#249 – Ray Marxer – Insights of a Large Ranch Manager
Ray Marxer managed a large-scale ranch running thousands of cows for multiple decades. In this episode, we discuss his insights and practical tips on managing your farm or ranch like a business. Switch to Audio-Only Don't Miss Next Week's Episode For more information,...
#249 – Ray Marxer – Insights of a Large Ranch Manager
Ray Marxer managed a large-scale ranch running thousands of cows for multiple decades. In this episode, we discuss his insights and practical tips on managing your farm or ranch like a business. Switch to Audio-Only Don't Miss Next Week's Episode For more information, check out at...
#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...
#100 – Allan Savory – Holistic Management
Podcast Episode #100Episode #100 Allan Savory has a lifetime of experience developing what he has termed Holistic Management. He shares in this podcast a brief overview of his history and what the management has the potential to do for our businesses and our world if...
#99 – Dayton Steelman – Genetic Fly Resistance
Podcast Episode #99Episode #99 Dayton Steelman is a veterinary entomologist responsible for doing the research around genetic fly resistance. He shares in this podcast how over his decades of experience he made observations on how breed and size of animal...
#98 – Joe Tomandl – Scaling Regenerative Dairies
Podcast Episode #98Episode #98 Many dairy farms when considering the opportunities to expand a dairy choose to build larger building and grow more feed to bring to the cows, and scale up on one site through infrastructure and technology. Joe Tomandl looked at...
#97 – Nevil Speer – Cattle Market Update
Podcast Episode #97Episode #97 Nevil Speer writes for Drovers magazine and has experience ranging from cattle production, to business management consulting and cattle market data. He joins me to talk about the factors contributing to the cattle market today,...
#96 – Cooper Hibbard – Sieben Livestock
Podcast Episode #96Episode #96 Cooper Hibbard manages his generational ranch in Adel, Montana and shares how his family through grazing management, changes in their calving season, and genetics have managed to increase ranch production even in one of the worst...
#95 – Eunice Williams – Stockmanship and Marketing
Podcast Episode #95Episode #95 Eunice Williams shares the story of how Bud, through observation, learned how animals respond to humans and developed his principles of stockmanship that are so valuable to reducing stress on animals which results in less health...
#94 – Lance Gunderson – Building Healthy Soils
Podcast Episode #94Episode #94 Lance Gunderson is owner of Regen Ag Labs and he joins me to discuss soil health, why it's important to test, which tests to perform, how often and so much more! For more information, check us out at RanchingReturns.com. You can also...
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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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