Episode #1045: Chad Steinberger
The Big Honker Podcast
Andy Shaver & Jeff Stanfield
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 152 minutes
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Summary
Jeff Stanfield & Andy Shaver sit down with Chad Steinberger, a second-generation dairy farmer from Windthorst, Texas, where he operates his family’s third-generation dairy farm alongside his father and son.
Chad breaks down the ins and outs of running a modern family dairy, the challenges of navigating government regulations, and how technological advancements have brought a more data-driven, scientific approach to milking and herd management. The conversation also touches on where the beef market may be headed and what it was like growing up in small-town Windthorst in the 1980s.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, boys and girls? Thank you for tuning in to the Big Hunker podcast. The off |
| 0:03.4 | season is here for a minute. And then up next we got turkey season. Jeff's favorite springtime |
| 0:10.8 | turkey hunting. Oh, I can't wait this year. Going to go to Pacific Calls? Yeah. The Turkey Rodeo. |
| 0:18.7 | Yeah. We are brought to you by Pacific Calls. |
| 0:21.1 | If you are in the market for a new turkey call of some sort, go check out Pacific Custom Calls.com. |
| 0:27.1 | Everything is up on their website and ready to ship to your door. |
| 0:30.8 | But we are just a couple of months away from the third Turkey Rodeo. |
| 0:37.0 | Registration opens up on March 14 14th we hope to see you there because |
| 0:41.5 | we're going to be there in the Pacific Northwest I'm a big West Coast guy so I'm excited are you |
| 0:46.8 | going to turkey him over there you think or you just go I don't Jeff I don't know what I'm going to |
| 0:49.9 | do I heard the grapevine you're emcee of the Vince. I'm the MC. |
| 0:54.5 | I heard we were emceeing this thing, so we will see what happens. What does an MC do? We're going to talk and I guess talking. I don't know what we're going to do. We're going to be there, though. Can't wait to hang out with Alex and Trevor and the boys. It's going to be a great time. It is the weekend of April 24th. So if you are available, get entered into this. |
| 1:12.4 | It's going to be a great time. |
| 1:13.4 | Pacific custom calls. is the weekend of April 24th. So if you are available, get entered into this. It's going to be a |
| 1:12.9 | great time. Pacific Custom Calls.com. And you know what? It's never too late to buy your new goose |
| 1:18.7 | or duck call. Also from them, use our promo code, BHP 25. We hope to see you in the Pacific Northwest. |
| 1:24.5 | Next, we are brought to you by Shin Gear. They are slowly rolling out all of their new turkey gear. |
| 1:31.7 | Check them out. |
| 1:32.4 | If you're going to be at NWTF here, you can see all their stuff in person, and then |
| 1:36.9 | check their Instagram account because they are rolling out new products, specifically |
| 1:41.7 | geared for the turkey hunters. |
| 1:43.0 | So I am excited about this personally. |
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