In this conversation, Treg shares his journey of transitioning from a family legacy in farming to establishing his own sustainable grazing operation. He discusses the challenges he faced, including balancing off-farm work, learning from early mistakes in livestock management, and the importance of genetics in sheep farming. Treg emphasizes the…
Episode 237 with Tim Downing! Calving on pasture! #calving #pasture #ranching #pasturecalving
Episode 234 with Rusty Lee! Milo is worth more grazed by a cow! #cattlebusiness #ranching #cattle #Wintergrazing
Episode 237 with Tim Downing. A minimal equipment line helps keep the ranch profitable! #Ranch #cattle #cattlebusiness #ranching
Episode 231 with Sam Fryer! #rancher #australia #cattle #business #cattlebusiness
Episode 237 with Tim Downing! First generation Nebraska sandhills rancher says it is still possible today! #firstgenerationrancher #rancher #cattle #sandhills #nebraska
Tim shares in detail his journey of land acquisitions and trades that led him to the ranch he is on today. He shared the stories and sacrifices he has to make to build a first generation ranch at a scale that can sustain multiple generations! I really enjoyed this conversation!…
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Wow, this conversation to me was incredibly powerful and inspiring! Giovana and her father faced difficulty that most never would have to losing family and nearly losing the ranch! Through it all she grew in her faith in God and both her and the ranch today are thriving! Everybody should…
Seth shares his family's story of building the family business over generations as well as the investments they have made into adding value to their animals by owning them through finish as well as a share in the cooperative that markets the meat. We discuss his thoughts on how to…
In this episode Jared Luhman speaks with Lyndsey and Chris from Shady Creek Lamb Co., who share their innovative approach to sheep farming through solar grazing. They discuss their backgrounds in agriculture, the challenges of transitioning from cattle to sheep, and the importance of water management and infrastructure in their…
Sam has an awesome story, he shares how he decided to separate himself from the family farm and go out on his own in order to preserve family relationships. We discuss the process of building his operation on his own and also discuss his thoughts on debt, leverage, land ownership…
Lots of good stuff in this conversation with Jacob. We discuss his path to farming, his decision to leave the off farm job, the many enterprises he has experience with and spend a while on his record keeping strategy and enterprise analysis. We then discuss his most recent venture which…
Ben is founder and president of Bear Hug Cattle Company which is a non-profit that trains retiring military members on the basics required to work in the cattle industry in the west! And in the second part of the conversation we discuss Ben's experience buying a well drilling business to…
During calving season we process every calf to tag, weight, DNA test and score the mothers. In this video I process one new calf and we also move them to the next pasture which can be a little bit more challenging with newborn calves but seemed to go pretty well!
Drew talks about why in this particular market he chose not to invest in stockers and switch entirely to sheep. He discusses his permanent flock as well as his stocker ewe flock experiment for this year. He shares the main challenges with sheep production and how he manages them and…
We're always trying to find ways to improve our operation either through reducing costs or labor, or increasing profits. This year we are trying two unique things, we're planting grain corn with the intention of not harvesting it and grazing it next winter after we get off cornstalks! We're also…
