Ranching Returns Podcast

Kyle shares his ranching story and I love his willingness to recognize the need to change and actually make a change. So many find it easier to go broke doing what is comfortable than to make a change. He also shares that it turns out being very low input isn't always enough, he didn't own the cows or equipment at the start. But there wasn't enough money coming in to make it work. Lots to learn from Kyle!

Resources Mentioned:

Dave Ramsey - Entreleadership

Ranching for Profit/Executive Link

Patrick Lencioni

Erwin McManus

Working Cows Podcast

Kit and the PCC team has been sending in some DNA on bulls recently and has had some exciting results on both the A2/A2 test and the Tenet Beef test. Listen in to find out what we learned.

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Welcome to the Ranching Returns Podcast, formerly known as the Herd Quitter Podcast! I've been asked a bunch why the change? Are we leaving Pharo Cattle Company? And to settle all of those concerns I wanted you all to know that nothing really will be changing as far as the podcast that you've been accustomed to listening to! The podcast has grown over the past three and a half years to now being listened to by a few thousand people every week, it seemed like it would be good to rebrand just to make a clear separation between the podcast and Pharo Cattle Company. After all, Kit Pharo is the original Herd Quitter and always will be. So what is the Ranching Returns Podcast? We will continue talking to farmers and ranchers who are leading the industry in so many things. We'll talk about the many returns they get from ranching including obviously the expreme financial returns, but also returns to their land resources and ultimately an amazing lifestyle, and that might be the most important return that Ranching can offer! So stay tuned, because every Monday, we'll release another new episode of the Ranching Returns Podcast!

Jarrod and Becca share their incredibly inspiring story of loss and financial struggles to what is now a large, diverse, successful and growing business that has a focus on minimal debt! So much to take from this conversation I hope that you enjoy!

Resources Mentioned:

Small Giants - Bo Burlingham

Essentialism - Greg Mckeown

Dave Ramsey

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This is part 2 of my conversation where John and Wally share how you can build wealth with livestock!

John and Wally join me today in part 1 of a two part conversation in which we focus today on how to manage your livestock inventory in a downward trending market. Part 2 releasing next week is on building wealth with livestock ownership!

Austin and his wife are exactly the type of story that inspire me! What they have done to expand and scale their enterprise is fascinating. They manage thousands of acres and sheep and he drops a ton of value while sharing his story in this podcast!

Resources Mentioned:

Ranching For Profit/Executive Link

John Haskell - Ranch Right LLC

If you are looking to add somebody to your team to help with your farm or ranch numbers, check out John Haskell and his team at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.ranchrightllc.com/⁠⁠⁠.

For those who deal with snow and ice in the winter, this episode is for you! David and his team at Iowa State are researching swatch grazing of sorghum sudan grass in the Midwest to feed cows through the winter at a reduced cost and I am super excited about the potential for it! We discuss everything for the logistics of it to the financials.

Resources Mentioned:

Herd Quitter Podcast

Ray Marxer - Cowboy in a Corporate World

John is running a cow/calf and crop operation in Wisconsin. I really enjoyed this conversation where we discuss the best ways we have found to make cow/calf work in this region with high snowfall and crusty snow. I also just love stories of folks building operations from scratch like John is doing!

Resources mentioned:

Herd Quitter Podcast

Working Cows Podcast

Grazing Grass Podcast

Roots and Ruminants Podcast

Soil Sense Podcast

Dirt to Soil - Gabe Brown

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