#223 – Hayden Heigele – Changing Genetics, Calving Window, and More
Hayden Heigele encountered some resistance when he wanted to introduce new farming and ranching practices on his family farm. Rather than giving up, he has been experimenting with low-input ranching while building an operation of his own, all while continuing to work...
#223 – Hayden Heigele – Changing Genetics, Calving Window, and More
Hayden Heigele encountered some resistance when he wanted to introduce new farming and ranching practices on his family farm. Rather than giving up, he has been experimenting with low-input ranching while building an operation of his own, all while continuing to work within the family business....
#112 – Wally Olson & John Haskell – Prospering in Good and Bad Times
Podcast Episode #112Episode #112 Current market conditions are looking up for cattle producers. With low inventory and forecasts pointing towards rain ranchers are feeling some optimism. Today, Wally Olson and John Haskell joined me to discuss how we can take...
#111 – Kit Pharo – Bringing in the Next Generation
Podcast Episode #111Episode #111 Kit and I discuss how we can make our ranches more profitable and more enjoyable to not only make it possible to bring in the next generation, but to actually make them want to come back and be a part of the ranch. For more...
#110 – Hobbs Magaret – Fire and Salt
Podcast Episode #110Episode #110 In just a short few years Hobbs built a ranch and marketing brand, sold the brand, moved to a new state and started from scratch building a new ranch and brand. Today we discuss that journey.'' Resources mentioned:Jaimie ElizondoJohann...
#109 – Colton and Ethan Munger – Rural Entrepreneurship
Podcast Episode #109Episode #109 Colton and Ethan Munger are brothers who grew up on their families ranch in Nebraska. To learn more about their family ranch you can listen to my conversation with their dad Brian on episode 35, it's one of my favorites. I love what...
#108 – Shawn Freeland – Profitable and Enjoyable Ranching
Podcast Episode #108Episode #108 Shawn has one of those inspiring stories that prove it's still possible to start and grow a ranching business from scratch. He shares his journey building a ranch and then making some serious changes such as improving grazing...
#107 – Alejandro Carrillo – Turning Desert to Grasslands
Podcast Episode #107Episode #107 Alejandro manages the 30,000 acre Las Damas Ranch in the Chihuahua Desert of Mexico. Through his management in under twenty years he has increased his ranch carrying capacity from 150 cows to over 600 cows and his next goal is 1500. He...
#106 – Kit Pharo- Whatcha Gonna Do With All That Money
Podcast Episode #106Episode #106 Cattle herd numbers having steadily been declining for the past several years due to lack of profitability and drought. This has been resulting in a steady increase in cattle prices and one would expect that when rain comes again the...
#105 – Clay Conry, Brian Alexander, & Jason Medows – Ag Podcasters Roundtable
Podcast Episode #105Episode #105 Join Clay, Brian, Jason and myself as we discuss our podcasts, what we've learned through them and questions we have surrounding ranching and agriculture. For more information, check us out at RanchingReturns.com. You can also check...
#104 – Lance Klessig – On Farm Rentals
Podcast Episode #104Episode #104 Lance Klessig has been involved in agriculture his whole life in a variety of roles from working on a dairy farm, to working for the Soil and Water Conservation District, but in 2020 he and his wife purchased their own farm. Because of...
#103 – Jacob Wolki – The Business of Regenerative Ag
Podcast Episode #103Episode #103 Jacob Wolki brought a unique business perspective from managing several different retail businesses and dozens of employees before starting his farm in the past few years. Those skills have allowed him to scale a regenerative...
#102 – Dave Pratt – Retirement and Succession
Podcast Episode #102Episode #102 Dave Pratt is past owner of Ranching for Profit and author of my favorite book "The Turnaround: A Ranchers Story". In this weeks podcast he gives us a summary on the RFP definition of true profitability in business and then discusses...
#101 – Trevor Burian – Cows to Custom Grazing
Podcast Episode #101Episode #101 Trevor went to Ranching for Profit in February of 2022 and came home ready to make big changes. By the time summer came around he had sold his cows and was custom grazing cattle for somebody else. We talk about what this has meant for...
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On this podcast, we talk to farmers and ranchers who are leading the industry in so many ways. We’ll discuss the various returns they get from ranching, including, of course, the significant financial returns, but also returns to their land resources and ultimately the amazing lifestyle. That might be the most important return ranching can offer!
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In last week’s PCC Update, we discussed long-bodied cattle – or what appear to be long-bodied cattle. I said, “In most cases, body length is an optical illusion. The animals that appear to be long bodied are gutless wonders. They are all legs with no body depth.” Following is a true story that reinforces that thinking. This goes back to our Nebraska Bull Workday in August of 2021. Before evaluating bulls, we always sort out the top two, three or four bulls in each...