Good morning everyone, I'm your host Harlee, and this is the Ranch Collective Podcast, where we talk with western industry professionals to share, educate, and give a platform to those inside the industry, and to give those who are outside of it a look at the day to day by having real conversations with guests.

What is Tales from a Ranch Manager? It's the stories shared by ranch managers, hands, cowboys, and anyone else who works on farms or ranches, but doesn't have an ownership stake in the operation. I have lots of these special people in my life, and thought it was time to devote some minisodes to sharing their stories with you.

Today my guest is Kenneth Kyle, who is a good friend of mine, and we are chatting about his experiences managing ranches. Kenneth will come back soon for a full episode to talk more in depth about some of the experiences he had- but today, Kenneth is sharing stories about the value of his kids growing up on ranches, about a fire that took place close to the ranch he worked on in new mexico, and working for a prison dairy.

I forgot to all her social media to the audio but all of Kennneth's leatherwork can be found via his wife's social media- she is @lyd_kyle