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AoR 170: Dr. Jim Sprinkle on The Perfect Range Cow
Cattle growth goals and livestock use of large, topographically challenging landscapes have been at odds for some decades. Weaning weights went up, cow weights went up, and herd distribution on range…
Published on 10 hours ago
AoR 169: Peter Ballerstedt on Metabolic Dysfunction - Opportunities for Eaters and Graziers
Malnutrition should be defined as any diet that results in metabolic derangement. Few Americans suffer from lack of access to calories. But we are unhealthy, with metabolic and chronic diseases incre…
Published on 2 weeks ago
AoR 168: Chuck Jarecki on Ranching "with Your Face in the Ground" in Montana
Chuck Jarecki ranched in Montana from 1961 to the 1990s, using grazing to heal lands broken by the plow that never grew enough to justify continued crop farming. He had success using the classic mana…
Published on 4 weeks ago
AoR 167: Beni Paulson on bucking bull breeding, country music, and good grazing
Beni Paulson is a North Dakota rancher who breeds, trains, and sells bucking bulls. He also raises beef cattle and produces country-western music that is more western than eastern. He sings of what h…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
AoR 166: Gabe Brown on Regenerative Grazing
Gabe Brown was thinking about and practicing regenerative grazing before it had a name. Grazing management that maintains the productive potential of naturally occurring ecosystems is an ecological i…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
AoR 165: Virtual Fence Benefits Wildlife - Jay Kehne, Conservation Northwest
How does barbed wire affect wildlife? Is there a better way to manage livestock location that distributes grazing effects and cares for the other animals occupying these landscapes? Maybe this is not…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
AoR 164: The King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management, with Rick Machen
The King Ranch is considered "The Birthplace of American Ranching". On its 150th birthday, King Ranch partnered with Texas A&M Kingsville to establish a masters program in ranch management, the only …
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
AoR 163: Stockwater Monitoring Technologies and Natural Capital with Andrew Coppin, RanchBot
Andrew Coppin is the co-founder and CEO of RanchBot, a company aiming to reduce the cost and stress of managing stockwatering supplies in the large percentage of the world's surface where water reall…
Published on 3 months ago
AoR 162: Grazing Lands Expo 2025 with Megan Terry
The Montana Grazing Lands Coalition 2025 Grazing Expo is an event designed to empower land managers with tangible resources while highlighting the West-wide impact of sound grazing lands stewardship.…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
AoR 161: The 5th "C" of Agricultural Lending, with Zach Ducheneaux
What would rural finance look like if it truly supported long-term stewardship and resilience? This is the question Zach Ducheneaux has been asking himself and working toward for a couple of decades.…
Published on 4 months ago