by Jared Luhman | Jul 22, 2024 | Ranching Returns Podcast
I really liked how Jeremia has matched his enterprise mix to his unique ranch context. Custom cow/calf allows him to vary his stocking rate to take advantage of the spring flush, sheep utilize grass and graze cover crops on neighbor cropland without damaging the...
by Robert Pulliam | Jul 16, 2024 | Herd Quitter® Minute
A slick, shiny hair coat in summer is an indication of a healthy beef animal. Winter hair that hangs on into summer is usually dull, off-colored or dead looking and reveals your least productive...
by Jared Luhman | Jul 15, 2024 | Ranching Returns Podcast
In the last episode, Pete Ferrell shares his experience buying back the family ranch and his perspective on passing on the grazing business to somebody not in his family. Today, we talk to that somebody, John Wagner, and hear his story of taking over the business and...
by Jared Luhman | Jul 8, 2024 | Ranching Returns Podcast
Pete Ferrell shares his story of building his ranch and buying much of his original family ranch back from other family members after it was split up in the past. He shares his decision to move largely to custom grazing and explains why and how he found a non-family...
by Robert Pulliam | Jul 8, 2024 | Herd Quitter® Minute
For years, Kit Pharo has been preaching about a better way to raise beef. Reduced labor, feed, and expense sounds like the promised land, but convincing ranchers to take that step is hard. We’re a lot like cows in that regard, a bit skeptical about the reality of the...
by Robert Pulliam | Jul 3, 2024 | Herd Quitter® Minute
Since we’ve been with PCC®, we’ve seen a lot of interesting places and met a lot of good people. This week we helped haul some cattle to a remote back country cow...
