Working Cows - Regenerative Ranching to Maximize Profitability and Soil Health

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Steve Campbell on Balancing Easy-Keeping Cows with Market Demands (WCP 474) Nov 28, 2025

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How do we balance cows that won't break the bank with calves that the market is willing to bid on. Steve Campbell helps me answer this question that was recently posed to me. We discuss different strategies that can help with this conundrum as well as the common questions Steve is getting as he travels the country.

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Steve's Previous Episodes:

Ep. 233 Steve Campbell – Bull Sale Catalog Wish List

Ep. 196 Steve Campbell – Remineralizing Cattle with Salt

Ep. 160 Steve Campbell – Selecting the Right Cow

Developing Durable and Fertile Bulls (WCP 473) Nov 24, 2025

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Roger and Betsy Indreland have been on a journey to develop bulls that fit holistically. These are bulls that are durable and fertile, but they are also tested for some of the intangible traits like sensitivity to pressure in stockamnship scenarios.

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Gabe Brown on Helping the Next Generation Succeed (WCP 472) Nov 21, 2025

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Passing the Ranch on to the Next Generation isn't easy. The Consultants at Understanding Ag have caught my attention due to the high concentration of their consultants that have accomplished this goal. Today on the Working Cows Podcast we discuss the keys to successful succession with Gabe Brown, Blain Hjertaas, and John Hays about how they have approached this challenging task.

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Guest's Previous Episodes

Ep. 463 Gabe Brown - How Food Can be Common Ground for Common Good

Ep. 461 Blain Hjertaas - Winter Feeding Strategies that Drive Profitability

Ep. 459 Gabe Brown and Dr. Temple Grandin on Creating a More Resilient Food System

Ep. 445 John Hays and Jeremy Sweeten - Practical Tips for Regenerative Hay Making

Ep. 443 Blain Hjertaas and Michael Thiele - Does Regenerative Agriculture Work in Northern Environments

Ep. 439 John Hays and Jeremy Sweeten - How Amp Grazing Drives Profitability Even in the Midwest

Ep. 404 Gabe Brown and Dr. Allen Williams on Fixing America’s Broken Rural Economies

Ep. 402 Gabe Brown and Dr. Allen Williams – Fixing America’s Broken Water Cycle

Ep. 380 Gabe Brown, Dr. Allen Williams, and Fernando Falomir – Soil Health Academy Q and A

Ep. 388 Gabe Brown and Luke Jones – Making the Regenerative Shift

Ep. 361 Gabe Brown and Allen Williams – 2024 State of Agriculture

Ep. 305 Gabe Brown and Dr. Allen Williams – Matching Management to Context

Ep. 293 Gabe Brown and Matt McGinn – Transitioning to More Adaptive Stewardship

Ep. 290 Gabe Brown and Dr. Allen Williams – Three Rules of Adaptive Stewardship

Ep. 288 Gabe Brown and Shane New – Managing the Nutrient Cyle

Ep. 283 Gabe Brown and Dr. Allen Williams – The 6-3-4

Ep. 281 Gabe Brown and Dr. Allen Williams – The State of Agriculture in North America

Ep. 277 Gabe Brown – The State of the American Food System

Ep. 121 Gabe Brown – Heifer Development in Sync with Nature

Ep. 067 Gabe Brown – Dirt to Soil

Cutting Winter Feed Costs by Grazing Standing Corn (WCP 471) Nov 17, 2025

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Winter feed costs continue to be one of the greatest determiners of profitability for ranches. Meaning, that more of it we have to do using equipment the less profitable we will be. Brett McRae has been working diligently to find ways to cut down on winter feed costs. One practice that has really moved the needle for him and his operation is grazing standing corn. Today we discuss this practice with him. We talk about how he chooses a field, how he determines forage demand, forage availability, as well as the soil health benefits of this practice.

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How to Win the Fight for Food Freedom (WCP 470) Nov 15, 2025

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John Moody has been involved in many fights for food freedom. From Raw Milk to Cottage Food Laws he has seen the tactics that work and those that don't. He has also seen the tactics used by the other side of these arguments. John helps us think critically about how to win these fights and the tools that are actually effective in battle.

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The Ranch Profitability Boost that Comes from Quitting Hay Making (WCP 469) Nov 11, 2025

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There are myriad reasons to stop making hay. Dr. Carson Roberts shared 10 of them in a recent article. He joins me to discuss those reasons, but we also discuss the practicalities of quitting hay making as well as a case study of the difference in makes in profitability.

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10 Reasons You Should Quit Hay Making

Joel Salatin on the Opportunities Created by Present Market Conditions (WCP 468) Nov 07, 2025

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Joel Salatin has an invitation to soybean farmers. He wants them to trade in the equipment for cattle and take advantage of present market conditions in both the cattle markets and the soybean markets that mean it is more profitable and fun to run cows. We also discuss the upcoming Rogue Food Conference in Rapid City, SD on February 6th and 7th and some of the reasons he and John Moody started the Rogue Food Conference.

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Mark Your Calendars: February 6th and 7th, 2026 in Rapid City, SD

Dr. Allen Williams on How to Actually Sell Grass-Finished Beef (WCP 467) Nov 03, 2025

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If we raise great grass-finished beef and get it processed with excellence, but we can't sell it we will have invested a lot of time and money in a product that doesn't generate revenue. Dr. Allen Williams is here to help us think deeply about how we actually sell grass-finished beef to our customers. We will talk about how to respond to questions regarding pricing as well as what cuts we should spend the most time marketing.

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Guest's Previous Episodes:

Ep. 458 Dr. Allen Williams - The Connection Between Epigenetics and Profitability

Ep. 452 Dr. Allen Williams - Tips for Maintaining the Quality of Grass-Finished Beef Through the Processing Phase

Ep. 430 Dr. Allen Williams - Keys to Successful Grass-Finishing

Ep. 404 Gabe Brown and Dr. Allen Williams on Fixing America’s Broken Rural Economies

Ep. 402 Gabe Brown and Dr. Allen Williams – Fixing America’s Broken Water Cycle

Ep. 380 Gabe Brown, Dr. Allen Williams, and Fernando Falomir – Soil Health Academy Q and A

Ep. 369 Dr. Stephan Van Vliet and Dr. Allen Williams – Growing Nutrient Dense Food

Ep. 361 Gabe Brown and Allen Williams – 2024 State of Agriculture

Ep. 305 Gabe Brown and Dr. Allen Williams – Matching Management to Context

Ep. 290 Gabe Brown and Dr. Allen Williams – Three Rules of Adaptive Stewardship

Ep. 283 Gabe Brown and Dr. Allen Williams – The 6-3-4

Ep. 281 Gabe Brown and Dr. Allen Williams – The State of Agriculture in North America

Ep. 148 Dr. Allen Williams – Grazing for Soil Health

How Taylor Henry Learned to Lead AcresUSA After a Big Risk (WCP 466) Oct 31, 2025

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If you read one author you can become a clone, if you read two authors you can become confused, if you read 100 authors you can become wise. Taylor Henry listened to many books as he planned his exit from one profession. We discuss what he sees as the commonalities among those books and how that has shaped how he thinks about the business of agriculture.

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Ep. 371 Ellen Bench – Implementing Homeopathic Livestock Health
Ep. 368 Ellen Bench – Homeopathic Livestock Health

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BeefMaps.com is Connecting Ranchers Directly with Beef Consumers (WCP 465) Oct 27, 2025

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BeefMaps.com is facilitating direct connections between ranchers and those looking to purchase beef. They have a variety of producers on the platform to meet the demand of a variety of consumers. RS June and Shanen Ebersole both have a unique set of skills that helps them to accomplish this task well. We discuss the challenges and the ground they have gained toward the goal on this episode of the Working Cows Podcast.

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