by Jared Luhman | Sep 16, 2024 | Ranching Returns Podcast
For those who deal with snow and ice in the winter, this episode is for you! David and his team at Iowa State are researching swath grazing of sorghum-sudangrass in the Midwest to feed cows through the winter at a reduced cost, and I am super excited about its...
by Jared Luhman | Sep 9, 2024 | Ranching Returns Podcast
For this week’s episode, I interviewed John Gutzman, who is running a cow/calf and crop operation in Wisconsin. I really enjoyed this conversation where we discuss the best ways we’ve found to make cow/calf work in this region with high snowfall and crusty snow....
by Jared Luhman | Sep 2, 2024 | Ranching Returns Podcast
In this week’s episode, we carry on with our conversation from last week but focus on their operations. We discuss their soil health practices on cropland, livestock integration on that cropland, and how they graze and expand their sheep and goat enterprises....
by Jared Luhman | Aug 26, 2024 | Ranching Returns Podcast
In this episode, we talk farm transition plans with Greg Christiansen and Travis Hampton and discuss how Greg has begun the process of transitioning the operating business of their farm to Travis, who is not a family member. We explore how they found each other, why...
by Jared Luhman | Aug 19, 2024 | Ranching Returns Podcast
Levi is new to his regenerative ranching journey, having just taken over the family ranch from his dad and other family members. He shares his experience with that transition, as well as the changes he’s made to his management on both the cropping and livestock...