WHO WE ARE
We've been at this awhile
Rogue Livestock is a livestock technology company focused on building practical, cost-efficient tools for independent ranchers and cattle producers. The company believes the future of ranching depends on preserving the frontier way of life, strengthening local markets, and giving producers access to technology that solves real operational problems without adding unnecessary complexity or cost.
Rogue Livestock develops integrated livestock systems designed to address challenges including predation, animal loss, health monitoring, logistics, and livestock verification across large and remote ranching operations. The company also focuses on training up the local rural workforce to use emerging technologies including drones, sensors, and livestock data systems in the field.
What we do
We build the right tools for the job
SkyDogg
SkyDogg is a drone-based livestock data gathering system designed to find cattle on remote ranch country and summer grazing leases. SkyDogg flies to the animals’ last known location and retrieves livestock data including ID, GPS location, and biometrics. The system counts cattle and alerts producers to missing, lost, or abnormal animals as soon as events are recorded.
YardDogg
YardDogg is designed to serve as the central hub for livestock data as cattle move through the supply chain. The system helps gather and manage livestock information across feedyards, holding facilities, transport, and other operational points.
Age & Source
Rogue Livestock provides one of the first digital livestock verification systems combining automated GPS tracking, digital records, and age verification into a single certification workflow designed to improve traceability and livestock verification across the supply chain.
Rogue Ride (Coming Soon)
Rogue Ride is an animal performance and livestock movement system designed for rodeo and equine events.
All Rogue Livestock solutions are built around the same low-cost livestock ear tag platform, allowing producers to use one integrated tag system across multiple livestock operations and environments.
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Accelerate Your Product Lifecycle!
Rogue Livestock works with livestock technology startups, inventors, and industry partners to help bring practical products to market faster. We understand the challenges of building products that not only function technically, but actually solve problems for livestock producers in the field.
Our experience across livestock operations, hardware, product development, software, marketing, and real-world ranch deployment makes Rogue Livestock a strong partner for testing, validation, integration, and commercialization of new livestock technologies.
OUr Founder
Melissa Brandao, CEO & President
Melissa Brandao is a livestock technology entrepreneur and inventor. She is the CEO of Rogue Livestock and President of Rogue Cowboys. She has worked in the livestock industry for more than a decade and has deep knowledge of the pressures and complexities facing producers today. Over the years, she has experienced her own share of challenges building companies while living and working in rural America, shaping her practical approach to business, technology, and ranching.
Melissa believes strongly in the American frontier spirit — resiliency, decency, hard work, and community. A multi-patent holder in livestock technology, she dreams of running her own ranch someday and has a lifelong obsession with cows, horses, and chickens.
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"I have a confession. I have an obsession with cattle. I see every part of them--their ears, their hearts, their minds and their future."
Melissa Brandao, CEO & Founder Rogue Livestock
