Episodes

Merry Christmas! I pray God blesses your holiday season. Cody shares his awesome story of taking over his in laws ranch in North Dakota and how he went from struggling to finding improved profitability and an improved lifesty...

In Part 2 with John Maddux we discuss some of the strategies he uses for managing risk in his cow/calf and stocker business. Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on how to put more fun and profit bac...

John Maddux shares his families story of aggressively purchases land and expanding their ranching operation over the generations. We dive into his very unique breeding and genetics program, his marketing strategy, low cost wi...

The title doesn't even cover it all! We talk about a bunch in this episode on Brady Wulfs ranch near Starbuck, MN. We cover the airbnb he has on the ranch, hunting leases and ranch tours. We discuss his no-till wide row corn ...

I have talked to many first generation ranchers but I'm not sure I've talked with anybody who has started leasing cows. Brandon shares his start and how he transitioned to owning cows by replacing the lease cows with his shar...

To celebrate 200 Episodes I will be giving away 4 new Ranching Returns hats, listen to the podcast intro to hear how to enter to win one. But this conversation with Greg Brown is one of the stories that just get me absolutely...

Logan shares his strategy to take advantage of what he believes is a predictable cattle cycle and capture value in his appreciated cow herd. My biggest question has been, how do you continue to generate a profit when the mark...

Kyle shares his ranching story and I love his willingness to recognize the need to change and actually make a change. So many find it easier to go broke doing what is comfortable than to make a change. He also shares that it ...

Kit and the PCC team has been sending in some DNA on bulls recently and has had some exciting results on both the A2/A2 test and the Tenet Beef test. Listen in to find out what we learned. If you are looking to add somebody t...

Welcome to the Ranching Returns Podcast, formerly known as the Herd Quitter Podcast! I've been asked a bunch why the change? Are we leaving Pharo Cattle Company? And to settle all of those concerns I wanted you all to know th...

Eric was last on episode 178 talking about doubling your stocking rate with stocker cattle for half the time. Today we discuss heifer development programs and how by developing heifers in a certain way you can keep them in th...

Jarrod and Becca share their incredibly inspiring story of loss and financial struggles to what is now a large, diverse, successful and growing business that has a focus on minimal debt! So much to take from this conversation...

This is part 2 of my conversation where John and Wally share how you can build wealth with livestock! As always, check us out at Herd Quitter Podcast on Facebook and Instagram as well as at ⁠www.herdquitterpodcast.com⁠. You c...

John and Wally join me today in part 1 of a two part conversation in which we focus today on how to manage your livestock inventory in a downward trending market. Part 2 releasing next week is on building wealth with livestoc...

Austin and his wife are exactly the type of story that inspire me! What they have done to expand and scale their enterprise is fascinating. They manage thousands of acres and sheep and he drops a ton of value while sharing hi...

For those who deal with snow and ice in the winter, this episode is for you! David and his team at Iowa State are researching swatch grazing of sorghum sudan grass in the Midwest to feed cows through the winter at a reduced c...

John is running a cow/calf and crop operation in Wisconsin. I really enjoyed this conversation where we discuss the best ways we have found to make cow/calf work in this region with high snowfall and crusty snow. I also just ...

We carry on with our conversation from last week but focus on their operations. We discuss their soil health practices on crop land, livestock integration on that cropland, and how they graze and expand their sheep and goat e...

In this episode we talk to Greg Christiansen and Travis Hampton and discuss how Greg has begun the process of transitioning the operating business of their farm to Travis who is not a family member. We discuss how they found ...

Levi is new to his Regenerative Ranching Journey, having just taken over the family ranch from his dad and other family members. He shares his experience with that transition as well as the changes he's made to his management...

Allan shares his thoughts managing ranch businesses and finding a balance between finances, time, relationships and purpose. He also shares how to utilize profits from the good days, prepare for down times, investing beyond t...

Kit walks through the process the Pharo Cattle Company team uses to evaluate over 1000 bulls every year. He explains the different traits they evaluate, as well as their importance to selecting good low input maternal genetic...

Steve Kenyon shares what he does about fence, water and corral infrastructure to manage his several thousand acre custom grazing enterprise in Canada. He discusses his unique calculations to determine how much time he can aff...

I really liked how Jeremia has matched his enterprise mix to his unique ranch context. Custom cow/calf that allows him to vary his stocking rate to take advantage of spring flush, sheep to utilize grass and graze cover crops ...