Herd Quitter Podcast

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

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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

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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.

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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

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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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Carl and his family own a diverse farm and ranch operation. They implement no-till and cover crops on their farmland and manage goats in multiple states!

Resources Mentioned:

Ranching for Profit

Herd Quitter Podcast

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Even with record prices, many are not finding the best of times as good as they would expect. Operations dependent on high levels of feed inputs, a full fleet of equipment and an abundance of labor are feeling the effects of inflation on all of those expenses. This means that even during record high prices many are still losing money or having slim margins and Kit is concerned for those who aren't willing to change before prices come back down. What are you doing to prepare for this?

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Sean McGrath is a Canadian rancher running cattle in an environment where most people have to feed 200+ days a year yet feeding less than many do in the southern United States. We discuss how he has made cow/calf production profitable in his region, we discuss swath grazing and bale grazing and much more!

Resources Mentioned:

Ranching for Profit

Agrifood Management Excellence (Canadian Program)

Local History Books

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My first conversation with Jordan was way back on episode 80 and he generated a lot of good discussion! Today we dig into some of those topics about how to build a bullet proof low input business model to increase profitability on your ranch!

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Nevil and I discuss things affecting the cattle market today including the weather, cattle numbers, prop 12 in California, the general economy, consolidation and coordination in the cattle industry and much more!

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The heat, humidity and endophyte infected fescue found in Missouri and throughout the southeast present a real challenge to cattle producers there. Weston and I discuss things such as developing adapted genetics to your environment, calving window and other things that have helped him be a more profitable producer.

Resources Mentioned:

PCC Newsletters and Updates

Stockman Grass Farmer

Jim Gerrish

Greg Judy

Hand in Hand Livestock with Tina and Richard

Man, Cattle and Veld

Man Must Measure

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Laura joins me for part 2 of our conversation of her Texas ranch, listen to part one on episode 122 to hear her story and their grazing management. In this episode we discuss her cow/calf production model and how they have reduced costs dramatically allowing them to have a cost of production nearly half of the national average.

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Sage is somebody who I have wanted to get on the podcast for the longest time! His story is one that has inspired me and continues to every time I hear it. He started his ranching operation not long ago and now manages several ranch units in multiple states. In this episode he shares his story which has so much valuable information on how he did it and is sure to inspire whoever listens.

Resources Mentioned:

Extreme Ownership - Jocko

Entreleadership - Dave Ramsey

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Jill Winger is an entrepreneur. She is an author, podcaster, restaurant owner, blogger, social media influencer, direct marketing and first generation rancher! We discuss all of the things as well and the importance of being intentional about our food choices and how they started up their ranch and direct marketing enterprise. Lots to learn from this one!

Resources Mentioned:

Michael Pollan

Wendell Berry - Unsettling of America

What Your Food Ate

Old Fashioned On Purpose

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Gene Goven is a farmer/rancher in North Dakota who has an incredible story of building soil and profitable ranching in North Dakota. He now leaves more forage behind as residue when rotating than the ranch used to produce when he took it over. Lots of wisdom in this episode.

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!

Laura has a pretty awesome story of education and work experience to getting back to her family ranch in the Texas Panhandle. Today she is running the family ranch with her dad and implementing sell/buy marketing, adapted low input genetics and grazing management to help her ranch become more profitable.

Resources Mentioned:

Healthy Land, Happy Families and Profitable Businesses - Dave Pratt

Dirt to Soil - Gabe Brown

For the Love of Land - Jim Howell

The Art and Science of Sheparding - Fred Provenza

Chip Hines

Historical Journals like Lewis and Clark

The Book of Job

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Logan Duvall and his family run a privately owned outdoor farmers market where they source and purchase food from local farmers and ranchers and market them to health conscious consumers shopping for high quality regenerative food. In this episode we talk largely about what it takes to market food direct to consumer, we talk about his store and considerations if we want to do the same thing.

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!

I'm joined again by Hobbs Magaret. In our past conversation on episode 110, we left a lot of topics undiscussed and so today we hopped back on a call again to talk about his genetics, grazing management, and more.

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!

Greg Judy is somebody who has personally impacted me and my farming career through his books and youtube videos! I'm honored to have him on the podcast today to share his journey from struggling to survive ranching to growing his farm as a custom grazier to the many enterprises he runs today!

Resources Mentioned:

Iann Mitchell-Innes

OnPasture

Stockman Grass Farmer

Social Media

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John and his wife have always wanted to run a ranch, and so after years of saving and with a slight push from Covid, they sold their home, equipment from his business and bought a ranch in Oregon. In just two and a half years they have grown their sales tremendously and sell a variety of meat products in a variety of ways off their ranch.

Resources Mentioned:

Joel Salatin

Greg Judy

Herd Quitter Podcast

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John Haskell of Ranch Right LLC walks us through his process of helping farmers record and understand their financial information. This financial information is essential for making informed decisions related to our business and enterprises.

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A couple weeks ago in my episode with John Haskell and Wally Olson, they reminded me of an expensive learning lesson I had purchasing my first herd of cattle at the high of the market in 2014. I thought I'd embarrass myself a bit here and share some of my early mistakes that turned into valuable lessons in the cattle business.

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Chris Kerston is CEO of the Land to Market program which is working to create new markets for farmers who are working to improve and regenerate the lands through holistic management. They are actively building relationships with the large players in the food industry and connect farms with ecological outcome verification to those players. Chris explains in this episode the process of getting Ecological Outcome Verification and the work they are doing.

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!

Bart Morris runs a first generation conception to consumption beef ranch on the edge of Missoula, Montana. We discuss how he built a successful ranch business from scratch in only 9 years. We talk about conservation easements, leasing ranchland, grass efficient cattle genetics, building a brand and marketing business and much more. There is lots to learn from this guest who has been recommended by multiple people!

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!

This is an incredible conversation with Ray Marxer who spent 37 years working for and managing one of America's largest historic ranches the Matador Ranch. He recorded his experience in his book Cowboy in a Corporate world which is a fantastic read. In this conversation we discuss how he got there, his rapid move into management, and the many changes he made in calving window, winter grazing, cow genetics and more on this 7000 cow ranch. Ray has a wealth of wisdom he shared in this podcast and his book.

Resources Mentioned:

Ranching for Profit

Edward Demmings - 10 Points of Continuous Improvement

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Current market conditions are looking up for cattle producers. With low inventory and forecasts pointing towards rain ranchers are feeling some optimism. Today, Wally Olson and John Haskell joined me to discuss how we can take advantage of these good times and prepare for what comes next.

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Kit and I discuss how we can make our ranches more profitable and more enjoyable to not only make it possible to bring in the next generation, but to actually make them want to come back and be a part of the ranch.

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In just a short few years Hobbs built a ranch and marketing brand, sold the brand, moved to a new state and started from scratch building a new ranch and brand. Today we discuss that journey.

Resources mentioned:

Jaimie Elizondo 

Johann Zietsman - Man, Cattle and Veld

Allan Savory - Holistic Management

How to Win Friends and Influence People

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Colton and Ethan Munger are brothers who grew up on their families ranch in Nebraska. To learn more about their family ranch you can listen to my conversation with their dad Brian on episode 35, it's one of my favorites. I love what these two are doing because while many feel their is no opportunity in rural America to start a business and find success, both Colton and Ethan in their early twenties are finding tremendous success working for themselves. In this episode they share their stories of getting started, and the importance of organization, communication and much more!

Resources Mentioned:

Nelson Nash - Becoming Your Own Banker

Mary Jo Irman - Farming Without The Bank

Extreme Ownership

Movers of Men and Mountains

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Shawn has one of those inspiring stories that prove it's still possible to start and grow a ranching business from scratch. He shares his journey building a ranch and then making some serious changes such as improving grazing management, changing cow type, moving calving window, planting cover crops, and quitting haying. We wrap up the conversation talking about his direct marketing enterprise, along with his cover crop maze and pumpkin patch. Lots to learn in this episode.

Resources Mentioned:

Ranching Like a 12 Year Old

Soil Health Coalition

Tony Robbins - Unlimited Power

Bible

Power of Positive Thinking

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Alejandro manages the 30,000 acre Las Damas Ranch in the Chihuahua Desert of Mexico. Through his management in under twenty years he has increased his ranch carrying capacity from 150 cows to over 600 cows and his next goal is 1500. He talks about focusing management on the best areas of your ranch to get the highest return on investment. He also shares how simple trials offer almost no risk and can demonstrate the immense value of these management principles.

Resources Mentioned:

Gabe Brown

Allan Savory

Jim Gerrish

Desert Grasslands

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Cattle herd numbers having steadily been declining for the past several years due to lack of profitability and drought. This has been resulting in a steady increase in cattle prices and one would expect that when rain comes again the current shortage of calves combined with pulling heifers back into the breeding program will result in a big jump in cow/calf profitability. The question is, what will you do with those profits? That is the question we discuss in this episode. 

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Join Clay, Brian, Jason and myself as we discuss our podcasts, what we've learned through them and questions we have surrounding ranching and agriculture.

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Lance Klessig has been involved in agriculture his whole life in a variety of roles from working on a dairy farm, to working for the Soil and Water Conservation District, but in 2020 he and his wife purchased their own farm. Because of their willingness to pivot and focus on marketing experiences and finished food products instead of commodity's he was able to quit his off farm job after only two years! Lance shares many of their secrets to success and if you've considered incorporating some sort of an agritourism enterprise to your farm or ranch, this is not one to miss.

Resources Mentioned:

What Your Food Ate - David Montgomery

Youtube

Soil Health Academy

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Jacob Wolki brought a unique business perspective from managing several different retail businesses and dozens of employees before starting his farm in the past few years. Those skills have allowed him to scale a regenerative production model and direct to consumer meat business. He shares all of that along with how he set up a 24/7 self serve store, and much more! 

Resource Recommendations:

Fire Someone Today - Bob Pritchett

5 Love Languages

Joel Salatin

Richest Man in Babylon

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Allan Savory

Deep Nutrition

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Dave Pratt is past owner of Ranching for Profit and author of my favorite book "The Turnaround: A Ranchers Story".  In this weeks podcast he gives us a summary on the RFP definition of true profitability in business and then discusses retirement and succession planning from the perspective of both a young individual working into a farm as well as the exiting generation. The topic of succession is vitally important to the ability of a ranch business to pass from one generation to the next and Dave shares many of the secrets for you to get started working on this in your own businesses.

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!

Trevor went to Ranching for Profit in February of 2022 and came home ready to make big changes. By the time summer came around he had sold his cows and was custom grazing cattle for somebody else. We talk about what this has meant for him and his ranch business. We talk about entrepreneurship in rural America, and much more!

Resources Mentioned:

Dirt to Soil - Gabe Brown

North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition

Ranching for Profit

The Turnaround: A Ranchers Story - Dave Pratt

How Not to Go Broke Ranching - Walt Davis

The Year Around Grazier - Steve Kenyon

Kick the Hay Habit - Jim Gerrish

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Allan Savory has a lifetime of experience developing what he has termed Holistic Management. He shares in this podcast a brief overview of his history and what the management has the potential to do for our businesses and our world if implemented at scale! 

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!

Dayton Steelman is a veterinary entomologist responsible for doing the research around genetic fly resistance. He shares in this podcast how over his decades of experience he made observations on how breed and size of animal impacted fly numbers on cows and shares his journey to figure out the cause. 

Many dairy farms when considering the opportunities to expand a dairy choose to build larger building and grow more feed to bring to the cows, and scale up on one site through infrastructure and technology. Joe Tomandl looked at the opportunity to expand his dairy farm in a  little bit different way. He loved the value that grazing brought to his dairy in soil and ecological benefits, as well as the financial advantages of an animal harvesting their own feed through grazing and he recognized that scaling up on a single site would reduce his ability to graze. So he has scaled through replication of grazing dairy farms in close proximity. Listen to this weeks episode to learn how he did it, the advantages of this model and much more!

Many dairy farms when considering the opportunities to expand a dairy choose to build larger buildings and grow more feed to bring to the cows, and com for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business!

Nevil Speer writes for Drovers magazine and has experience ranging from cattle production, to business management consulting and cattle market data. He joins me to talk about the factors contributing to the cattle market today, and what we should be doing to prepare for the years to come.

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Cooper Hibbard manages his generational ranch in Adel, Montana and shares how his family through grazing management, changes in their calving season, and genetics have managed to increase ranch production even in one of the worst drought years in their history. We discuss his thought process on early versus late weaning and how they have reduced hay feeding to a couple hundred pounds of hay per animal per year. We also discuss their stewardship of water, wildlife and the people involved in the business in addition to just the land and livestock! 

Resources Mentioned:

Man, Cattle, Veld - Johann Zietsman

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Eunice Williams shares the story of how Bud, through observation, learned how animals respond to humans and developed his principles of stockmanship that are so valuable to reducing stress on animals which results in less health issues and increased profits. She also shares how he came to develop sell/buy marketing which has helped countless producers generate profit in marketing livestock.

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!

Lance Gunderson is owner of Regen Ag Labs and he joins me to discuss soil health, why it's important to test, which tests to perform, how often and so much more! 

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!

Michael Groot had the opportunity to take over his in-laws farm and quickly got to work transitioning to a regenerative crop farm and direct market meat producer after attending a Dave Brandt event. Now he is researching how rotating cropland with perennial pastures improves the soil and potential profitability of his cropping enterprise. We also discuss their direct to consumer marketing brand, Wholesome Pastures.

Resources Mentioned:

Land, Livestock and Life - Allan Nation

Dirt to Soil - Gabe Brown

Sand County Almanac

For the Love of Soil - Nichole Masters

Herd Quitter Podcast

Working Cows Podcast

Notill Farmer Podcast

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In this weeks episode we follow up on our conversation last week with Rob Pierce and discuss in more detail his heat tolerant cattle breeding program. If you haven't already, listen to episode 91 to hear Robs ranch transition and this one will talk about the different breeds he using to produce a low input, heat tolerant, beef animal bred to thrive in portions of the country and world where heat and humidity stress cattle!

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!

Rob Pierce quit ranching in 2008 and after a member of his church signed him up for Kit Pharo's PCC Updates and Newsletters he found hope that there might be potential to be profitable in ranching. And so after a 4 year break from ranching he jumped back in with corriente crossed with PCC Red Angus bulls. He has since developed a heat tolerant breeding program which we will discuss in more depth in part two of this conversation next week. But we discuss this week how he managed to grow to over 500 cows and run cows at the same stocking rate while going from 4-5 bales per cow per year to less the half a bale! Rob also shares his journey to salvation, having not grown up knowing the Lord but finding him as an adult and the difference that made in his life.

Resources Mentioned:

PCC Discussion Group

Bible

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Mark and Sara Hewitt from Minnesota joined me in this episode to share their story of taking the bold step of leaving the family farm where they were constantly met with opposition and no promises of transition or change to start a farm of their own! They talk about the decision to leave the family farm, their focus on minimal debt and managing their business as well as the many enterprises they juggle while both working off farm jobs and managing a family with 2 kids. So much to learn from them in this episode.

Resources Mentioned:

Farm Bureau

Legacy Farmer

Minnesota Farm Business Management

Minnesota Department of Ag

Extension

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Jason Medows is a rancher in Missouri and also the host of the Ag State of Mind Podcast. We discuss his transition to an intentional low input ranch business, and how he runs the business while working full time off the farm as a pharmacist. We also discuss mental health in agriculture as his podcast is focused around breaking the stigma around mental health in Ag.

Resources Mentioned:

Can't Hurt Me

Atomic Habits

12 Rules for Life

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