Laney Mackaben
Midland
Summary
Dynamic agricultural professional with extensive experience at Mackaben Ranch, excelling in record keeping and grazing management. Proven ability to enhance cattle health and implement sustainable practices, while effectively communicating with management. Skilled in data analysis and problem-solving, driving operational efficiency, and improving agricultural investments.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Ranch Work
Mackaben Ranch
Belle Fourche
08.2006 - Current
- Owned and raised beef cattle, sheep, and dairy goats.
- Developed both electronic and paper records for calving, breeding, weaning/shipping, and bangs vaccinating.
- Developed economically sustainable practices to better the return of agricultural investments.
- Developed/Calculated grazing rotations based of forage availability and rangeland goals.
Assistant Cattle Manager
Capital LLC
Capital
02.2025 - 10.2025
- Keep an accurate record of grazing rotations and rangeland and water health.
- Report yearly CSP and Equip grazing records through pictures and various of techniques.
- Monitor and implement transect lines for yearly monitoring.
- Calve 1100-1200 mother cows, 200-250 heifers annually, starting early April.
- Keep track of records/headcounts on cattle (calving, branding, preg checking etc.)
- Communicate with absent upper management about progress, changes etc. with cattle and other projects ranch related through email, social media, excel, and various other forms of remote communication.
Assistant Manager
Heart River Ranch
Buffalo
11.2023 - 02.2025
- Assistant in day-to-day tasks around the ranch which include, but are not limited to feeding, calving, ranch upkeep, grazing rotations, animal health, and record keeping.
- Developing a new understanding for a registered operation while also keeping the cattle and land in our best interest. While communicating with an absentee owner.
Intern
Dakotasoft Inc
St. Onge
01.2021 - 05.2021
- Developed skills in computer coding and applied to precision agriculture practices.
- Engineering Solutions
Veterinary Help
CATL Resources
St. Onge
01.2020 - 05.2020
- Attended state veterinary meetings.
- Performed daily billing, and updated inventory.
Education
High School - Animal Science, Agriculture Communications and Marketing, Speech Communication, Agriculture Mechanics
Belle Fourche High School
Belle Fourche, SDBusiness Management Degree -
Black Hills State University
Spearfish, SDSkills
- Record keeping and data analysis
- Grazing management
- Cattle health monitoring
- Agricultural technology
- Veterinary assistance
- Customer relationship management
- Team collaboration
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Time management
Certification
- Young Adult Ranching for Profit School, Attended RFP to learn about both profitability and success on ranches for the business and the people involved., Learned different tools to properly run a business with optimal success.
- Youth Agriculture Educational Series, Attended a series of schools and seminars ranging from soil health, water health, rangeland management and livestock management.
- South Dakota Women in Agriculture, Attend SDWIA to advance my knowledge of the agriculture industry with other like-minded women.
- South Dakota Grazing School, Learned ways to best manage the rangelands to benefit livestock., Gained an understanding of tools to make a business most successful.
- Beef Quality Assurance Certification, Gained an understanding for the systematic production of beef in the US.
References
- Denver Gilbert, Manager at Capital LLC, (406) 697-3961, denver@clarklandbrokers.com
- Riley Kammerer, Rancher/Conservationist, (605) 209-3544, barubeef@gmail.com
- Kassidy Kissack, Social Media Entrepreneur, (605) 641-3648, kassidykissack@gmail.com
Timeline
Assistant Cattle Manager
Capital LLC
02.2025 - 10.2025
Assistant Manager
Heart River Ranch
11.2023 - 02.2025
Intern
Dakotasoft Inc
01.2021 - 05.2021
Veterinary Help
CATL Resources
01.2020 - 05.2020
Ranch Work
Mackaben Ranch
08.2006 - Current
High School - Animal Science, Agriculture Communications and Marketing, Speech Communication, Agriculture Mechanics
Belle Fourche High School
Business Management Degree -
Black Hills State University