Episodes

Haley and I discuss how we can use AI to more efficiently manage our businesses by reducing the time we spend doing simple tasks and more! Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business! As always, check us out at Ranching Returns Podcast on Facebook and Instagram as well as at ⁠www.ranchingreturns.com⁠. For Ranching Returns shirts, hats, and sweatshirts check out https://farmfocused.com/ranching-returns-merch/...

Colleen joins me to discuss her family's eastern Oregon ranch business. The challenges that region presents and how they are constantly evolving their management and improving the operations every generation. Episode Sponsors Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business! As always, check us out at Ranching Returns Podcast on Facebook and Instagram as well as at ⁠www.ranchingreturns.com⁠. For Ranching Returns...

Blake and Ida Jane share their initial entrance into ranching starting with commercial cow/calf, their switch to stocker growing, and then back into cow/calf and growing a direct to consumer meat business that compliments their lifestyle and operation goals. They now are both full time on the farm and share how they did it! Resources Mentioned: Thoughts and Advice From an Old Cattleman - Gordon Hazard Allan Nation Books 5 Mary's Marketing Course Ranching Returns Podcast Podcast Sponsors: ...

Who else has wondering what things actually pay vs what is all marketing and hype? I know I have. Eric discusses his perspective on this topic hitting on mineral, creep feed, apple cider vinegar and more! Episode Sponsors: If you are looking to add somebody to your team to help with your farm or ranch numbers, check out John Haskell and his team at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.ranchrightllc.com/⁠⁠⁠. Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into y...

Dr. Harfield and I discuss her journey in entrepreneurship and all the challenges as well as the benefits that have come from her real estate investing, buying vet clinics, building ranches, writing books and more! Lots to learn in this fantastic conversation! Podcast Sponsors: Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business! As always, check us out at Ranching Returns Podcast on Facebook and Instagram as well a...

Aaron and Erin Pape share their story on discovering their passion for land stewardship through management and the grazing business! They discuss the challenges and opportunities of custom grazing dairy heifers, scaling a pastured chicken enterprise to over 5000 chickens annually, and building a direct marketing enterprise as well as the details on how they grew their landbase. Resources Mentioned: Grassworks Grazing Conference Ranching for Profit Podcast Sponsors: Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharo...

Brett shares some of the major decisions he made in his farming career including switching from a seedstock business model to a commercial cow/calf operation and setting up his cropping enterprise to be portable allowing him to take on land opportunities that aren't in his backyard which was essential when trying to grow! Lots to learn from Brett in this episode! Resources Mentioned: Ranching for Profit - EL Ranching Returns Podcast Beef and Forage Roundup Working Cows Truth About Ag Ranc...

Dennis when give the opportunity to take over his families 1800 acre station in New Zealand needed to make it profitable to do so. He focused on increasing production and profit per acre. We discuss how he did that through the type of animal they raise, their grass management and more! Resources Mentioned: Beef and Lamb New Zealand Diary NZ If you are looking to add somebody to your team to help with your farm or ranch numbers, check out John Haskell and his team at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.ranchright...

Lloyd was charged with making the High Lonesome mountain ranch profitable! We discuss how he has managed to increase ranch utilization, create hardy low input cows that thrive there, and so much more! Resources Mentioned: Ranching Returns Podcast Knowledge Project AI Ranching for Profit Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business! As always, check us out at Ranching Returns Podcast on Facebook and Instag...

James Paul had a goal of becoming a full time farming! A challenging goal but one he none-the-less accomplished by building chicken houses and contract raising chickens, making hay on non-grazeable land that others didn't value and building a ranching business and raising red angus cattle for Pharo Cattle Company! Lots to learn from James Paul in this episode! Resourced Mentioned: Ranching Returns Podcast Dirt to Soil - Gabe Brown Follow the link to attend the Bottom Line Conference to hear ...

Tyson moved back to his family farm and took over the cow/calf operation with the goal of turning it into a profitable enterprise. He changed up grazing management, calving window, cow type and more and has been successful! Listen in to learn how he did it! Resources Mentioned: South Dakota Grasslands Coalition South Dakota Soil Health Coalition Alderspring Ranch Ranching Returns Podcast Ranchenomics Allan Nation Ranching For Profit Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more inf...

John, Brian and Wally join me to answer your questions on sell/buy marketing! We discuss the cattle square, cost of gain, cow depreciation, intrinsic value and much more! If you are looking to add somebody to your team to help with your farm or ranch numbers, check out John Haskell and his team at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.ranchrightllc.com/⁠⁠⁠. Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business! As always, check us out at Ra...

Nevil joins me for the third time to discuss the industry and beef market! Turns out beef demand is extremely strong and supports even this high market! We discuss what beef producers need to do in these times to strengthen their businesses for whatever the future holds! Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business! As always, check us out at Ranching Returns Podcast on Facebook and Instagram as well as at ⁠ww...

If you've ever wondered what silvopasture is, how to establish it, or the many benefits that come from it then this episode is for you! Charles answers all those questions and more! Resources Mentioned: Noble Research Institute Classes Dirt to Soil - Gabe Brown Elaine Ingham Nicole Masters Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business! As always, check us out at Ranching Returns Podcast on Facebook and Ins...

Todd has an incredible resume including active participation in farming and ranching, building one of the largest meat marketing companies, and serving at fractional CFO's for many food and ag companies! We discuss his story, how accounting is the language of business, perspectives on managing a ranch and more. Also tune in until the end to listen to Charles from Noble discuss overgrazing and grass management. Resources Mentioned: Knowledge Rich Ranching - Allan Nation Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.ph...

Cal Hardage Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/aef1e28ec Joe Gardiner shares his awesome story of getting into farming and hitting the farming lottery followed by learning the hard way about volatility and unpredictability of the commodity world. He discusses his learning experience in cover crops, regenerative agriculture and building what has become a very successful cover crop company Covers & Co. Resources Mentioned: Ranching for Profit Ranching Returns Podcast Working Cows Podcast Rancheno...

Michael manages a 4000 acre Missouri ranch where they are using cattle and water buffalo along with good grazing management and cover crops to build they rocky soil. We discuss his history coming to manage this ranch as well as him sharing his faith and hope he has in Jesus after losing a son. So much value to gain from Michael! Resources Mentioned: Robert E. Lee on Leadership Ranching Returns Podcast Working Cows Podcast High Wire Podcast Holistic Management Green Cover Seeds Bible Con...

Grant shares his story of being a multi generational rancher on his own first generation ranch, starting from scratch and making a living off of his ranch business. We discuss how he grew the business, his focus on stockmanship, high risk cattle and sell/buy marketing! Resources Mentioned: Thoughts and Advice from an Old Cattleman - Gordon Hazard Knowledge Rich Ranching - Alan Nation Wally Olson and Ranching.FYI sell/buy marketing schools Ranching for Profit Stockmanship schools Check out...

Hayden and Taylor together are creating the lifestyle they want. We discuss the changes they've made over the years and what they are still working towards. We discuss the their plans of shifting more towards a grazing based farm in row crop country as well as what it takes to be a published author. Resources mentioned: authortaylorsievers.com Sievers Blumen Farm on Youtube Joanna Penn The Survival Podcast Save the Cat Writes a Novel Wish I'd Known Then Wild at Heart - John Eldridge Ego...

Cory and Jennilee ranch with his family in Montana on a combination of public and deeded land. They discuss their diverse operations, management and talk in depth about their experience using Nofence virtual fence collars to manage a group of cows on tough to fence terrain and how they hope to expand the use of nofence to more cows in the future! Resources Mentioned: Nofence If you are looking to add somebody to your team to help with your farm or ranch numbers, check out John Haskell and his...

It's important to not just look at successful ranches when we try to learn how to build a successful ranch, but to look at how they became successful! Today we dive into Glenns story of building Alderspring Ranch from 6 cows on 60 acres to what it is today as one of the pioneers in regenerative ranching! Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business! As always, check us out at Ranching Returns Podcast on Facebo...

After 270+ episodes there are not to many episodes where I hear an idea that I have not heard before. But in this episode Jarod shares how he came up with creative financing ideas to get into his first line of equipment, his first cows and his first land purchase! An absolute must listen for anybody interested in building a ranch from scratch! We also discuss his shift in cattle genetics, marketing and everything else that has led him to a successful, profitable first generation ranch! Resource...

Michael shares how his family emphasized an early transition of farm ownership to the next generation as well as discuss the many different enterprises they run and how they work together. We discuss his spring and fall cow herd, heifer development and calving enterprise, feedlot, farm and more! Resources Mentioned: Cattlecon Beef SD Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business! As always, check us out at R...

Kit responds to comments and questions on podcast clips. The following are just a few of the topics we discuss: - Maternal vs. Terminal Selection - Applying pressure in heifer development - What is ideal cow size - Calving season affect on lifestyle and profit If you are looking to add somebody to your team to help with your farm or ranch numbers, check out John Haskell and his team at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.ranchrightllc.com/⁠⁠⁠. Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on h...