Ranching Reboot

On this episode of Ranching Reboot, we talk to Mike Callicrate and Brian Alexander about the challenges facing the meat industry and the need to rebuild America's food system. They discuss the effects of Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle" on the industry and how corporate control has led to the closure of small businesses. Mike Callicrate proposes a model of marketplace development to help rural America keep money in the community and support family farmers. They also discuss the need for more local food systems and enforcement of predatory pricing by big food companies. Topics Discussed: The effects of Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle" on the meat industry Carcass balancing and its effects on small businesses Corporate control of the food system Rebuilding rural America and the local/regional food system Building local food systems and local food chains Local/regional food system development Food security and the importance of enforcing antitrust laws Building local/regional food systems to prevent the concentration of wealth and power www.Mikecallicrate.com -------------------------------  Visit Sea-90 at www.Sea-90.com or call us at (717) 580 - 1458 Buy BoBoLinks Here!  One Earth Health Beef organ pills! RedHillsRancher.com My Patreon My Linktree #ranchingreboot #regenerativeagriculture #foodsystem #localfood #foodsecurity #familyfarmers #ruralamerica #smallbusiness #corporatecontrol #antitrustlaws #localfoodsystems #foodchains #sustainablefarming #predatorypricing #meatindustry #uptonsinclair #marketplacedevelopment #directtoconsumer #smallproducers #environmentalimpact #genz #schoolboard #citycouncil #buylocal #kickoutdollarstores #patreon #redhillsrancher

In this episode of Ranching Reboot, Jared Sorensen, a third-generation rancher from Elko, Nevada, shares his insights on regenerative ranching and his core principles that promote mindful and profitable decision-making. He joins host Brian Alexander to discuss managing the West, wild horse management, and the cost of inputs for commodity farming. Jared shares his views on the importance of understanding the history of land management, social media management, and not accepting paradigms that are not based on reality. In this thought-provoking conversation, Jared and Brian also delve into the difference between coaching and mentoring, the importance of holistic management, and the need for policy change to tackle the wild horse issue. They discuss how to challenge paradigms to create a better future for the next generation, the monetization of attention on social media, and the complexities of balancing profitability and regenerative agriculture. If you're interested in learning about sustainable ranching and regenerative agriculture, this episode is a must-listen! Jared and Selena have been married for 27 years and are the parents of nine children and one grandchild. They are 3rd generation ranchers, managing the operation Jared’s grandfather and father built in Secret Pass and Clover Valley, Nevada. Jared is a life-long learner and has been applying and teaching principles of holistic management, soil regeneration, and personal development. Jared has mentored many young people seeking to get a start in agriculture. The Sorensens raise and market grass-fed beef, teach onsite and virtual classes and offer internships on the ranch. Learn more at Agsteward.fyi/webinar. To receive a download of Jared’s book go to AgSteward.cc/ebook. AgSteward.FYI Resiliant Rancher on TikTok JaredSorenson.com Profitable Steward Podcast (Coming SOON!) Email Jared@AgSteward.FYI ------------------------------- Visit Sea-90 at www.Sea-90.com or call us at (717) 580 - 1458 Buy BoBoLinks Here!  One Earth Health Beef organ pills! RedHillsRancher.com My Patreon My Linktree Hashtags: #RanchingReboot #RegenerativeAgriculture #SustainableRanching #MindfulManagement #HolisticManagement #WildHorseManagement #SocialMediaManagement #PolicyChange #ParadigmShift #ProfitableFarming

In this episode, Chris Grotegut, a seasoned farmer from Hereford Texas, joins us on Zoom to talk about the history of feedlots in the area and the overuse of the Ogallala aquifer. Chris shares his experience of transitioning his farm from 60 center pivots worth of commodity crops to 20 and planting everything back to grass for grazing cattle. We also discuss the importance of farming food instead of feed, the fallacy of pumping ancient water with even older energy and calling it sustainable, and how living within our ecological means is crucial. Chris sheds light on aquifer recharge geology and how empires can collapse. We also delve into the use of antibiotics for livestock and the significance of native and introduced grasses on the prairie landscape. Text Chris: Eight Zero Six, Three Four Four, Five Zero One One. Email Chris Grotegut@WTRT.net ----------------------------------------------- Visit Sea-90 at www.Sea-90.com or call us at (717) 580 - 1458 Buy BoBoLinks Here!  One Earth Health Beef organ pills! RedHillsRancher.com My Patreon My Linktree #sustainablefarming #ecologicalmeans #aquiferrecharge #nativegrass #introducedgrass #prairielandscape #livestockantibiotics #farmingfood #grazingcattle #historyoffeedlots

I’m joined by Jim Mundorf, a native of Southwest Iowa he produces a YouTube channel called “Lonesome Lands” Jim is also a long-time advocate for the cow/calf producer and shares his valuable insights with us. In this episode, we discuss feedlots and their reasonable scale, transparency and traceability, and compare CAFO's to prisons. Tune in for an engaging conversation on the future of ranching and cattle production! Lonesome Lands on YouTube ------------------------- Visit Sea-90 at www.Sea-90.com or call us at (717) 580 - 1458 Buy BoBoLinks Here!  One Earth Health Beef organ pills! RedHillsRancher.com My Patreon My Linktree

On this episode of Ranching Reboot, host Brian Alexander interviews Wally Olson, a successful rancher and founder of Ranching.FYI. Wally shares his story of growing up in ranching and how he got started in the business. He also shares valuable tips on how to start a successful ranching business. According to Wally, creating a high cash flow business is crucial to starting a successful ranching business. He suggests focusing on understanding how to use leverage, paying attention to opportunity costs, and taking a ranching for profit school to learn how to track the business. Wally also advises buying small amounts of animals and selling them when they are overvalued to create cash flow. Wally and Brian also discuss the importance of writing down agreements, understanding the value of cow depreciation, and the potential for making money through heifer development. They also emphasize the importance of managing taxes and retirement savings, as well as the potential for making money in a down cattle market. The episode also covers the challenges of buying a ranch with cows and the importance of succession planning. Wally and Brian suggest an LLC system where one acre equals one share and the ranch can be transferred to blood or non-blood members. They also discuss the possibility of a livestock marketing school in Sun City, which could be a gamechanger for ranchers. ---------------------- Buy BoBoLinks Here!  One Earth Health Beef organ pills! RedHillsRancher.com My Patreon My Linktree #ranch #cows #dollars #marketing #business #cashflow #cattle #opportunity #everybody #percent #depreciation #livestock #calf #inventory #paradigm

In this episode, Kevin Muno and Brian Alexander discuss Kevin's ranching business in Southern California, which includes two 8,000-acre ranches.  They delve into the challenges of the trucking industry and transporting cattle in California, as well as the climate and forage cycles of the two ranches.  They also talk about Kevin's business, Perennial Pastures, which sells grass-fed, grass-finished beef.   Key Points:   Kevin Muno is a first-generation rancher from Los Angeles who got into ranching through a passion for nutrition and grass-fed beef Kevin bought a 5th Generation cattle company during the pandemic and is now selling to a population of 20 million people within a two-hour drive Kevin is focusing on e-commerce sales and improving soil health, building high tensile fencing, and implementing regenerative practices  Brian Alexander discusses the relationship between his herd and the ranch, the potential of a vertically integrated strategy, and the benefits of localized production Kevin Muno talks about the benefits of high stock density grazing, the Meat Standards Australia, and the value of farmers markets  Kevin and Brian discuss the use of fire as a tool for land maintenance and the importance of mimicking the way bison used the prairie They also discuss the need for infrastructure investments, soil testing, and the benefits of different types of fencing for cattle  Perennial Pastures Website Perennial Pastures Facebook Perennial Pastures Instagram Perennial Pastures on Linkedin Kevin's Twitter ---------------------- Buy BoBoLinks Here!  One Earth Health Beef organ pills! RedHillsRancher.com My Patreon My Linktree Tags: #RanchingBusiness #SouthernCalifornia #CattleTransportation #GrassFedBeef #PerennialPastures #HighStockDensityGrazing #MeatStandardsAustralia #FarmersMarkets #FireAsTool #BisonPrairie #InfrastructureInvestments #SoilTesting #FencingForCattle.

My friend Roy Pfaltzgraff joins me on zoom to talk about how he farms in the dry plains of North Eastern Colorado without irrigation. Roy talks about the 10+ different varieties of edible crops he grows on his 2,000 acre dryland farm and how he is increasing soil health by smart crop rotations and not using livestock. Roy gives me some insight into how he markets some of the different food crops he grows, including selling to restaurants and some direct to consumer sales.  Roy on Twitter PFZFarms.com PFZ farms instagram Roy on Linkedin Roy's YouTube channel The Weed Zapper ---------------------- Buy BoBoLinks Here!  One Earth Health Beef organ pills! RedHillsRancher.com My Patreon My Linktree 

It's hard enough as a solo show to keep a schedule, imagine getting four podcasters together for a evening. A show almost five months in the making, I convinced Jason Meadows from Ag State of Mind, Jared Luhman from Herd Quitter and the Podfather himself, Clay Conry from Working Cows to join me on zoom without much of an agenda to just chat for awhile. I mashed record and this is what happened. You might have heard the same content on one of their shows, we planned for a mass release, if you're really bored, maybe you can spot the differences between this version and the other three besides the intros. Have a great week! Herd Quitter Podcast Ag State of Mind Podcast Working Cows Podcast -------------------------- Buy BoBoLinks Here!  One Earth Health Beef organ pills! RedHillsRancher.com My Patreon My Linktree

My friend Bryan Hummel joins me on Zoom for a very interesting conversation about Beavers, Bison, water cycles, dam life cycles, stream life cycles, beaver biomimicry, carbon programs, soil carbon, political divisions by watersheds, the disappearing prairie biome, nature based solutions, land use changes, water runoff and acceptable rate of soil loss.  Bryan's YouTube channel Terra article Bryan's contact info: Two one zero, two one eight, seven nine one five. 

Why It’s Getting More Difficult to Make a Living in Agriculture In 2020, 1 million households started backyard flocks of chickens, so without doubt there’s a renewed interested in homesteading, self-reliance through food, and a mass disentanglement from our corrupt food system. Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm in VA is here to talk about why small food producers are the future of the US food system and the obstacles we must overcome to thrive in America’s agriculture industry. He sheds light on how the homeschooling movement is a gateway to Libertarianism and homesteading food culture; a gateway that fosters a sensible culture of self-reliance and food independence. We discuss the impact of issues like inflation, soil erosion, lack of support from the US government on small farmers’ ability to operate and feed their communities. You’ll learn how CSA and PMA programs, like the raw milk herd shares, help small farmers circumvent food regulations to get more food on more people’s plates. Then, Joel highlights the benefits of the European model of land tenure and the mission of The Rogue Food Conference, which he co-founded to educate and empower people to reclaim their fundamental right to food. “We small producers… we unorthodox, alternative producers, we have answers. We’re the sandlot players… We’re the ones out here innovating… and if we can’t play the game, the game can’t advance creatively to solve problems because it can only move at the rate, pace, and creativity of the bureaucracies, and that’s a very slow pace.” - Joel Salatin Joel Salatin and his family owns Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia, where they produce beef, pork, chicken, rabbit, turkey, lamb, duck eggs, lumber, and forestry products. Joel has authored 15+ books on everything from how to raise happier hens to starting and growing a successful farming enterprise. Episode Timeline: 00:00 Introducing Joel Salatin & Polyface Farm. 01:50 The rise of homesteading in the US & Lessons from the American egg shortage. 05:43 Breeding chickens is a hassle, but it’s really worth it! 11:53 How Polyface sources and raises their pigs. 18:51 Joel believes the farm-to-table movement blames the consumer for the problems in the food system. Listen in to hear his reasoning, plus his candid thoughts on homeschoolers. 34:20 The power of embracing children’s independence and uniqueness. 39:18 Why it’s getting more difficult to make a living in agriculture or enter the market & How farmers are overcoming this. 59:05 The US government’s problematic role in agriculture: Creating barriers to entry, but no barriers to excellence. 1:10:04 How small food producers can circumvent food regulations in order to sell food directly to consumers. 1:20:09 Patriotism is the religion of the soil. Why is this important? 1:26:27 Building hope into a dysfunctional food system: The story of why Joel and his family moved from Venezuela to Virginia. 1:43:04 Explaining the European model of land tenure: How and why Europeans share ownership of land. Check out PolyFace Farm’s website: https://polyfacefarms.com Polyface Farms website --------------------- Buy BoBoLinks Here!  One Earth Health Beef organ pills! RedHillsRancher.com My Patreon My Linktree