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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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Aug. 24, 2025

240: Matt Feldhaus - Ranching Sodak

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 f...
Aug. 17, 2025

239: John Haskell - Trends of Successful Ranchers

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 opera...
Aug. 10, 2025

238: Treg Ulmer - Row Crops to Grazing

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, le...
Aug. 3, 2025

237: Tim Downing - Building a Multi-Generational Ranch

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 mult...
July 27, 2025

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

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 ...
July 20, 2025

235: Seth Pratt - Generational Ranching in Idaho

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 ...

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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