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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May 11, 2025
225: Alex McKiernan - Car Wrecks Can't Stop This Family!
Alex and his wife have built a diverse farm and ranch business that started with direct to consumer vegetable production through a CSA and has grown to a large ranch that does custom grazing, goat production for weed manageme...
May 4, 2025
224: Caleb Smith - Switching from Dairy to Sheep
Caleb has a unique story to getting into agriculture, he had the opportunity to take on a 40 year land lease from a non-profit and built a dairy farm from scratch. He shares that story and also how he recently switched from t...
April 27, 2025
223: Hayden Heigele - Changing Genetics, Calving Window, and More
Hayden felt some resistance when wanting to experiment with new farming and ranching practices on his family farm. Rather than give up, he has been growing an operation of his own on the side of working for the family busines...
April 20, 2025
222: Doug Badcock - Building an Adapted Cow on a Zambian Ranch
Doug is building a ranch in Zambia and trying to develop a cow herd adapted to his harsh climate! He shares all the traditional paradigms he's pushing back against and where he's finding success. He also shares the story of h...
April 13, 2025
221: Ryan Cone - Building a Business in Order to Buy a Ranch
I absolutely love Ryan's story of finding a creative way to building a large and successful ranch from nothing! He shares his story of buying and improving a medical sales business that was weeks away from being shut down and...
April 6, 2025
220: Neil Peterson - Integrating Cows on Cropland in Iowa
After doing missions work overseas Neil moved back to the family farm in Iowa. He is working to build a diversified and profitable farm that integrates cattle on land that most wouldn't consider for anything but crops. We dis...
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