Best John Haskell Podcasts (2025)

In this podcast episode, ranching experts Wally Olson, John Haskell, and Brian Munger to discuss the intricacies of sell-by marketing in the cattle industry. The conversation covers the importance of understanding market dynamics, the risks associated with traditional buying and selling methods, and the practical applications of sell-buy marketing …

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The Ranch Profitability Boost that Comes from Quitting Hay Making (WCP 469) 1:22:12

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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. Thanks to our Studio Sponsor, Understanding Ag! Head over to UnderstandingAg.c…

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Joel Salatin on the Opportunities Created by Present Market Conditions (WCP 468) 48:50

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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…

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BLOWFISH BY Kyung-Ran Jo - WITH Chi-Young Kim 44:16

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Frank Keil on Causal Thinking 16:31

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As a practical matter, how much effort do you put into pinning down the causes behind daily occurrences? To developmental psychologist Frank Keil, who studies causal thinking, that answer is likely along the lines of 'not enough.' A lack of causal thinking is both endemic, and, to an extent, hurtful these days, he argues, suggesting that lacking ev…

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Dr. Allen Williams on How to Actually Sell Grass-Finished Beef (WCP 467) 1:26:17

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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 …

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250: Nick Bailey - Scaling Direct to Consumer 1:19:56

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Nick Bailey of Grand View Farming shares his story of starting and growing their direct to consumer meat marketing business. He shares the marketing strategies, meat production and acquisition methods, inventory management strategies and so much more! You can reach Nick at [email protected] Resources Mentioned: Free to Focus - Michael Hyatt…

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Bruce Wagner - AMPUTATION 1:22:48

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https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/arcade-publishing/9781648211614/amputation/ https://www.brucewagner.la

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How Taylor Henry Learned to Lead AcresUSA After a Big Risk (WCP 466) 1:15:20

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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 agricu…

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Ilya Gridneff - YOUR NAME HERE 1:43:12

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BeefMaps.com is Connecting Ranchers Directly with Beef Consumers (WCP 465) 1:06:52

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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 h…

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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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Stuart Ross - HOTEL EGYPT 1:05:42

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Buy Hotel Egypt here : https://www.spuytenduyvil.net/The-Hotel-Egypt.html Gateway books /Authors The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand Dostoyevsky - Notes From Underground Mary McCarthy David Markson David Anton Sister Carrie - Theodore Dreiser In the Brewing Luminous: The Life & Music of Cecil TaylorBook by Phil Freeman Charlotte Shane…

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Yishay Ishi Ron - DOG 1:16:20

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https://yishayishiron.com Dog - Translated by Yardenne Greenspan Buy the book here : https://soncatapress.com/books/

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Life Transformation on a Working Ranch (WCP 464) 1:24:19

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Zach Osburn's farm has become a place that produces more than just healthy soil and profits. He is working to see life transformation among men in crisis on his farm. He does this through several different approaches. He shares some of the different pieces of this process today on the Working Cows Podcast. Thanks to our Studio Sponsor, Understandin…

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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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Gabe Brown Wants Food to be Common Ground for Common Good (WCP 463) 1:00:40

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Gabe Brown has traveled extensively within the United States and around the world. He sees a movement taking shape. People are passionate about healthy food that is grown in healthy soils. This movement reaches into communities, businesses, and governments. It has even reached into the castle of a king or two. He joins me to discuss the way this mo…

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Profitably Adding Diversity to Ranch Businesses with Dallas Mount (WCP 462) 53:02

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Many gurus and business consultants have sung the praises of highly diversified businesses with many streams of income. These businesses are not without their own unique challenges. Dallas Mount of Ranch Management Consultants is here to help us think differently about what success looks like. Sometimes it means identifying the one or two things 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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Peter Orner - THE GOSSIP COLUMNIST'S DAUGHTER 49:08

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https://www.peterorner.com BUY THE BOOK HERE : https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/peter-orner/the-gossip-columnists-daughter/9780316224659/?lens=little-brown

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Steven Moore 59:35

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https://www.stevenmoore.info https://toughpoets.com/mcevoy_listening.htm Show notes Some books and authors mentions Tom Robbins A Naked Singularity - Sergio De La Pava James McCourt Vollmann Gilbert Sorrentino Carol Maso Mark Leyner midnight's simulacra - Nick Black https://midnightssimulacra.com Gateway books / Authors Joyce Lawrence Sterne Gaddis…

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Winter Feeding Strategies the Improve Profitability (WCP 461) 47:21

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Winter feed costs often go a long way in determining our profitability as ranchers. As a Canadian Rancher Blain Hjertaas has learned some valuable lessons in controlling winter feed costs. He joins me today to discuss the strategies that he has found that go a long way to helping drive profitability by reducing expenses related to winter feeding. T…

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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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Michael Robert Liska - ALICE OR THE WILD GIRL 48:59

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@WhatHoARat https://linktr.ee/whathoarat Get the book from : https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781949846737/alice-or-the-wild-girl/

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Setha Low on Public Spaces 25:56

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Having been raised in Los Angeles, a place with vast swathes of single-family homes connected by freeways, arriving in Costa Rica was an eye opener for the young cultural anthropologist Setha Low. "I thought it was so cool that everybody was there together," she tells interview David Edmonds in this Social Science Bites podcast. "… Everybody was ta…

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Mariana Enriquez - SOMEONE IS WALKING ON YOUR GRAVE 1:26:17

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marianaenriquez1973 Mariana Enriquez - SOMEONE IS WALKING ON YOUR GRAVE TRANSLATED by Megan McDowell Buy the book here : https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761779/somebody-is-walking-on-your-grave-by-mariana-enriquez-translated-by-megan-mcdowell/

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John Haskell and Wally Olson on Accomplishing Unthinkable Goals Through Better Marketing 1:01:33

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The idea of purchasing land and animals at the same time seems unthinkable. However, if we are willing to think differently about our management of our key inventories, we can open up a whole new realm of possibilities. John Haskell and Wally Olson are familiar with many stories of people accomplishing lofty goals because they were willing to think…

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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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Bri Lee - SEED 1:14:33

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https://bri-lee.com Buy the book here : https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Seed/Bri-Lee/9781761633881 Tour dates : https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/bri-lee-author-tour

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Gabe Brown and Dr. Temple Grandin Discuss Building a More Resilient Food System (WCP 459) 1:34:31

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Richard Tufton and Claire Mackenzie of the Six Inches of Soil Podcast generously shared with me a conversation they hosted between Gabe Brown and Dr. Temple Grandin. This is a fascinating conversation that covers Dr. Temple Grandin's perspective on regenerative agriculture and some of her solutions to the fragility in our food system. We get some g…

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The Beginnings - Antonio Moresco with Max Lawton and Francesco Pacifico 1:16:29

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Pre-order The Beginnings here : https://store.deepvellum.org/products/beginnings

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Jordan Castro - MUSCLE MAN 42:53

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Buy the book here https://books.catapult.co/books/muscle-man/ http://www.jordancastro.com https://www.cluny.org

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Dr. Allen Williams on the Connection Between Epigenetics and Profitability (WCP 458) 59:45

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If we can develop animals that don't depend on inputs we can drive profitability. To do this we need to pay attention to more than just genetics. We need to also allow epigenetics to play a role in that selection process. Dr. Allen Williams was a university professor focused on genetics. His perspective has changed radically since those days. We di…

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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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James Elkins - WEAK IN COMPARISSON TO DREAMS 1:01:58

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https://jameselkins.com Buy the books here https://www.unnamedpress.com/all-books/p/weak-in-comparison-to-dreams https://www.unnamedpress.com/all-books/p/a-short-introduction

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Nicholas Rothwell - YILKARI 1:16:03

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Buy the book here https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/yilkari-a-desert-suite

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D. Harlan Wilson - STRANGELOVE COUNTRY 52:02

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https://dharlanwilson.com/books/strangelove/

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Making (Rural) America Great Again with JR Burdick (WCP 457) 1:15:34

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Rural America has been hollowed out by agricultural practices that divorce people from a connection to the land. This has had massive negative cascading and compounding effects. We don't know our neighbors. We don't depend on the land to make ends meet. Our rural communities shrivel up and we are dependent on people farther and farther from us for …

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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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M. John Harrison - THE COURSE OF THE HEART 1:39:56

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https://serpentstail.com/work/the-course-of-the-heart/

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Dead Airwaves Episode 86 sacrifice by Gary Raisor 21:39

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Sacrifice by Gary Raisor Read by Justin Fife A Priest is visited by an evil Presence during the Christmas holiday.

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Emmalea Russo - VIVIENNE 49:45

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BUY THE BOOK HERE : https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781648210648/vivienne/ https://emmalearusso.com

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How Peter Byck Learned to Tell Holistic Stories (WCP 456) 1:19:18

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Telling a story that takes into account the vast network of interconnected systems is difficult. This has been the journey Peter Byck has been on for nearly a decade. He started with the Carbon Cowboys and now he has released a new documentary series "Roots So Deep You Can See the Devil Down There." Thanks to our Studio Sponsor, Understanding Ag! H…

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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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Charlotte Mandell - THE DESERTERS by Mathias Énard with Seth from W.A.S.T.E Mailing List. 1:20:37

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https://charlottemandell.com Get the book here: https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/the-deserters/ https://www.ndbooks.com/book/the-deserters/

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Noah Kumin - STOP ALL THE CLOCKS 57:35

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Buy the book here https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781648211218/stop-all-the-clocks/ https://marsreview.org https://substack.com/@machinewar

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Victor Buchli on Life in Low-Earth Orbit 15:52

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As an anthropologist, Victor Buchli has one foot in the Neolithic past and another in the space-faring future. A professor of material culture at University College London, his research has taken him from excavations of the New Stone Age site at Çatalhöyük, Turkey to studies of the modern suburbs of London to examinations of life on -- and in servi…

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The Powerful Difference Made by Better Marketing and Better Grazing (WCP 455) 1:14:58

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Growing up in ranching we are often not taught how to run a business that grows crops and raises livestock. This means that often times our marketing suffers. Art McElroy has been on a journey to learn to market livestock better. He has also sought to graze more efficiently and effectively. Now his son, Lee, has joined him in these efforts. Today w…

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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…