With winter quickly approaching, preparing your ranch’s cattle-handling equipment, buildings and machinery becomes time-sensitive. It’s critical that livestock are handled safely and that handlers remain productive even when Mother Nature drops the temperature.

Samee Charriere is the co-owner of Ledgerwood Gelbvieh and Rafter C Reds in Clarkston, Washington, where she works alongside her husband and family managing all aspects of the purebred herds and commercial cows.