All Episodes
Ranching Returns Podcast — 277 episodes
277: Hayden and Taylor Sievers - Lifestyle by Design
276: Cory and Jennilee Bird - How Virtual Fence Improved Their Ranch
275: Glenn Elzinga - Building Alderspring Ranch
274: Jarod Kiggans -Creative Financing as a First Gen Rancher
273: Michael Mendel - Finding Success in a Diverse, Multi Family Farm
272: Kit Pharo - Kit Addresses Low Input Critics
271: Dylan Enger - Growing a Family Ranch
270: Tristen Miller - Building Businesses and a Farm
269: PJ Budler - What Makes a Profitable Cow
268: Dallas Dodson - Building a Profitable Ranch
267: Tristan Swartz - Doing it Wrong Dairy
266: Joe Pokay and Hugh Aljoe - Cutting Inputs on 13,500 Acres
265: Harry Cope - Missouri Grazing Farm
264: Dallas Simmonds - From 40,000 Acres to 0
263: Dallas Mount - Succession, Debt, People, Investing
262: Jesse Nelson - Regenerative Crop and Livestock in Idaho
261: Dr. Tom Roskos - Farmer and Veterinarian Discusses Animal Health
260: Matthew Grimes - Scaling Low Input Sheep Production
259: Jamie Hamilton - First Generation Full Time Farmer
258: Gabe Brown - Cattle Production Paradigm Shift
257: Ted Miller - 600 Cow Grazing Dairy in Louisiana
256: Marlene Moore - Fighting to Keep the Ranch
255: Karson Rippstein - Family, Government Leases, Salt and Mineral
254: Lawson Harper - Ranching in Australia
253: Caitlin Word - Crossroads of Profitability and Regenerative Management
252: Luke Perman - End of Year Preparations
251: Brian Munger, Wally Olson, John Haskell - What is Sell/Buy Marketing
250: Nick Bailey - Scaling Direct to Consumer
249: Ray Marxer - Insights of a Large Ranch Manager
248: Derek Schwanebeck - Seasonal Grazing For Improved Lifestyle and Profit
247: Brian, Tyson and Rob - Bull Development and Evaluation
246: Paul, Gavin and Jason - Profitable Cow Production
245: Tony Munsterteiger - Grazing Farm in Minnesota
244: John Locke - Ranching Success
243: Ray Archuleta - Soil Health and His Missouri Farm
242: Noah Eubanks - Adapted Cows are a Low Input Factory
241: Henry Burns - Startup Ranch and Virtual Fence
240: Matt Feldhaus - Ranching Sodak
239: John Haskell - Trends of Successful Ranchers
238: Treg Ulmer - Row Crops to Grazing
237: Tim Downing - Building a Multi-Generational Ranch
236: Giovana Benitez - Keeping the Ranch, and Faith!
235: Seth Pratt - Generational Ranching in Idaho
234: Rusty Lee - Grazing Grain Milo
233: Chris and Lyndsey - Solar Grazing
232: Keith Olsen - Low Input Crop and Cattle Farming
231: Sam Fryer - Ranching, Podcasting and Working!
230: Jacob Gilley - Enterprise Analysis, Real Estate, and More!
229: Ben Minden - Training Cowboys and Buying a Business
228: Drew Bruner - Going All in on Sheep
227: Matthew Menke - Risk vs. Reward, Leverage and Knowing Your Business
226: Randal Breen - From Living in a Shed to Full Time Farmer
225: Alex McKiernan - Car Wrecks Can't Stop This Family!
224: Caleb Smith - Switching from Dairy to Sheep
223: Hayden Heigele - Changing Genetics, Calving Window, and More
222: Doug Badcock - Building an Adapted Cow on a Zambian Ranch
221: Ryan Cone - Building a Business in Order to Buy a Ranch
220: Neil Peterson - Integrating Cows on Cropland in Iowa
219: Craig Ference - Thousands of Cows Grazing Corn!
218: George Walker - From Direct Marketing to Sell/Buy Marketing
217: Doug Marburger - Developing Bulls in Texas
216: Laura Burandt - Stocker Cows
215: Casey Toews - Adapting Enterprises as Market Demands
214: Steve Schweitzer - Sharing his Ranching Journey
213: Dean Hunt - Ranching in South Dakota
212: Knute and Amanda Severson - Grass Finishing and Successful Marketing
211: Kit Pharo - Converting to Low Input Ranching
210: Mitch Dahl - Very Successful First Generation Rancher!
209: Doug Voss - Expanding the Land Base Through Good Management
208: Garth Gatson - Creating Value in Cattle
207: Sean and Kat Weinert - Quitting the Off Ranch Job
206: Duane Thompson - 1200 Cows Profitably in Canada
205: Cody Kologi - Switching Enterprises to Find Success
204: John Maddux - Cattle Risk Management
203: John Maddux - Wall Street to Full Time Rancher
202: Brady Wulf - Wide Row Corn, Cover Crops, Cows and Airbnb's
201: Brandon Mace - First Gen Rancher Started Leasing Cows
200: Greg Brown - From 0 to 450 Cows
199: Logan Pribbeno - Cashing out of the Cows
198: Kyle Marshall - Finding Success in Ranching
197: Kit Pharo - Unexpected DNA Results
196: Jared Luhman - Ranching Returns Podcast
195: Eric Bailey - Heifer Development
194: Jarrod and Becca Creasy - Learning through Challenges and Finding Success
193: John Haskell and Wally Olson - Building Wealth with Livestock
192: John Haskell and Wally Olson - Managing in a Downward Market
191: Austin Troyer - Scaling a First Generation Ranch
190: David Breune - Swath Grazing Sorghum Sudan Grass
189: John Gutzman - Cow/Calf in Wisconsin
188: Greg Christiansen and Travis Hampton Part 2
187: Greg Christiansen and Travis Hampton Part 1
186: Levi Kokes - Regenerative Ranching, Carbon Contracts and Virtual Fencing
185: Allan Crockett - Profitable Ranch Business
184: Kit Pharo - How to Evaluate Bulls
183: Steve Kenyon - What You Need to Know to Custom Graze on Leased Land
182: Jeremia Markway - Complimentary Grazing Enterprises
181: John Wagner - Taking Over a Non Family Ranch
180: Pete Ferrell - Continuing a Ranch Legacy to Non-Family
179: Jared Faubus - Building His Own Ranch
178: Eric Bailey - Doubling Down on Stockers
177: Duane Thompson - Crop/Livestock Integration at Scale
176: Dr. Trey Patterson - Padlock Ranch
175: Tony Malmberg - Ranching Success Story
174: Rory Londer - Bonus Episode with Crack Addict Who Broke Free
173: Steve Kenyon - Custom Grazing on Leased Land
172: Jared Sorensen - Profitable Steward
171: Rylan Crawford - 600 Cow Ranch by 31 Years Old
170: Nic De Castro - Monetizing Recreation on Your Farm or Ranch
169: James Holz - Livestock on Cropland
168: Taylor Moyer - Profit First Grazier
167: Adam Ledvina - Generating Profit on Land Others Can't
166: Cal Hardage - Grazing Grass Podcast
165: Noah Taylor - Profitable Cows in the Midwest
164: Rachelle Meyer - Running a Farm and Raising a Family
163: Allen Williams - Epigenetics and Profitability
162: Ariel Greenwood - New Mexico Ranching
161: Aaron Helmick - First Generation Farming Wisdom
160: Dr. Richard Watson - 2000 Acre Grazing Dairy
159: Kit Pharo - Building a Business
158: Jared Knock & Justin Fruechte - Roots and Ruminants
157: Will Harris - A Bold Return to Giving a Damn
156: Drew Bruner - First Generation Rancher Story
155: Gage Iverson - Grazing through the Winter in Montana
154: Dallas Mount - How to Make Cows Profitable
153: Ryan Bruski - Trying it Out with 4700 Stockers
152: Jesse Womack - Getting Paid for Good Management
151: Trevor Burian - From $100,000 Loss to $39,000 profit
150: Best of the First 150 Episodes
149: Chad Peterson - Stockers, Grazing, Moving Ranches
148: Logan Mannix - Mannix Family Beef
147: Amos Troester - Cover Cropping for Profit
146: Matthew Menke - Transitioning to Profitable Ranching at Scale
145: Sage Askin, Vannie Collins, Chris Baggott - Building a First Generation Ranch
144: Connor Laukant - Farming Full Time at 24 Years Old
143: John Innes-Smith - Journey to Farm Ownership
142: Al DeWit, Weston Walker, Rob Pierce - Heat Tolerant Genetics Program
141: Joel Salatin - Successful Farming
140: Rachel Twogood - Raising Crops, Cattle and a Family
139: Elaine Froese - 3 Conversations Necessary Before Farm Transition
138: Tom Krawiec - Ranching Like a 12 Year Old
137: Chris Baggot - Grazing Profitably on Cropland
136: Jared Luhman - Q&A
135: Al Dewit - Ranching Everywhere
134: Clint Fischer - Farm Succession
133: Carl Whitworth - Goat Grazing at Scale
132: Kit Pharo - Kits Big Concern
131: Sean McGrath - Profitable Cow/Calf in Canada
130: Jordan Thomas - Part 2
129: Nevil Speer - Cattle Market Update
128: Weston Walker - Ranching in Missouri
127: Riley Shay, Sean Weinert, & Brian Munger
126: Laura Burandt - Profitable Cow/Calf Production
125: Sage Askin - Startup to Scaled Ranching
124: Jill Winger - Old Fashioned On Purpose
123: Gene Goven - 450% Increase in Forage Production
122: Laura Burandt - Journey Home to the Ranch
121: Logan Duvall - Marketing Regenerative Food
120: Hobbs Magaret - Fire and Salt Part 2
119: Greg Judy - Profitable Ranching in Missouri
118: John Pahlow - Building a Ranch
117: John Haskell - Managerial Accounting
116: Jared Luhman - Expensive Lessons
115: Chris Kerston - Land to Market
114: Bart Morris - Oxbow Cattle Company
113: Ray Marxer - Cowboy in a Corporate World
112: Wally Olson and John Haskell - Prospering in Good and Bad Times
111: Kit Pharo - Bringing in the Next Generation
110: Hobbs Magaret - Fire and Salt
109: Colton and Ethan Munger - Rural Entrepreneurship
108: Shawn Freeland - Profitable and Enjoyable Ranching
107: Alejandro Carrillo - Turning Desert to Grasslands
106: Kit Pharo - Whatcha Gonna Do With All That Money
105: Clay Conry, Brian Alexander, Jason Medows - Ag Podcaster Roundtable
104: Lance Klessig - On Farm Rentals
103: Jacob Wolki - The Business of Regenerative Ag
102: Dave Pratt - Retirement and Succession
101: Trevor Burian - Cows to Custom Grazing
100: Allan Savory - Holistic Managagement
99: Dayton Steelman - Genetic Fly Resistance
98: Joe Tomandl - Scaling Regenerative Dairies
97: Nevil Speer - Cattle Market Update
96: Cooper Hibbard - Sieben Livestock
95: Eunice Williams - Stockmanship and Marketing
94: Lance Gunderson - Building Healthy Soils
93: Michael Groot - Regenerative Farming in Canada
92: Rob Pierce - Part 2 Heat Tolerant Cattle
91: Rob Pierce - Finding Ranch Success
90: Mark and Sara Hewitt - Leaving What Was Comfortable
89: Jason Medows - Ag State of Mind
88: Eric Barth - Polyface Farm Manager
87: Missy Bonds - Bonds Ranch
86: Andy Junkin - Working With Stubborn Farm Families
85: Bobby Thoman - Grass Finished PCC 4H Show Steers
84: Brad Reese - Ranching, Hunting and Being on a TV Show
83: Dale Strickler - Part 2 Preparing for Future Drought
82: Dale Strickler - Part 1 Managing within a Drought
81: Kit Pharo - Diversification
80: Jordan Thomas - Cattle Reproduction and Profitability
79: Vannie Collins - Building a Profitable Ranch in 6 years
78: Craig Fischer - Sleepy Bison Acres
77: Kit Pharo - No Excuses
76: Aaron Bradley - Changing the Food System
75: Chase Jones - Custom Grazing
74: Colter DeVries - Ranch Land Values
73: Doug Ferguson & Wally Olson - Q&A
72: Dale Strickler - Pasture Can Be Profitable
71: Ben Beichler - Herd Share Dairy Success
70: Joseph Hubbard - Part 2 Cattle Production, Land Leases and More
69: Joseph Hubbard - Part 1 Sheep Production
68: Kim Maloney - Brylee Farms
67: Riley Shay - Building A Ranch
66: Derek Schmitz - Building a Grazing Dairy
65: Jared Luhman - Ranching for Profit School
64: Darrin Drake - Peaceful Pastures Story
63: Paul Landrigan - Building a Ranch While Working Full Time
62: Tyler Burkey - Finding Opportunities
61: Jordan Meyer - Dairy, Beef Cows, Stocker, Hogs, Goats & More!
60: Kit Pharo - Q&A
59: Jim Gerrish - Best Place to Ranch
58: Landan Fear - Making the Ranch Profitable Again
57: Brian Alexander - The Red Hills Rancher
56: Andrew Morris - Moving the Ranch to a New State
55: Will Harris - White Oak Pastures
54: Jason Salchow - Principles of Successful Cattle Production
53: Doug Peterson - Soil Health and Health Grasslands
52: Jason Salchow - Growing a Successful Custom Grazing Business
51: Jason Rowntree - Grazing is a Carbon Sink
50: Luke Perman - Rock Hills Ranch
49: Louis Martin - Round River Resource Management
48: Allen Williams - Profitable Ranching and Soil Health
47: Nathan "Bub" Daugherty - Hard Work Pays Off
46: Pete Bauman - Range and Grassland Management
45: Jared Luhman - Kit Pharo Got Me Fired
44: Kat Weinert - Building a Ranch and a Family
43: Kit Pharo - Competitive Advantage
42: Ryan Schmid - The Importance of Bugs
41: Andree and Bianca Soares - Service Based Grazing
40: Taylor Collins - Roam Ranch
39: Cody McDaniel - From Kansas Farmer to Montana Rancher
38: Patrick Robinette - How to Become a Price Maker
37: Doug Ferguson - Sell/Buy Marketing Follow Up
36: Duke Phillips - Ranchlands
35: Brian Munger - 1883 Ranch
34: Ryan Usmar - Pharo Cattle Australia
33: Doug Voss - Not Afraid to Pivot
32: Kit Pharo - Make Ranching Fun Again
31: Ed Bezett - A New (Zealand) Perspective
30: Blaine Hitzfield - Building a Food Marketing Brand
29: Blake Hitzfield - Seven Sons Production
28: Doug Ferguson - Profitable Cattle Marketing
27: Jim Howell - Ranching in Unique Environments
26: Jon Luhman - My Family's Regenerative Journey
25: Robert Pulliam - Changing Paradigms
24: Kit Pharo - Building a Network
23: Jim Gerrish - Western vs. Eastern Ranching
22: Jim Gerrish - Kick the Hay Habit
21: August Horstmann - Changing Perspectives
20: Wes Eaton - Ranching in the Desert
19: Kit Pharo - Debt in a Ranching Business
18: Wally Olson Part 2 - Sell/Buy Marketing
17: Wally Olson - Building a Profitable Ranch
16: Bobby Thoman - First a Businessman, Second a Cowboy
15: Joshua and Tara Dukart - Journey Back to the Ranch
14: Kit Pharo - Heifer Development
13: Jim Howell - Holistic Land Management Across the Globe
12: Logan Pribbeno - If Grazing Isn't the Answer, You're Asking the Wrong Question
11: Jenny Drake - Direct Marketing in Tennessee
10: Dallas Mount - Ranching for Profit
9: Kit Pharo - How to Value a Bull
8: Scott Assman - From Cows to Bison
7: Jerry Doan - Diversified Ranch Businesses
6: Kit Pharo - What's Necessary to Run a Profitable Ranch
5: Sean Weinert - Starting a Ranch from Scratch
4: Blake Allen - Switching from Cows to Stockers
3: Clay Conry - From Working Cows Podcast to Working Cows on His Own Ranch
2: Kit Pharo - The Original Herd Quitter
1 - Jared Luhman - Intro to the Herd Quitter Podcast