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226: Randal Breen - From Living in a Shed to Full Time Farmer
Episode 226
Randal shares his incredible story of building a farm. He now operates on over 650 acres and direct markets meat and eggs to local individuals and wh…
1 year, 1 month ago
225: Alex McKiernan - Car Wrecks Can't Stop This Family!
Episode 225
Alex and his wife have built a diverse farm and ranch business that started with direct to consumer vegetable production through a CSA and has grown …
1 year, 2 months ago
224: Caleb Smith - Switching from Dairy to Sheep
Episode 224
Caleb has a unique story to getting into agriculture, he had the opportunity to take on a 40 year land lease from a non-profit and built a dairy farm…
1 year, 2 months ago
223: Hayden Heigele - Changing Genetics, Calving Window, and More
Episode 223
Hayden felt some resistance when wanting to experiment with new farming and ranching practices on his family farm. Rather than give up, he has been g…
1 year, 2 months ago
222: Doug Badcock - Building an Adapted Cow on a Zambian Ranch
Episode 222
Doug is building a ranch in Zambia and trying to develop a cow herd adapted to his harsh climate! He shares all the traditional paradigms he's pushin…
1 year, 2 months ago
221: Ryan Cone - Building a Business in Order to Buy a Ranch
Episode 221
I absolutely love Ryan's story of finding a creative way to building a large and successful ranch from nothing! He shares his story of buying and imp…
1 year, 2 months ago
220: Neil Peterson - Integrating Cows on Cropland in Iowa
Episode 218
After doing missions work overseas Neil moved back to the family farm in Iowa. He is working to build a diversified and profitable farm that integrat…
1 year, 3 months ago
219: Craig Ference - Thousands of Cows Grazing Corn!
Episode 219
I really enjoyed discussing Craig's operation and perspectives on things from diversification vs. specialization on a large farm and ranch, to land o…
1 year, 3 months ago
218: George Walker - From Direct Marketing to Sell/Buy Marketing
Episode 218
George shares his story of starting his own farm when there wasn't room on the family farm. He also discusses why he moved from a direct marketing mo…
1 year, 3 months ago
217: Doug Marburger - Developing Bulls in Texas
Episode 217
Doug is the developer of all the bulls being sold at the PCC sale in Texas coming up on April 1. He shares his story of not being raised on a ranch a…
1 year, 3 months ago