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Ranching Returns Podcast

Ranching Returns Podcast

On the Ranching Returns Podcast we talk to farmers and ranchers who share how they have improved their returns from ranching including extreme profitability, an improvement to their land resources and creating a priceless lifestyle.

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Nov. 16, 2025

252: Luke Perman - End of Year Preparations

Luke is owner and operator of Rock Hills Ranch in South Dakota. In this conversation we discuss what he does in the 4th quarter to prepare for the end of the year. We discuss his winter feed planning, financial management and...
Nov. 9, 2025

251: Brian Munger, Wally Olson, John Haskell - What is Sell/Buy Marketing

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 dyna...
Nov. 2, 2025

250: Nick Bailey - Scaling Direct to Consumer

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 st...
Oct. 26, 2025

249: Ray Marxer - Insights of a Large Ranch Manager

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...
Oct. 19, 2025

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

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...
Oct. 12, 2025

247: Brian, Tyson and Rob - Bull Development and Evaluation

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 p...

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Ross MacDonald-98 Ranch Inc. | Dec. 18, 2024

Episode 208 - Garth Gatson

"Excellent! I would like to hear more from Garth. I think the two of you have wonderful futures in your businesses and as men. Thank You. Jim Kylstad"

James B. Kylstad | Jan. 13, 2025