“We’re one family on one ranch, and that’s it.” That statement is the bold proclamation on the Alderspring Ranch website, front and center with their family photo.

No matter where cattle are being grown, each state wrestles its own challenges with drought, rain, flood and blizzards. However, on the New Mexico border, ranchers are being overtaken by a wave that has nothing to do with the weather.

Staying relevant in the seedstock sector of cattle production is a back-and-forth game of keeping up with the times and focusing on solid foundations.