At the end of January, Justin and Jared joined Clay Conry and Steve Kenyon at the Farm and Ranch Conference in Deadwood, SD.  With questions from the crowd, the guys discuss starting your cover crop journey from scratch, fitting cover crops into your crop rotation, and the approach to diversifying your crop land.  Check out more of Clay at Working Cows Podcast and Steve at Greener Pastures Ranching.  

Clay Conry of the Working Cows Podcast joined us for a 2021 recap. We talked about different factors that affected agriculture in 2021, and things to watch for in 2022. Jared and Justin will also be joining Clay and Steve Kenyon at the 2022 Farm and Ranch Conference in Deadwood, SD on January 21 - 22, 2022. Check out the link for more information on that conference!

Welcome to Roots & Ruminants, your podcast for creative and innovative use of farm pasture and rangeland. This week, Justin and Jared travel to Highmore, SD to sit down with Jim Faulstich to find out how his operation has changed over time. Jim discusses his experience in planting grasses, storing hay, and his grazing operation. 

Welcome to Roots & Ruminants, your podcast for creative and innovative use of farm pasture and rangeland. We're on the road again! The guys visit Brian and Jamie Johnson in Carpenter, SD. We get the low down on how they plan to utilize trees in no-till acres and learn how their shared family values play into raising children on the farm. 

Welcome to Root & Ruminants, your podcast for creative and innovative use of farm pasture and rangeland. In this new segment called Ruminations with Justin + Jared, we get to know our hosts, Justin Fruechte and Jared Knock as they compare the Minnesota and South Dakota State Fairs and answer some of your frequently asked questions! 

Welcome to Root & Ruminants, your podcast for creative and innovative use of farm pasture and rangeland.  In this episode, we invite Sterling Eschenbaum from Lake Preston, SD to sit down with us and share stories of his family seedstock operation. Importance of calving ease, Charolais bull leasing, and cattle juice cleanses are just a few of the conversations tackled in episode seven! 

Welcome to Root & Ruminants, your podcast for creative and innovative use of farm pasture and rangeland. In Episode 6, Ben Dwire joins us during calving season to discuss his integration of red clover, low-maintenance calving systems, and involvement in the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition. From polly wire usage to finding month-old chicken eggs and pizza sponsorships, the guys have quite the episode.  

Welcome to Root & Ruminants, your podcast for creative and innovative use of farm pasture and rangeland. In this episode we were fortunate to have not one but two great guests! Laura Wood Peterson of Laura Wood Peterson Consulting and Vivian Georgalas of AgSpire join Jared to discuss the state of ESGs, carbon net neutrality aspirations, and land whales. Yes, land whales. Check it out!

Welcome to Roots & Ruminants, your podcast for creative and innovative use of farm pasture rangeland. From Vale, SD, we have Britton Blair for our first call-in episode to discuss the inner workings of the Blair Brothers Angus Ranch. The guys cover virtual fencing, sage-grouse leks, and subscription-based business ventures for the cattle world. 

Welcome to Roots & Ruminants, your podcast for creative and innovative use of farm pasture and rangeland. Joel Reagan, Forage Product Manager for Barenbrug USA sat down with us to talk about choosing the right product for different scenarios, and how to manage your systems for productivity.