our trials and tears through this polar vortex. How it's okay to be exhausted and tired. What it's like as farmers and ranchers dealing with all this craziness. And how ultimately whatever battle you are going through it belong to the Lord! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Today I'm talking about the benefits of buying a quarter, half, or whole beef share. What exactly do you get, how many pounds of beef, where do I store it, what kind of deep freeze do I need. All of the questions I've run across over the years of selling beef directly to customers. Why I really think buying beef shares is so valuable for you and your family and how you get bulk discounting prices. You can check out what all in included on our website at www.shopmcbarmeatco.com find us on Facebook or Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Today we are talking with Tucker Brown from the RA Brown Ranch in Throckmorton, TX. Tucker is a 6th generation rancher who returned to the family operation after graduation. They raise registered red angus, sim angus, and black angus bulls. He is going to tell us all about the seedstock operation. That they strive for and what industry things he is excited for. I can't wait for y'all to hear from him! His perspective is so unique and what their family does for the industry is truly one of a kid. You can find Tucker and his family on instagram @rabrownranch or @tuckerbrown7. You can also find them on facebook. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

I get the question what do you even do all the time. Today I'm talking about what we are doing in this season. What wintertime looks like on the ranch. What it looks like on the farm. How I'm completely illiterate when it comes to mechanic things. How the mamas are prepping for a baby. How God has been speaking to me in this season about birthing promises. And also talking about how in agriculture in general we are really bad at managing Human Resources. GASP. Follow me on social media on Instagram at Lettie.McKinney Let me know what you think! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Hello 2021, goodbye 2020. What the heck is a word of the year? What does God do with it, how does he bring you to a word of the year. Well I'm talking about all the above and how I wrestled with God to figure out what my word of the year was. 2020 was hard it was tough for so many. It was a lot of heart work for me and breaking generational curses. But we here and ready to take on 2021. I encourage you today to figure out a word that the Lord is speaking to you and really just let Him lead and guide you. God is good friends and he so longs to have a relationship with you. 1 Samuel 1 Luke 1 Isaiah 43:19 Revelation 21:5 Story of Job Mercy Culture Podcast for more the story of Elizabeth and birthing a promise. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landon-heather-schott-podcast/id1460834339?i=1000474194200 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Stepping out anyways when you feel fear. Starting a business, mending a relationship, having the hard conversations, doing it anyways even when you don't know the outcome or what's going to happen. Having faith and trusting God when he tells you to do something. Releasing the big things to HIM. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

Diving into all the things, sharing my story. How I stepped out with faith to return home to the family farm and ranch. Starting a value added program to our family operation, starting and event venue. Truly just blossoming where you are. Whether that's in a dessert or in the city. You can do all the things! How you can still do all the things even when life throws you major curveballs --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lettie7/message

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