Ranching Returns Podcast

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143: John Innes-Smith - Journey to Farm Ownership Oct 30, 2023

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John spent several years moving from farm to farm taking advantage of opportunities to build equity in land and cows until he got to where he is today. John owns 300 cows and 500 acres and operates his own successful grazing based dairy with his wife in Tasmania, Australia. We walk through his story, discuss the risks associated with debt and growth and talk about his operation.

Resources Mentioned:

Profitable Farmer Podcast

Jocko Podcast

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142: Al DeWit, Weston Walker, Rob Pierce - Heat Tolerant Genetics Program Oct 23, 2023

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I brought back three past guests who all are working to develop composite genetics that will offer adaption to the heat, humidity, and parasite pressure that many ranchers in the US face while not giving up the performance or quality that our purebred angus, red angus and hereford cattle provide. We dive into the different breeds they are using which include: Mashona, Romosinuano and Corriente cattle crossed on a PCC Red Angus base. Lots of value in this episode! Check out Barn2Door at ⁠⁠⁠www.barn2door.com/herdquitter⁠⁠⁠ and receive a free academy class ($99 value) if you sign up. As always, check us out at Herd Quitter Podcast on Facebook and Instagram as well as at ⁠www.herdquitterpodcast.com⁠. You can also check out ⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠ for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business!

141: Joel Salatin - Successful Farming Oct 16, 2023

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Joel Salatin is one of the most popular farmers in the world. He has written 16 books, is the editor of the Stockman Grass Farmer, and owns and operates the popular Polyface Farm. We discuss his farm, how he monetizes agritourism and education on his farm and learn tips to creating a successful direct to consumer enterprise as well as how to change the food system to a more local food production and marketing system.

Resources Mentioned:

Stockman Grass Farmer

Ranching For Profit

Farm Show Magazine

Check out Barn2Door at ⁠⁠www.barn2door.com/herdquitter⁠⁠ and receive a free academy class ($99 value) if you sign up.

As always, check us out at Herd Quitter Podcast on Facebook and Instagram as well as at www.herdquitterpodcast.com. You can also check out www.pharocattle.com for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business!

140: Rachel Twogood - Raising Crops, Cattle and a Family Oct 09, 2023

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Rachel and her husband farm and ranch in Nebraska and have a diversified operation consisting of no-till crops, organic crops, cow/calf enterprises as well as a grass finishing and direct to consumer business. We discuss these different enterprises as well as the blessings and challenges that come with raising a family on a farm!

Resources Mentioned:

Joel Salatin - Family Friendly Farming

Joel Salatin - Salad Bar Beef

The Third Plate

Francis Schafer - Pollution and the Death of Man

Check out Barn2Door at ⁠www.barn2door.com/herdquitter⁠ and receive a free academy class ($99 value) if you sign up.

As always, check us out at Herd Quitter Podcast on Facebook and Instagram as well as at herdquitterpodcast.com. You can also check out Pharocattle.com for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business!

139: Elaine Froese - 3 Conversations Necessary Before Farm Transition Oct 02, 2023

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Elaine is an internationally known farm transition expert! The topic of transition is something that every farmer will have to deal with at some point and very few have a plan. She walks through 3 of the important conversations that need to be addressed before a transition can take place.

Resources Mentioned:

Dick Wittman - Wittman Consulting

Elaine Froese Books

Farm4Profit Podcast

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138: Tom Krawiec - Ranching Like a 12 Year Old Sep 25, 2023

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Tom is author of the book "Ranching Like a 12 Year Old" where he shares his story of developing a ranch template to help simplify the management of a ranch to improve lifestyle and to allow for the opportunity to scale. He shares how this model allowed him to build a ranch custom grazing thousands of animals and also how to grow more grass than many think is possible! Lots to learn in this episode!

Resources Mentioned:

Ranching for Profit

Executive Link

Holistic Management

Jim Gerrish - Management Intensive Grazing

Andre Voisin - Grass Productivity

137: Chris Baggot - Grazing Profitably on Cropland Sep 18, 2023

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Chris is a first generation farmer who has managed to grow a large and successful direct marketing enterprise and grazing based farm on row crop land in Indiana. Just in that statement their are a number of things many would say are not possible or at least are extremely difficult to do. Take a listen to learn how he did this and so much more!

Resources Mentioned:

Allan Savory - Holistic Management

Joel Salatin

Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains

Water in Plain Sight

The Insect Crisis

The Devils Element

136: Jared Luhman - Q&A Sep 11, 2023

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I get questions from folks quite often via email or social media. I appreciate people reaching out and over the years a few questions have come up multiple times that I thought might be nice to address via the podcast. I'm happy to share more in depth on any one topic or address some of the others. Respond to the poll on the podcast or reach out to let me know if you enjoy these Q&A formats.

135: Al Dewit - Ranching Everywhere Sep 04, 2023

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Al and his family have a pretty unique ranching story. He started in Indiana as a crop farmer and had the opportunity to take over a ranch there, he later moved and built a ranch in Oklahoma followed by moving again and building another ranch in Missouri. He shares many of his learning experiences, and discusses using Romosinuano cattle to improve the adaptability of his herd.

Resources Mentioned:

Stockman Grass Farmer

Local grazing groups and seminars

134: Clint Fischer - Farm Succession Aug 28, 2023

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Clint is an ag business advisor who acts as a third party board member for farms and ranches. Today we discuss some of the experiences he's had in this role, we discuss succession and much more.

Resources Mentioned:

University Extension

Financial Experts, Attorney Workshops

Herd Quitter Podcast

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