Optimizing the Advantages of Being a First Generation Rancher (WCP 479)
On the backside of every challenge is an opportunity. The limiting factor of your operation from one perspective is the opportunity from a different perspective. You have to learn to think differently...
15 Dec 202549min
How to Select for a More Efficient Cow Herd (WCP 478)
Efficiency is great. Sentimentality is not. Sometimes the thing holding us back from getting to a more efficient cowherd is our unwillingness to let these cows go and start over. Today we discuss how ...
12 Dec 20251h 4min
Founding a Generational Farm (WCP 477)
When we think of a generational farm we often think of multiple generations from the same family working the land over the course of centuries. Brian Dougherty and Sara Faivre are seeking to start a g...
8 Dec 202556min
How Homeopathics Help with Shipping and Weaning Stress (WCP 476)
Stress at shipping, processing, and weaning are three things that cause major losses in the cattle industry. There are more tools available to deal with these than just those that have been typical in...
5 Dec 202545min
Why Grazing Lawns Should be a Part of Your Strategy (WCP 475)
Grazing Lawns? What is that? According to Nate Chisholm they are an integral part of natural grazing systems and they should have a place in our grazing systems. We discuss what a Grazing Lawn is as w...
1 Dec 202555min
Steve Campbell on Balancing Easy-Keeping Cows with Market Demands (WCP 474)
How do we balance cows that won't break the bank with calves that the market is willing to bid on. Steve Campbell helps me answer this question that was recently posed to me. We discuss different stra...
28 Nov 202549min
Developing Durable and Fertile Bulls (WCP 473)
Roger and Betsy Indreland have been on a journey to develop bulls that fit holistically. These are bulls that are durable and fertile, but they are also tested for some of the intangible traits like s...
24 Nov 202555min
Gabe Brown on Helping the Next Generation Succeed (WCP 472)
Passing the Ranch on to the Next Generation isn't easy. The Consultants at Understanding Ag have caught my attention due to the high concentration of their consultants that have accomplished this goal...
21 Nov 20251h 14min
