Best Jared Luhman Podcasts (2025)

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249: Ray Marxer - Insights of a Large Ranch Manager 1:26:08

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Ray Marxer managed a large scale ranch running thousands of cows for multiple decades and in this episode we discuss many of his tips for running your farm and ranch like a business. 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/⁠⁠⁠. C…

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248: Derek Schwanebeck - Seasonal Grazing For Improved Lifestyle and Profit 1:12:01

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Derek and his wife took over her families ranch and weren't afraid to make changes to improve their ranches profitability and lifestyle. They switched from an owned cow/calf operation to an entirely seasonal custom grazing of fall cows model that come in the spring and leave in the fall. He shares how this improved the profit of the operation as we…

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247: Brian, Tyson and Rob - Bull Development and Evaluation 1:01:14

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Rob Pierce, Tyson Pharo and Brian Munger join me to discuss what happens when bulls are dropped off at a bull development site in January until the fall bull sales in November. We discuss the grazing, evaluation and culling process! If you are looking to add somebody to your team to help with your farm or ranch numbers, check out John Haskell and h…

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246: Paul, Gavin and Jason - Profitable Cow Production 1:01:43

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Paul Landrigan, Gavin Kemp, and Jason Orton join me to discuss how they apply pressure on their cow herds to select the most fertile and low input cows to produce bulls that will improve your cow herds. They discuss heifer development, cow wintering, the ideal cow and more! Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on how to pu…

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245: Tony Munsterteiger - Grazing Farm in Minnesota 1:31:17

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Tony is a friend and fellow Minnesotan who is doing an excellent job of developing a cowherd and grazing system to efficiently grass finish beef in central Minnesota in under 24 months. We discuss his genetic selection, grazing management, and succession planning experience. Resources Mentioned: Bible Dirt to Soil - Gabe Brown What Your Food Ate - …

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244: John Locke - Ranching Success 1:20:34

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In this conversation, John Locke shares his journey in ranching, detailing his family's legacy and the challenges faced after a significant succession event. He discusses the transformative experience of attending the Ranching for Profit School, which prompted a shift in his management strategies and mindset. John reflects on the frustrations of op…

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243: Ray Archuleta - Soil Health and His Missouri Farm 1:17:39

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Ray Archuleta A.K.A. the soil guy has been traveling the country for decades teaching people about soil health! In this episode we discuss soil health and it's importance, and we also discuss his implementation of those principles on his own Missouri farm! If you are looking to add somebody to your team to help with your farm or ranch numbers, chec…

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242: Noah Eubanks - Adapted Cows are a Low Input Factory 1:30:12

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I love Noah's perspective on buying and breeding cows that may not be as desirable for others but thrive on his ranch and are a low investment but produce acceptable calves with little hassle! He shares this strategy and how he has grown his own ranching operation on family land, how he does it while working an off ranch job and much more! Resource…

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241: Henry Burns - Startup Ranch and Virtual Fence 1:36:21

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In this conversation, Jared Luhman and Henry Burns discuss the intricacies of ranching, focusing on the use of virtual collars for cattle management. Henry shares his family's ranching history, the challenges faced in South Texas, and the importance of mentorship in navigating the ranching landscape. They delve into the financial aspects of ranchin…

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240: Matt Feldhaus - Ranching Sodak 1:24:09

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Matt is a first generation rancher in South Dakota. He shares the details of building his ranch, buying and leasing land, growing the cowherd! We also discuss his trials with grazing of standing corn as well as bale grazing for winter feeding strategies. He shares his youtube strategy and so much more! If you are looking to add somebody to your tea…

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239: John Haskell - Trends of Successful Ranchers 1:30:52

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John Haskell has an amazing perspective of one who is active in the livestock and ranching world but also works with dozens of other farmers and ranchers regularly. In this podcast we discuss the trends he sees in these operations that set apart the successful from the rest. He drops wisdom throughout this podcast so you don't want to miss it! If y…

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238: Treg Ulmer - Row Crops to Grazing 1:15:37

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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 sign…

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237: Tim Downing - Building a Multi-Generational Ranch 1:10:34

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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! Resources Mentioned: Nebraska Grazing Coalition Sandhills Task Force Ra…

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236: Giovana Benitez - Keeping the Ranch, and Faith! 1:05:23

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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 listen to this story! Resources mentioned: Texas Agriculture …

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235: Seth Pratt - Generational Ranching in Idaho 1:24:49

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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 improve the operation going forward in a world where land is difficu…

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234: Rusty Lee - Grazing Grain Milo 1:25:19

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Rusty is a University Extension specialist for University of Missouri and also a farmer and rancher with extensive experience grazing grain milo. He shares all the tips and considerations for reducing winter feed costs by grazing grain milo! Resources Mentioned: University of Missouri Extension Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more inf…

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233: Chris and Lyndsey - Solar Grazing 1:24:56

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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 operations. The coup…

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232: Keith Olsen - Low Input Crop and Cattle Farming 1:30:33

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Keith is passionate about low input regenerative agriculture and is exploring both of those avenues on his own operation in SE Minnesota. We discuss how he's focusing on improving his land and pocketbook in both enterprises and much more. Resources Mentioned: Ranching Reboot Podcast Ranching Returns Podcast Stockman Grass Farmer Tom Krawiec Wilson …

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231: Sam Fryer - Ranching, Podcasting and Working! 1:24:24

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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 and more. Stay tuned at the end of the conversation with Sam for some…

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230: Jacob Gilley - Enterprise Analysis, Real Estate, and More! 1:15:29

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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 is a rural vacation rental property. Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharo…

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229: Ben Minden - Training Cowboys and Buying a Business 57:59

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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 generate revenue rather than getting a normal job. If you are…

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228: Drew Bruner - Going All in on Sheep 1:13:01

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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 finds success. Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more …

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227: Matthew Menke - Risk vs. Reward, Leverage and Knowing Your Business 54:36

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Matthew shares his incredible story of turning down a dream opportunity to take over a family business because he couldn't do so profitably. He shares how he grew an ag business and eventually got back into farming and ranching when he knew he could do so successfully! He shares his perspective on not doing things just for the sake of growth and wh…

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226: Randal Breen - From Living in a Shed to Full Time Farmer 1:16:06

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Randal shares his incredible story of building a farm. He now operates on over 650 acres and direct markets meat and eggs to local individuals and wholesale accounts! A story that highlights the relationship he has with his community is that when he experience complete drought and destocked almost entirely, their community continued paying CSA shar…

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225: Alex McKiernan - Car Wrecks Can't Stop This Family! 1:19:56

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Alex and his wife have built a diverse farm and ranch business that started with direct to consumer vegetable production through a CSA and has grown to a large ranch that does custom grazing, goat production for weed management as well as building a brand that serves food from their farm and other local farms direct to local consumers! Resources Me…

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224: Caleb Smith - Switching from Dairy to Sheep 59:52

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Caleb has a unique story to getting into agriculture, he had the opportunity to take on a 40 year land lease from a non-profit and built a dairy farm from scratch. He shares that story and also how he recently switched from the dairy model to a sheep production model and why. He shares the very real challenges that shift presented and how he adapte…

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223: Hayden Heigele - Changing Genetics, Calving Window, and More 1:09:03

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Hayden felt some resistance when wanting to experiment with new farming and ranching practices on his family farm. Rather than give up, he has been growing an operation of his own on the side of working for the family business and is experimenting with low input ranching. Resources Mentioned: Greg Judy Dave Ramsey Will Harris Understanding Ag Ranch…

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222: Doug Badcock - Building an Adapted Cow on a Zambian Ranch 1:10:39

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Doug is building a ranch in Zambia and trying to develop a cow herd adapted to his harsh climate! He shares all the traditional paradigms he's pushing back against and where he's finding success. He also shares the story of how and why he left the family farm to build this on his own. Resources Mentioned: Man, Cattle, Veld - Johann Zietsmann Dirt t…

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221: Ryan Cone - Building a Business in Order to Buy a Ranch 1:22:13

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I absolutely love Ryan's story of finding a creative way to building a large and successful ranch from nothing! He shares his story of buying and improving a medical sales business that was weeks away from being shut down and turning it around and ultimately selling that to buy and grow a 1000+ cow ranch on his own! He's confident that it's still p…

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220: Neil Peterson - Integrating Cows on Cropland in Iowa 1:06:36

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After doing missions work overseas Neil moved back to the family farm in Iowa. He is working to build a diversified and profitable farm that integrates cattle on land that most wouldn't consider for anything but crops. We discuss how he does that as well as his marketing business that is not in a highly populated area of the state! Resources Mentio…

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219: Craig Ference - Thousands of Cows Grazing Corn! 55:30

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I really enjoyed discussing Craig's operation and perspectives on things from diversification vs. specialization on a large farm and ranch, to land ownership and more. We also discuss his unique cow program which involves grazing thousands of cows on thousands of acres of corn every year! Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more informati…

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218: George Walker - From Direct Marketing to Sell/Buy Marketing 1:16:19

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George shares his story of starting his own farm when there wasn't room on the family farm. He also discusses why he moved from a direct marketing model to sell/ buy marketing and how that has improved his business and lifestyle and why he's so excited to continue. Resources Mentioned: Ranching for Profit Sell/buy marketing schools If you are looki…

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217: Doug Marburger - Developing Bulls in Texas 49:34

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Doug is the developer of all the bulls being sold at the PCC sale in Texas coming up on April 1. He shares his story of not being raised on a ranch and after years of working on other ranches having the opportunity to lease his own land and start his own business! I love his story of faith in God and how God provides and ultimately resulted in Doug…

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216: Laura Burandt - Stocker Cows 58:44

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Laura has been a popular past guest back on episodes 122 and 126. Today she comes on again to discuss their stocker cow enterprise. She discusses what it is, the advantages and challenges and why they choose to have that in addition to a native herd. Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pharocattle.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on how to put more fun and profit ba…

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215: Casey Toews - Adapting Enterprises as Market Demands 1:16:27

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Casey and his family at Fishburn Ranch took what was considered very poor land and have turned it around through management. The number of creative ways they are finding success in their operation is incredible. They import cattle and feed and custom bale graze during the winter, they flex enterprises as the market calls for it from cows, to stocke…

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214: Steve Schweitzer - Sharing his Ranching Journey 1:07:12

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I have known Steve for years but this is the first time hearing his story of shifting his ranching focus from a high production, high input ranching to a more enjoyable and profitable ranch system. Resources Mentioned: PCC Updates and Newsletters For Ranching Returns shirts, hats, and sweatshirts check out https://farmfocused.com/ranching-returns-m…

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213: Dean Hunt - Ranching in South Dakota 1:06:14

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Dean Hunt shares his story of growing the family ranch while working an off farm job. He had an opportunity to expand at a time that he wasn't sure he could handle it but shares how they made it work. He also shares his experience using Farmatan to stop coccidiosis and scours and shares his thoughts on getting started in ranching. For Ranching Retu…

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212: Knute and Amanda Severson - Grass Finishing and Successful Marketing 1:24:15

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Knute and Amanda are fun! They met working for the Seattle Seahawks and through a long journey ended up back at Knutes family farm in Iowa. It's there that they purchased land, built infrastructure and have created a successful meat marketing business Grand View Beef! They share the struggles, and successes of that journey! Resources Mentioned: Fiv…

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211: Kit Pharo - Converting to Low Input Ranching 51:07

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I had a great listener question asking about how to convert from a high input cow/calf herd and operation to a low input operation. Kit and I discuss making that transition, both in management as well as actually converting the herd genetics. If you have questions you'd like answered on the podcast let me know! If you are looking to add somebody to…

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210: Mitch Dahl - Very Successful First Generation Rancher! 1:24:55

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Mitch Dahl is another one of those guys my age making me feel behind the game and I love it! He had the opportunity to take over an existing ranch from retiring ranchers and took it and ran with it. He now owns hundreds of cows, custom grazes, has a small amount of cropping acres and isn't afraid to experiment with new things. We discuss his experi…

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209: Doug Voss - Expanding the Land Base Through Good Management 1:14:54

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Since having Doug on last time back on episode 33, he has expanded his land base significantly. We talk about how he has done this on both public and private land. We discuss his experience grazing on a large piece of publicly owned land including his trial with virtual fencing and more. Resources Mentioned: Ranching for Profit Soil Health Academy …

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208: Garth Gatson - Creating Value in Cattle 1:34:01

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Garth is intentional with his cattle business, focusing on enterprises where he can add value. Because of this he's found great success and is able to be full time in the cattle business, a feat that many folks dream of. He shares his marketing strategy for all of his cattle, the different enterprises he runs, and his unique perspective on debt. Lo…

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207: Sean and Kat Weinert - Quitting the Off Ranch Job 1:08:27

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We catch back up with Sean and Kat Weinert, previously on episodes 5 and 44 to discuss life after Sean left the off ranch job. We talk about the challenges that it presented, things that caught him off guard and how they've made it work. If you are looking to add somebody to your team to help with your farm or ranch numbers, check out John Haskell …

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206: Duane Thompson - 1200 Cows Profitably in Canada 1:10:08

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Duane and his family run a ranch in Canada. They have figured out how to be successful in a northern environment facing challenges like snow, ice, cold temperatures, short growing seasons, etc. In todays episode we dive into the details of his cow/calf enterprise. Be sure to listen to episode 177, my previous episode with Duane where we discuss how…

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205: Cody Kologi - Switching Enterprises to Find Success 1:18:05

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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 lifestyle! He shifted from a cow/calf enterprise to a stocker enterprise and is excited about what that is doing for their future! S…

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204: John Maddux - Cattle Risk Management 1:04:38

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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 back into your ranching business!As always, check us out at Ranching Returns Podcast on Facebook and Instagram as well as at ⁠ww…

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203: John Maddux - Wall Street to Full Time Rancher 1:31:27

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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 winter feeding program and begin to discuss his risk management strategy which we talk about more in next weeks episode. Resour…

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202: Brady Wulf - Wide Row Corn, Cover Crops, Cows and Airbnb's 1:25:14

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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 system and how he grows cover crops in the corn and grazes cows on it in the fall. And we discuss how they have gotten access…

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201: Brandon Mace - First Gen Rancher Started Leasing Cows 1:22:03

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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 share of the heifer crop. He talks about his grazing management, cheap winter feeding program, starting a side business and so mu…

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200: Greg Brown - From 0 to 450 Cows 1:21:43

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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 pumped about the potential in this industry! Greg has built a pretty impressive operation in a very impressive amount of tim…