#212 – Knute and Amanda Severson – Grass Finishing and Successful Marketing
Knute and Amanda are a fun duo with a unique story! They met while working for the Seattle Seahawks and, after a long journey, found their way back to Knute’s family farm in Iowa. There, they purchased land, built infrastructure, and created a successful meat...
#212 – Knute and Amanda Severson – Grass Finishing and Successful Marketing
Knute and Amanda are a fun duo with a unique story! They met while working for the Seattle Seahawks and, after a long journey, found their way back to Knute’s family farm in Iowa. There, they purchased land, built infrastructure, and created a successful meat marketing business, Grand View Beef!...
#68 – Kim Maloney – Brylee Farms
Podcast Episode #68Episode #68 Kim Maloney returned home to her family farm in Quebec, Canada to work as their day-to-day operations manager but also to build a direct marketing enterprise! Over the past 3 years of her time on the farm they have greatly expanded their...
#67 – Riley Shay – Building a Ranch
Podcast Episode #67Episode #67 Riley Shay is a friend of mine and inspires and impresses me whenever I hear his story! From a young age Riley has had an entrepreneurial spirit from trying to start a cow herd with four bottle calves to buying a tractor and starting a...
#66 – Derek Schmitz – Building a Grazing Dairy
Podcast Episode #66Episode #66 Derek started his farming journey immediately after high school when he decided he could learn better through experience and self-study than college. He gained experience working for several farmers, studied books, magazines and YouTube...
#65 – Jared Luhman – Ranching for Profit School
Podcast Episode #65Episode #65 I just got home from my week long trip to Oklahoma attending the Ranching for Profit School. Each night I tried to do a quick update on my day to summarize some of the topics they discuss each day to give you an idea what the school...
#64 – Darrin Drake – Peaceful Pastures Story
Podcast Episode #64Episode #64 In Episode 11, we talked to Jenny Drake. Today we talk to her husband to get more details on their story of moving from Indiana to the mountains of Tennessee and building a large successful grazing based and direct marketing farm there....
#63 – Paul Landrigan – Building a Ranch While Working Full Time
Podcast Episode #63Episode #63 Paul always had a love of cattle from a young age! His father recognized it when Paul could put together cattle family lines in a commercial herd when he was just a kid. However, the opportunity to take over a large family ranch was not...
#62 – Tyler Burkey – Finding Opportunities
Podcast Episode #62Episode #62 Tyler Burkey and his wife Megan have a unique story of seeking out new opportunities and not being afraid to change course when those opportunities arise and the numbers make sense. Their start in agriculture was producing hay, they...
#61 – Jordan Meyer – Dairy, Beef Cows, Stocker, Hogs, Goats, & More
Podcast Episode #61Episode #61 Jordan Meyer and his wife Rachelle haven't been afraid to dive into new enterprises when opportunities present themselves. Over the years they have raised organic crops, conventional crops, dairy, beef cow/calf, stocker cattle, goat...
#60 – Kit Pharo – Q&A
Podcast Episode #60Episode #60 On this week's episode we take questions from listeners and ask them to Kit Pharo. A few of the questions he answers are: - If you were starting from scratch today, what would you do?- Why don't more producers use composite bulls?- AI or...
#59 – Jim Gerrish – Best Place to Ranch
Podcast Episode #59Episode #59 In a recent PCC discussion group there was a conversation around where is the ideal location to run cow/calf pairs in the United States. Overall, every area has advantages and disadvantages, but Jim Gerrish who has a unique perspective...
#58 – Landan Fear – Making the Ranch Profitable Again
Podcast Episode #58Episode #58 In 2019 Landan took over his family's ranch which had been managed in a high input, low profit manner for a number of years. He immediately worked to make changes improving grass management, buying low input genetics, reducing direct...
#57 – Brian Alexander – The Red Hills Rancher
Podcast Episode #57Episode #57 Brian Alexander, also known as the Red Hills Rancher on social media joins me to discuss his history in ranching and his ranch in the Red Hills of South Central Kansas. We talk about fire, grazing management, succession planning and much...
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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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