#237 – Tim Downing – Building a Multi-Generational Ranch
Tim Downing shares, in detail, his journey of land acquisitions and trades that led him to the ranch he operates today. He talks about the stories behind each step and the sacrifices he had to make to build a first-generation ranch—one that’s scaled to sustain...
#237 – Tim Downing – Building a Multi-Generational Ranch
Tim Downing shares, in detail, his journey of land acquisitions and trades that led him to the ranch he operates today. He talks about the stories behind each step and the sacrifices he had to make to build a first-generation ranch—one that’s scaled to sustain multiple generations. I really...
#38 – Patrick Robinette – How to Become a Price Maker
Podcast Episode #38Episode #38 Patrick Robinette didn't grow up on a farm but when he had the opportunity to move back to his in-laws family farm in North Carolina he took the opportunity. They immediately began the transition from conventional crop farm, to...
#37 – Doug Ferguson – Sell/Buy Marketing Follow-up
Podcast Episode #37Episode #37 After continuing to hear great feedback on the episodes we have based around sell/buy marketing, I had Doug Ferguson come back on for another episode to go more in depth on this business plan. We learn how to talk to your bankers, how to...
#36 – Duke Phillips – Ranchlands
Podcast Episode #36Episode #36 Duke Phillips built a ranch management business managing nearly 300,000 acres across the American West starting with nothing more than a truck and trailer, a few horses and twenty cows. Listen in to hear Duke's fascinating story...
#35 – Brian Munger – 1883 Ranch
Podcast Episode #35Episode #35 Brian Munger, along with his wife and six kids, run a diverse ranching business in Nebraska.They operate their personal low-input, regenerative model cowherd and they manage a ranch and cowherd for a non-operating land and cattle...
#34 – Ryan Usmar – Pharo Cattle Australia
Podcast Episode #34Episode #34 Ryan Usmar manages Furracabad Station in Australia and is part of the start of Pharo Cattle Australia. Listen to hear about their cattle station, their rotational grazing system, and how they brought PCC genetics to Australia. Resources...
#33 – Doug Voss – Not Afraid to Pivot
Podcast Episode #33Episode #33 Over the years Doug transitioned from a high input commodity dairy farm to a low input grazing based operation with a stop as an organic crop farmer in between. Hear how he made those transitions and how his focus has never been on...
#32 – Kit Pharo – Make Ranching Fun Again
Podcast Episode #32Episode 32 Today Kit shares how we can reduce the work required to run a ranch and make it more enjoyable! If a business isn't enjoyable it's not sustainable and there are some very simple changes that we can make to simplify our ranch businesses....
#31 – Ed Bezett – A New (Zealand) Perspective
Podcast Episode #31Episode 31 Ed Bezett came to our farm in 1981 as a foreign exchange student and wasn't afraid to tell my grandpa that he thought there was a better way of running our beef, sheep and cattle operation here in Goodhue, MN. This began a decades long...
#30 – Blaine Hitzfield – Building a Food Marketing Brand
Podcast Episode #30Episode #30 In part 2 of our conversation with Seven Sons we talk to Blaine Hitzfield, CEO of Distribution for Seven Sons. He goes into depth on the transition from commodity production and marketing farm to a direct, diverse and profitable farm! He...
#29 – Blake Hitzfield – Seven Sons Production
Podcast Episode #29Episode #29 Seven Sons is a farm and food brand from Indiana that has focused on raising and marketing grass finished and pasture based meat products. Today we talk to Blake Hitzfield, Chief Ranching Officer for Seven Sons. He talks about the...
#28 – Doug Ferguson – Profitable Cattle Marketing
Podcast Episode #28Episode #28 Doug Ferguson is a cattle marketing expert, blogger under his blog and contributor to Beef Magazine in his column Dougs Market Intel. He has also built a stocker/backgrounder business of his own in southeast Nebraska. We talk about how...
#27 – Jim Howell – Ranching in Unique Environments
Podcast Episode #27Episode #27 This is our second conversation with Jim Howell, CEO of Grasslands LLC. Check out episode 13 of the Herd Quitter podcast to learn about Jim's story, experience, and how he started Grasslands LLC.Today, however, we dig in deep into three...
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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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Based on what we saw at our Nebraska and Colorado sales, there continues to be a large number of cow-calf producers trying to turn the corner from high-input ranching to low-input ranching. I say this because over 20% of the buyers in the Nebraska and Colorado sales were new customers. Ironically, many of those new customers have been PCC® subscribers for 10+ years. Change comes slow in this business – but change is always better late than never! Those who are...