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Dec. 4, 2023

148: Logan Mannix - Mannix Family Beef

Logan Mannix along with his father, uncles and several cousins run Mannix Family Beef in Montana. They have a diversified, large scale, vertically integrated beef operation. Currently they run 1250 cows, background calves, an...

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Nov. 27, 2023

147: Amos Troester - Cover Cropping for Profit

Amos and his wife Tina have a diversified business in Northeast Iowa where they crop farm, run livestock, sell cover crop seed and offer custom seeding as a service. In this episode we discuss how cover crops can be used …

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Nov. 20, 2023

146: Matthew Menke - Transitioning to Profitable Ranching at Scale

Matthew ranched like most people in his area but after learning a little about low input ranching and regenerative management and it's potential to help improve production and profitability he began to transition his cow herd...

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Nov. 13, 2023

145: Sage Askin, Vannie Collins, Chris Baggott - Building a First Gen…

Many say that today it's impossible to become a full time farmer or rancher if you aren't born into it or marry into it. But I've got three past guests Sage Askin, Vannie Collins, and Christopher Baggot on who have …

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Nov. 6, 2023

144: Connor Laukant - Farming Full Time at 24 Years Old

Connor is a grazier in Wisconsin who at only 24 years old is already a full time farmer and a land owner. He has a diversity of livestock enterprises including custom grazing, cow/calf and heifer development. We discuss enter...

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Oct. 30, 2023

143: John Innes-Smith - Journey to Farm Ownership

John spent several years moving from farm to farm taking advantage of opportunities to build equity in land and cows until he got to where he is today. John owns 300 cows and 500 acres and operates his own successful …

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Oct. 23, 2023

142: Al DeWit, Weston Walker, Rob Pierce - Heat Tolerant Genetics Pro…

I brought back three past guests who all are working to develop composite genetics that will offer adaption to the heat, humidity, and parasite pressure that many ranchers in the US face while not giving up the performance or...

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Oct. 16, 2023

141: Joel Salatin - Successful Farming

Joel Salatin is one of the most popular farmers in the world. He has written 16 books, is the editor of the Stockman Grass Farmer, and owns and operates the popular Polyface Farm. We discuss his farm, how he monetizes …

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Oct. 9, 2023

140: Rachel Twogood - Raising Crops, Cattle and a Family

Rachel and her husband farm and ranch in Nebraska and have a diversified operation consisting of no-till crops, organic crops, cow/calf enterprises as well as a grass finishing and direct to consumer business. We discuss thes...

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Oct. 2, 2023

139: Elaine Froese - 3 Conversations Necessary Before Farm Transition

Elaine is an internationally known farm transition expert! The topic of transition is something that every farmer will have to deal with at some point and very few have a plan. She walks through 3 of the important conversatio...

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Sept. 25, 2023

138: Tom Krawiec - Ranching Like a 12 Year Old

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 …

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Sept. 18, 2023

137: Chris Baggot - Grazing Profitably on Cropland

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 …

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Sept. 11, 2023

136: Jared Luhman - Q&A

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. …

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Sept. 4, 2023

135: Al Dewit - Ranching Everywhere

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 …

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Aug. 28, 2023

134: Clint Fischer - Farm Succession

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: Universit...

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Aug. 21, 2023

133: Carl Whitworth - Goat Grazing at Scale

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 As always...

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Aug. 14, 2023

132: Kit Pharo - Kits Big Concern

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 …

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Aug. 7, 2023

131: Sean McGrath - Profitable Cow/Calf in Canada

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 …

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July 31, 2023

130: Jordan Thomas - Part 2

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 …

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July 24, 2023

129: Nevil Speer - Cattle Market Update

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! As always, c...

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July 17, 2023

128: Weston Walker - Ranching in Missouri

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 envir...

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July 10, 2023

127: Riley Shay, Sean Weinert, & Brian Munger

Today I get three guys I have a ton of respect for together to discuss ranching. We talk about drought, grazing management, apple cider vinegar, and more. As always, check us out at Herd Quitter Podcast on Facebook and Inst...

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July 3, 2023

126: Laura Burandt - Profitable Cow/Calf Production

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 …

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June 26, 2023

125: Sage Askin - Startup to Scaled Ranching

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 …

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