#211 – Kit Pharo – Converting to Low-Input Ranching
I received a great listener question about how to transition from a high-input cow/calf herd and operation to a low-input operation. Kit Pharo and I discuss what this process looks like, both in terms of management as well as the actual conversion of herd genetics. If...
#211 – Kit Pharo – Converting to Low-Input Ranching
I received a great listener question about how to transition from a high-input cow/calf herd and operation to a low-input operation. Kit Pharo and I discuss what this process looks like, both in terms of management as well as the actual conversion of herd genetics. If you have questions you'd like...
#56 – Andrew Morris – Moving the Ranch to a New State
Podcast Episode #56Episode #56 To often people are convinced that finding success in agriculture is impossible because they can't find opportunity in their backyard. Andrew and his family were unwilling to accept that they couldn't run a profitable ranch business and...
#55 – Will Harris – White Oak Pastures
Podcast Episode #55Episode #55 Will Harris is one of those people that I have looked up to as long as I've been involved in this regenerative world. He's got an amazing story of transitioning his farm over from commodity livestock production to a regenerative,...
#54 – Jason Salchow – Principles of Successful Cattle Production
Podcast Episode #54Episode #54 Jason joined me again to follow up on our conversation from episode 52. We discuss further the idea of reducing inputs and how it relates to veterinarians. We also discuss principles that apply to being a successful cattle producer,...
#53 – Doug Peterson – Soil Health and Health Grasslands
Podcast Episode #53Episode #53 Doug Peterson has an extensive history working in the NRCS for over 32 years, consulting for Understanding Ag, and owning and operating his own grass farm in Missouri. We discuss what he learned through his career, and go in depth on the...
#52 – Jason Salchow – Growing a Successful Custom Grazing Business
Podcast Episode #52Episode #52 Jason Salchow is a custom grazier, bull developer and veterinarian from Missouri. We discuss his shift to custom grazing as a primary enterprise for his farm, how he began developing bulls for PCC, and what that process looks like. And...
#51 – Jason Rowntree – Grazing is a Carbon Sink
Podcast Episode #51Episode #51 Jason Rowntree is a professor at Michigan State University in their Animal Science Department studying low input beef production and regenerative agriculture. He shares how they have increased production on their grasslands, reduced...
#50 – Luke Perman – Rock Hills Ranch
Podcast Episode #50Episode #50 Luke Perman and his family run Rock Hills Ranch in North Central South Dakota. He shares why they have the diversity of enterprises they do, from cow/calf, to stocker to a custom sheep grazing enterprise and how each of those enterprises...
#49 – Louis Martin – Round River Resource Management
Podcast Episode #49Episode #49 Louis Martin knew very young that he wanted to be a ranch manager, and recognized early on that there is a big difference between managing cows, and managing a business than runs cows. He took every opportunity to learn from skilled...
#48 – Allen Williams – Profitable Ranching and Soil Health
Podcast Episode #48Episode #48 Allen has an incredible resume filled with research, production experience and consulting experience world wide which has given him insight into some of the most successful farm and ranch businesses around the globe. In this...
#47 – Nathan “Bub” Daugherty – Hard Work Pays Off
Podcast Episode #47Episode #47 Nathan "Bub" Daugherty and his wife Lakayah have an incredible story of hard work, sacrifice and determination that has resulted in developing a lifestyle that they enjoy! Bub spent years working overtime in a coal mine saving...
#46 – Pete Bauman – Range and Grassland Management
Podcast Episode #46Episode #46 Pete Bauman has a range of experience working with grasslands but in his role as SDSU Range Field Specialist he works one on one with producers and grassland managers across South Dakota working to improve the grasslands and...
#45 – Jared Luhman – Kit Pharo Got Me Fired
Podcast Episode #45Episode #45 This week I am doing a solo episode to discuss how using the philosophies of Kit Pharo and other regenerative ranchers and farmers we transitioned our farm to a position that didn't require to full time people leading to me...
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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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This is a guest post written by Patrick Linnell of CattleFax. Beef demand has been outstanding, and ground beef has been a key part of the demand story, composing over 50 percent of U.S. beef consumption. Ground beef demand pressed to record levels in 2024 and is on pace to exceed that level in 2025. The U.S. ground beef supply comes from three sources: fatter trim from fed cattle, lean trim from slaughter cows and bulls, and the bulk of imported beef which is...