#214 – Steve Schweitzer – Sharing His Ranching Journey
I’ve known Steve Schweitzer for years, but this is the first time I’ve heard his story of shifting from a high-production, high-input ranching system to one that is both more enjoyable and more profitable. Resources Mentioned: PCC™ Updates and Newsletters Don't Miss...
#214 – Steve Schweitzer – Sharing His Ranching Journey
I’ve known Steve Schweitzer for years, but this is the first time I’ve heard his story of shifting from a high-production, high-input ranching system to one that is both more enjoyable and more profitable. Resources Mentioned: PCC™ Updates and Newsletters Don't Miss Next Week's Episode For more...
#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...
#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...
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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#226 – Randal Breen – From Living in a Shed to Full Time Farmer
Randal Breen shares his incredible story of building a farm from the ground up. Today, he operates on over 650 acres and direct markets meat and eggs to local individuals and wholesale accounts. One powerful example of the strong relationship he has with his community is when a severe drought forced him to nearly destock completely, CSA members continued to pay their shares, while receiving only eggs, until the rain returned. We discuss his growth strategy and...