#277 – Hayden & Taylor Sievers – Lifestyle by Design
Hayden and Taylor Sievers are working together to create the lifestyle they want. We discuss the changes they’ve made over the years and the goals they’re still working toward. They also share their plans to transition toward a more grazing-based farm in row-crop...
#277 – Hayden & Taylor Sievers – Lifestyle by Design
Hayden and Taylor Sievers are working together to create the lifestyle they want. We discuss the changes they’ve made over the years and the goals they’re still working toward. They also share their plans to transition toward a more grazing-based farm in row-crop country, as well as what it takes...
#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...
#93 – Michael Groot – Regenerative Farming in Canada
Podcast Episode #93Episode #93 Michael Groot had the opportunity to take over his in-laws farm and quickly got to work transitioning to a regenerative crop farm and direct market meat producer after attending a Dave Brandt event. Now he is researching how rotating...
#92 – Rob Pierce – Part 2 – Heat Tolerant Cattle
Podcast Episode #92Episode #92 In this week's episode we follow up on our conversation last week with Rob Pierce and discuss in more detail his heat tolerant cattle breeding program. If you haven't already, listen to episode 91 to hear Robs ranch transition and this...
#91 – Rob Pierce – Finding Ranch Success
Podcast Episode #91Episode #91 Rob Pierce quit ranching in 2008 and after a member of his church signed him up for Kit Pharo's PCC Updates and Newsletters he found hope that there might be potential to be profitable in ranching. And so after a 4 year break from...
#90 – Mark and Sara Hewitt – Leaving What Was Comfortable
Podcast Episode #90Episode #90 Mark and Sara Hewitt from Minnesota joined me in this episode to share their story of taking the bold step of leaving the family farm where they were constantly met with opposition and no promises of transition or change to start a farm...
#89 – Jason Medows – Ag State of Mind
Podcast Episode #89Episode #89 Jason Medows is a rancher in Missouri and also the host of the Ag State of Mind Podcast. We discuss his transition to an intentional low input ranch business, and how he runs the business while working full time off the farm as a...
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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