#290 – Aaron and Erin Pape – First-Generation Profitable Farm
Aaron and Erin Pape share their story on discovering their passion for land stewardship through management and the grazing business! They discuss the challenges and opportunities of custom grazing dairy heifers, scaling a pastured chicken enterprise to over 5000...
#290 – Aaron and Erin Pape – First-Generation Profitable Farm
Aaron and Erin Pape share their story on discovering their passion for land stewardship through management and the grazing business! They discuss the challenges and opportunities of custom grazing dairy heifers, scaling a pastured chicken enterprise to over 5000 chickens annually, and building a...
#168 – Taylor Moyer – Profit First Grazier
Taylor isn't afraid to sit down and do the math; he analyzes each business opportunity and does what makes sense, rather than following what everyone else does. This approach has allowed him to build a successful farm from scratch in North Carolina. In this episode,...
#167 – Adam Ledvina – Generating Profit on Land Others Can’t
If you're a cattle guy, don't overlook this episode just because today's guest is a goat producer from Iowa. Adam Ledvina reveals how goats can yield significant profits on terrain that's unsuitable for cattle or even sheep—such as steep slopes with dense woods,...
#166 – Cal Hardage – Grazing Grass Podcast
Cal is a fellow grazing podcaster and farmer/rancher from Oklahoma. We discuss his career and how he's shifted to a low input, grazing-management-focused grass farmer and has found success in doing that! Resources Mentioned: No Risk Ranching - Greg JudyNoble Research...
#165 – Noah Taylor – Profitable Cows in the Midwest
Noah and his family have a diversified farming operation running 180 cow/calf pairs, several hundred hogs for Niman Ranch, feedlot beef, and crops. They do a great job integrating livestock with the cropping enterprise through getting cattle out on the land, or...
#164 – Rachelle Meyer – Running a Farm and Raising a Family
Rachelle and her family are crushing it at life and farming down in Southeast Minnesota! Rachelle talks about how they manage to run a dairy farm, tend to 500 goats, 800 sheep, raise stocker cattle, run a direct market business, and raise a family with 7 kids! If you...
#163 – Allen Williams – Epigenetics and Profitability
Allen and I discuss the significance of epigenetic selection in building a well-adapted herd of livestock for your farm or ranch. Having a properly adapted herd enables you to reduce inputs and significantly improve business profits. We delve into how Allen's cost of...
#162 – Ariel Greenwood – New Mexico Ranching
Ariel and I discuss her journey to her current ranch in New Mexico. We talk about the differences in the regions and production models they've experienced, as well as how they logistically manage a ranch over tens of thousands of acres and managed a ranch 700+ miles...
#161 – Aaron Helmick – First Generation Farming Wisdom
Aaron has an awesome story of finding a way to build a first-generation farm capable of supporting his family! He shares his story in this episode with lots of bits of wisdom we can all benefit from! Resources Mentioned:Ranching for Profit's Executive LinkSell/buy...
#160 – Dr. Richard Watson – 2000 Acre Grazing Dairy
Dr. Richard Watson started a grazing dairy business in 2007, which has since expanded to three sites totaling over 2000 acres with a capacity to milk over 2500 cows. He is now working on developing a milk processing facility to vertically integrate his business and...
#159 – Kit Pharo – Building a Business
Kit Pharo has built an incredibly successful ranch and seedstock business as one of the top ten in the seedstock 100 for several years in a row and serving thousands of customers over several decades! I asked Kit to share with me some of his reflections on that...
#158 – Jared Knock & Justin Fruechte – Roots and Ruminants
I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to collaborate on a podcast with Jared Knock and Justin Fruechte, hosts of the Roots and Ruminants podcast. We discuss everything from our respective operations to managing diverse farms, farm succession, improved perennials...
#157 – Will Harris – A Bold Return to Giving a Damn
Will Harris is one of the pioneers in regenerative agriculture, direct-to-consumer marketing, vertical integration at the family farm level, and much more! It's an honor to share some of what he's learned with you through these conversations. You can hear more of his...
About the Ranching Returns Podcast
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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