Working Cows - Regenerative Ranching to Maximize Profitability and Soil Health
Clay Conry
What is the key to becoming a more regenerative ranch? How do we increase the effectiveness of our management of the Land, Animals, Money, and People that have been entrusted to us? The Working Cows podcast exists to glorify God by providing farmers and ranchers a platform to discuss and share best practices for increasing soil health, profitability, stockmanship and leadership ability.
Each week host, Clay Conry, will talk to leaders in the industry who have made the regenerative shift in their business so that their ranches are more profitable from an economic and ecologic perspective. They will discuss grazing, Holistic Management, herd health, low-stress stockmanship, leadership, and of course putting your cows to work for you.
Each week host, Clay Conry, will talk to leaders in the industry who have made the regenerative shift in their business so that their ranches are more profitable from an economic and ecologic perspective. They will discuss grazing, Holistic Management, herd health, low-stress stockmanship, leadership, and of course putting your cows to work for you.
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Nov 29, 2021 • 54min
Ep. 217 – Pete Ferrell – Perpetuating Land and its Management
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Pete Ferrell of Ferrell Ranch and 4L Grazing joined me to discuss the difference between succession and perpetuating an ecological and economic unit that can benefit generations to come. We also talked about the value of separating the land business from the management company as well as ways to create buy-in among those who want to be a part of the business.
Sponsor:PorkCheckoff.org/Sustainability
Intern at the Ferrell Ranch:2022 Ferrell Ranch Apprenticeship
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Nov 23, 2021 • 50min
Ep. 216 – Elaine Froese – Getting Ranch Transition Unstuck
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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 Farm and Ranch Conference Registration:Wyoming and South Dakota YF&R Farm and Ranch Conference
Follow Elaine:FarmFamilyCoach.com
Nov 15, 2021 • 40min
Ep. 215 – Luke and Natalie Kovarik – Using Technology to Get Started
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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 produce multiple streams of income as well as tools like Performance Beef and how it has helped them keep track of where they are in their backgrounding operation.
Sponsor:PerformanceLivestockAnalytics.com
Relevant Links:Performance Beef Digital DemoNatalie on InstagramKovarikCattleCo.com
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Ep. 215 - Luke and Natalie Kovarik - Using Technology to Get Started
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 produce multiple streams of income as well as tools like Performance Beef and how it has helped them keep track of where they are in their backgrounding operation.Sponsor:PerformanceLivestockAnalytics.com
Nov 8, 2021 • 46min
Ep. 214 – Steve Kenyon – Managing for Drought Resilience
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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 thinks about grazing given the history of a given paddock’s management.
Every Episode on One Page:RanchingPodcast.com
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Steve’s Previous Episodes:Ep. 128 Steve Kenyon – The Discipline of Lifelong Learning – February 24th, 2020Ep. 095 Steve Kenyon – The Calendar of the Year-Round Grazier – June 13, 2019Ep. 068 Steve Kenyon – Managing “Waste” in Bale Grazing – January 16th, 2019Ep. 036 Steve Kenyon – Natural Parasite Control – July 3rd, 2018
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Ep. 214 - Steve Kenyon - Managing for Drought Resilience
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 thinks about grazing given the history of a given paddock’s management.
Nov 2, 2021 • 49min
Ep. 213 – Aaron and Tara Helmick – Taking the “Y”
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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 to head, and some of the lessons they have learned on the road less traveled.
Sponsor:PerformanceBeef.com
Relevant Links:Ranching for ProfitSoil Health AcademyRFP Online Registration
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Ep. 213 - Aaron and Tara Helmick - Taking the "Y"
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 to head, and some of the lessons they have learned on the road less traveled.
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Ep. 212 - Roger and Betsy Indreland - A Soil Health Journey
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 different soil ammendments and how they have kickstarted their soil health and their plan to use grazing to maintain the gains they have seen in production and landscape health.Take the Survey:https://bit.ly/2ZfpXnX
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Ep. 211 - Wyatt Donald - Managing a Decentralized Ranch
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 talked about the what goes into management of all those moving parts.Sponsor:PerformanceLivestockAnalytics.com
