More Efficient Cattle Operations: Marketing, Planning & Daily Work with ChatGPT

More Efficient Cattle Operations: Marketing, Planning & Daily Work with ChatGPT

Customize ChatGPT. Control it. Teach it—on your terms.

Instructor: Amy Maynard of Maynard’s Triple M

Format: 3 live Zoom sessions, plus optional open discussions

• Live Sessions: January 13, 20, & 27 @ 8:00 PM CST (Tuesdays)
• Live Open Discussions: January 15, 22 & 29 @8:00 PM CST (Thursdays)

On Demand: Registrants can access recorded sessions anytime following the live airing. We understand your schedules are hectic and unpredictable, so attending live sessions is not always possible.

Length: 60 minutes per session

Designed for: Highland breeders, heritage cattle producers, small ag businesses, and educators.

Experience Level: Beginner → Confident Guide

Course Overview

This three-part interactive course is designed specifically for Highland and Heritage Cattle Operations who want to use ChatGPT as a practical and efficient ranch tool.

Participants will learn how to customize ChatGPT so it reflects your breeding philosophy, your tone with customers and buyers, your educational approach, as well as the need for accuracy, consistency and privacy. Amy will also hold open discussions to answer questions and provide participant guided learning on Thursdays during the series.

Amy Maynard of Maynard's Triple M mirrors how ChatGPT is actively used in her Highland operation—for education, marketing, genetics discussions, customer communication, documentation, and training—while giving participants the confidence to adapt it for their own farms.

What Makes This Course Different

This is not a generic AI class.

It is built for breeders answering buyer questions daily, producers educating customers about husbandry and ethics, small operations wearing many hats, and people who value clarity, stewardship, and truth over hype.

What You Will Learn

🔹 SESSION 1: Foundations & Personalization for Cattle Operations

Teaching ChatGPT Who You Are as a Breeder

FOCUS: MAKING CHATGPT SOUND LIKE YOU—YOUR OPERATION, YOUR VALUES, YOUR VOICE.

What This Session Covers (high level):

• Navigating the settings panel with confidence
• Account & plan considerations for small agricultural businesses
• Custom instructions tailored to:
  • Cattle breeders and producers
  • Educational farm businesses
  • Customer-facing communication
• Using built-in personalization tools (tone/style) alongside custom instructions
• Introducing memory:
  • What’s appropriate for a ranch operation
  • What should never be stored
• How to create a ChatGPT mega prompt
  
  

Practical examples used:

• Responding to calf inquiries
• Explaining breed traits and husbandry choices
• Maintaining a consistent, professional ranch voice
  
  

Learning outcome:

Participants leave with a personalized ChatGPT setup that reflects their breeding program, business values, and communication style, not a generic ai tone.

Interaction style:

• Live editing of custom instructions
• Guided reflection on “how do i want buyers to hear from me?”
• Chat-based sharing among producers
  
  

🔹 SESSION 2: Memory, Privacy & Responsible Ranch Use

Protecting your operation, your buyers, and your reputation

Focus: using ChatGPT responsibly in agriculture-focused businesses.

What this session covers (high level):

• Managing memory with intention:
  • Saved memories vs. Chat history
  • What’s helpful vs. What’s risky

• Temporary chats for:
  • Sensitive buyer conversations
  • Pricing discussions
  • Internal decision-making

• Data controls:
  
  • Training toggles
  • Exporting records
  • Understanding data boundaries

• Privacy considerations unique to:
  
  • Livestock sales
  • Customer education
  • Family-owned operations

Practical examples used:

• Buyer communications
• Educational content vs. Private ranch data
• Teaching ChatGPT boundaries that match real-world ag ethics
  
  

Learning outcome:

Participants gain confidence in using chatgpt without compromising trust, privacy, or professionalism

Interaction style:

• Scenario discussions (“would you store this?”)
• Live navigation challenges
• Group decision-making exercises
  
  
  

🔹 SESSION 3: Advanced Tools, Collaboration & Teaching Others

From useful tool to trusted ranch assistant

Focus: Power features and teaching ChatGPT to others in your operation or community.

What this session covers (high level):

• Voice and file tools for:
  
  • Reviewing documents
  • Drafting content hands-free
  • Organizing ideas during busy ranch days

• Productivity features that save time:
  
  • Shortcuts
  • Repeatable workflows

• Collaboration tools:
  
  • Projects
  • Teams and shared contexts
  • Group chats for planning or education

• How to teach ChatGPT use to:
  
  • Family members
  • Farm partners
  • Buyers or students

Practical examples used:

• Creating repeatable education templates
• Supporting customer confidence
• Onboarding others without confusion
  
  

Learning outcome:

Participants finish ready to train others, delegate tasks, and use chatgpt as a consistent support tool—not a mystery box.

Interaction style:

• Live demos
• Mini “teach-back” exercise
• Group Q&A
  
  

📘 Included across all sessions

• Downloadable workbook (heritage-ag focused examples)
• One-page quick-reference guides
• Live demonstrations using real agricultural scenarios
• Interactive polls and discussion
• Certificate of completion