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Latest Episodes

Ep. 216 – Elaine Froese – Getting Ranch Transition Unstuck
November 23, 2021

Audio File Download Link Elaine Froese is a agricultural business transition expert. She joined me to discuss the ways farm families get stuck as well as how they can go about getting unstuck. 2022 Fa

Ep. 215 – Luke and Natalie Kovarik – Using Technology to Get Started
November 15, 2021

Audio File Download Link Luke and Natalie Kovarik joined me to discuss how they have used technology to build a business that can scale as first generation operators. We talk about the importance of m

Ep. 215 - Luke and Natalie Kovarik - Using Technology to Get Started
November 15, 2021

Luke and Natalie Kovarik joined me to discuss how they have used technology to build a business that can scale as first generation operators. We talk about the importance of making use of overheads to

Ep. 214 – Steve Kenyon – Managing for Drought Resilience
November 08, 2021

Audio File Download Link Steve Kenyon a grazier and educator in Canada joined me to discuss how he manages every year to prepare for a drought. We talked about his approach to grazing in good years an

Ep. 214 - Steve Kenyon - Managing for Drought Resilience
November 08, 2021

Steve Kenyon a grazier and educator in Canada joined me to discuss how he manages every year to prepare for a drought. We talked about his approach to grazing in good years and drier years and how he

Ep. 213 – Aaron and Tara Helmick – Taking the “Y”
November 02, 2021

Audio File Download Link Aaron and Tara Helmick joined me to talk about the journey they have been on toward radically transforming their business. We talk about what facilitated that change, how they

Ep. 213 - Aaron and Tara Helmick - Taking the "Y"
November 01, 2021

Aaron and Tara Helmick joined me to talk about the journey they have been on toward radically transforming their business. We talk about what facilitated that change, how they decided which direction

Ep. 212 - Roger and Betsy Indreland - A Soil Health Journey
October 25, 2021

Roger and Betsy Indreland of Indreland Angus near Big Timber, MT joined me to talk about the journey they have been on to rejuvinate soil health on the landscape they manage. We talk about the use of

Ep. 211 - Wyatt Donald - Managing a Decentralized Ranch
October 18, 2021

Wyatt Donald is a key decision maker at Cayuse Livestock Co. near Big Timber, MT. This is a ranch that manages land in multiple locations with people from outside the family in different states. We ta

Ep. 210 - Aaron Berger - Ranching as a Side Hustle
October 12, 2021

Aaron Berger, an Extension Educator from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, joined me to answer a listener question regarding ranching as a side hustle. How do we do it well? What are the challenges? Wha