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 Kit Pharo | Sep 4, 2024 | Herd Quitter™, PCC™ Update
I believe all people are resistant to change – but some more so than others! Nowhere is this more prevalent than in family-owned cow-calf operations. It often takes over two decades for family-owned cow-calf operations to make simple changes – even when they know the...
by Robert Pulliam | Sep 3, 2024 | Herd Quitter™ Minute
This week my wife and I gathered 1st calf heifer pairs off an 1800 acre brush pasture up on the mountain. This would have been impossible without their gentle...
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 Robert Pulliam | Aug 27, 2024 | Herd Quitter™ Minute
It’s hard to believe fall is almost here already. It’s time for us to gather our first bunch of cattle, our first calf heifer pairs that have been at high elevation. They’ve been on rough country and have done really...
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...
