#276 – Cory and Jennilee Bird – How Virtual Fence Improved Their Ranch
Cory and Jennilee Bird ranch with Cory's family in Montana, operating on a mix of public and deeded land. They discuss their diverse operations and management practices and share in-depth insights into their experience using Nofence virtual fence collars to manage...
#276 – Cory and Jennilee Bird – How Virtual Fence Improved Their Ranch
Cory and Jennilee Bird ranch with Cory's family in Montana, operating on a mix of public and deeded land. They discuss their diverse operations and management practices and share in-depth insights into their experience using Nofence virtual fence collars to manage cattle on terrain that is...
#143 – John Innes-Smith – Journey to Farm Ownership
Podcast Episode #143Episode #143 John spent several years moving from farm to farm taking advantage of opportunities to build equity in land and cows until he got to where he is today. John owns 300 cows and 500 acres and operates his own successful grazing-based...
#142 – Al Dewitt, Weston Walker, & Rob Pierce – Heat Tolerant Genetics Program
Podcast Episode #142Episode #142 I brought back three past guests who all are working to develop composite genetics that will offer adaption to the heat, humidity, and parasite pressure that many ranchers in the US face while not giving up the performance or quality...
#141 – Joel Salatin – Successful Farming
Podcast Episode #141Episode #141 Joel Salatin is one of the most popular farmers in the world. He has written 16 books, is the editor of the Stockman Grass Farmer, and owns and operates the popular Polyface Farm. We discuss his farm, how he monetizes agritourism and...
#140 – Rachel Twogood – Raising Crops, Cattle, and a Family
Podcast Episode #140Episode #140 Rachel and her husband farm and ranch in Nebraska and have a diversified operation consisting of no-till crops, organic crops, cow/calf enterprises as well as a grass finishing and direct-to-consumer business. We discuss these...
#139 – Elaine Froese – 3 Conversations Necessary Before Farm Transition
Podcast Episode #139Episode #139 Elaine is an internationally known farm transition expert! The topic of transition is something that every farmer will have to deal with at some point and very few have a plan. She walks through 3 of the important conversations that...
#138 – Tom Krawiec – Ranching Like a 12 Year Old
Podcast Episode #138Episode #138 Tom is author of the book "Ranching Like a 12 Year Old" where he shares his story of developing a ranch template to help simplify the management of a ranch to improve lifestyle and to allow for the opportunity to scale. He shares how...
#137 – Chris Baggot – Grazing Profitably on Cropland
Podcast Episode #137Episode #137 Chris is a first generation farmer who has managed to grow a large and successful direct marketing enterprise and grazing based farm on row crop land in Indiana. Just in that statement their are a number of things many would say are...
#136 – Jared Luhman – Q&A
Podcast Episode #136Episode #136 I get questions from folks quite often via email or social media. I appreciate people reaching out and over the years a few questions have come up multiple times that I thought might be nice to address via the podcast. I'm happy to...
#135 – Al Dewit – Ranching Everywhere
Podcast Episode #135Episode #135 Al and his family have a pretty unique ranching story. He started in Indiana as a crop farmer and had the opportunity to take over a ranch there, he later moved and built a ranch in Oklahoma followed by moving again and building...
#134 – Clint Fischer – Farm Succession
Podcast Episode #134Episode #134 Clint is an ag business advisor who acts as a third party board member for farms and ranches. Today we discuss some of the experiences he's had in this role, we discuss succession and much more. Resources Mentioned:University...
#133 – Carl Whitworth – Goat Grazing at Scale
Podcast Episode #133Episode #133 Carl and his family own a diverse farm and ranch operation. They implement no-till and cover crops on their farmland and manage goats in multiple states! Resources Mentioned:Ranching for ProfitHerd Quitter Podcast For more information,...
#132 – Kit Pharo – Kit’s Big Concern
Podcast Episode #132Episode #132 Even with record prices, many are not finding the best of times as good as they would expect. Operations dependent on high levels of feed inputs, a full fleet of equipment and an abundance of labor are feeling the effects of inflation...
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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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#286 – James Paul Bailey – Cattle Ranching and Chicken Farming
James Paul Bailey had a goal of becoming a full-time farmer! A challenging goal, but one he turned into reality by building chicken houses, contract-raising chickens, making hay on non-grazeable ground that others didn't value, and building a ranching business raising Red Angus cattle for Pharo Cattle Company®. There's lots to learn from James Paul in this episode! Switch to Audio-Only Resources mentioned: Ranching Returns Podcast Dirt to Soil - Gabe Brown Don't...