by Jared Luhman | Jul 13, 2021 | Ranching Returns Podcast
Podcast Episode #23 Episode #23 In part 2 of our two part conversation with Jim we discuss the differences in environment, and management of grasslands in arid Western environments and Midwest and Eastern high moisture environments. We discuss how every...
by Jared Luhman | Jul 5, 2021 | Ranching Returns Podcast
Podcast Episode #22 Episode #22 Jim Gerrish is an experienced grazing expert and well known author of Management Intensive Grazing, and Kick the Hay Habit. In part 1 of a 2 episode series we discuss the expense of making hay and how to reduce hay making through...
by Jared Luhman | Jun 29, 2021 | Ranching Returns Podcast
Podcast Episode #21 Episode #21 August had his eyes set on building a profitable angus cattle operation operating in the old school way of high inputs and labor. After getting started he quickly realized it wasn’t as easy as it seems. A coworker...
by Jared Luhman | Jun 21, 2021 | Ranching Returns Podcast
Podcast Episode #20 Episode #20 Wes ranches in the Chihuahua Desert of Southeast New Mexico. Of all the people I have talked to, his environment might be the toughest to run cattle in. It’s dry on an average year, and he’s currently in the 3rd year...
by Jared Luhman | Jun 14, 2021 | Ranching Returns Podcast
Podcast Episode #19 Episode #19 Kit and I discuss the role that debt plays in a ranch business. It certainly can have a place to help a business when used wisely. However, Kit believes, and I agree, that it’s not a necessity and that freeing yourself from...
by Jared Luhman | Jun 7, 2021 | Ranching Returns Podcast
Podcast Episode #18 Episode #18 Wally joins us for a second week to discuss the Bud Williams sell/buy livestock marketing concept. We discuss how it is applied to stocker enterprises and cow/calf enterprises. We get more in depth on a few of the things we discussed...
