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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May 13, 2020 • 0sec
Ep. 139 - Allan Crockett - Every Problem is a People Problem
Allan Crockett is a ranching consultant with many years of experience helping people work through their problems. He is also an instructor for the Ranching For Profit school put on by Ranch Management consultants. He joined me to talk about managing the people problems on your ranch. We talk a lot about passing the ranch assets and management on to the next generation as well as creative ways to get started with a ranch business.
Apr 27, 2020 • 0sec
Ep. 138 - Taylor Moyer - A NASCAR Crew Chief on Managing People
Taylor Moyer, Crew Chief for the Jr. Motorsports Racing #8 Car in the Xfinity Series, joined me to talk about what goes into managing the complexity that exists in the shop of a NASCAR race team. We also talk about his families rich history in farming and his own personal connection to the farm industry.
Apr 25, 2020 • 0sec
BONUS Ep. 137 - Holisitic Management Canada 2020 Highlights
In this bonus episode I share some highlights of the recordings I captured at the Holistic Management Canada 2020 Conference. There are recordings from Don Campbell’s talk on financial planning and keys to success. That is followed by a bull pen discussion with Don Campbell, Dana Penrice, Bluesette Campbell, and Ralph Corcoran. Finally we have Kevin from Red Deer, AB sharing his introduction to the Producer Grazing Panel of which I was a part. For the full recordings of all these talks and more support the Working Cows podcast at patreon.com/WorkingCows
Apr 22, 2020 • 0sec
Ep. 136 - Hugh Aljoe - Six Skills of an Intentional Manager
Hugh Aljoe, Director of Producer Relations for the Noble Research Institute in Ardmore, OK, joined me to discuss the skills required to progress as an intentional manager. We talk about the intentional management of pastures, livestock, marketing, records, finance, and personnel.
Apr 18, 2020 • 0sec
Ep. 135 - Ian Mitchell-Innes - Managing Energy Throughout the Year
Ian Mitchell-Innes is a world-renowned grazier and educator. He is a wealth of knowledge and communicates clearly and practically his passion to help people receive the maximum amount of benefit possible from the key resources entrusted to them. At the end of this episode I share some thoughts on how we can respond to this current time of uncertainty.
Apr 10, 2020 • 0sec
Ep. 134 - Ben Gotschall - Managing Market Complexity
Ben Gotschall of Davey Road Ranch joined me to discuss the ins and outs of managing market complexity. We talk about nutritional food, getting that food to market, and getting paid for those products.
Mar 31, 2020 • 0sec
Ep. 133 - Ariel Greenwood - The Ethos of a Grass Nomad
Ariel Greenwood, partner at Grass Nomads LLC, joined me to talk about the day to day realities of managing land, animals, and people in a nomadic lifestyle. We talk about how she got started, where she is now, and how she thinks about the importance of communication to those down the supply chain in our food system.
Mar 24, 2020 • 0sec
Ep. 132 - Cody Spencer - Regenerating Brittle Landscapes with Bison
Cody Spencer, Co-Manager of Roam Ranch in the Hill Country of Texas and Co-Owner of Sweetgrass Bison in Southwest, AB, joined me to discuss the work he is participating in to regenerate an abused and brittle landscape. We talk about using cover crops, calving in sync with nature, and finding animals that are adapted to a wide variety of environments.
Mar 19, 2020 • 0sec
Ep. 131 - Dr. Abbey Wick and Tim Hammerich - NDSU Soil Sense Podcast
Dr. Abbey Wick and Tim Hammerich, the two minds behind the NDSU Soil Sense Podcast, joined me to talk about why the started this podcast and what they were hoping to accomplish through this venture.
Mar 9, 2020 • 0sec
Ep. 130 - Jamie Depape - Worm Castings for Soil Health
I sat down with Jamie Depape, Chief Operations Officer for Annelida Casting Innovations, a worm casting bio stimulant manufacturing company just outside of Edmonton, AB, CA. We talked after finishing a tour of the first of two facilites. This was a great opportunity to see, hear, and smell the benefits of worm castings for range and soil health
