
Working Cows - Regenerative Ranching to Maximize Profitability and Soil Health
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.
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May 5, 2025 • 59min
Capitalizing on the Wildlife Diversity that is Attracted by Regenerative Agriculture (WCP 434)
As we progress down the regenerative journey we will see many changes on the landscape. Not the least of which is the diversity of wildlife that will be attracted to our operations. Jeremy Sweeten and Kent Solberg join me to discuss the ways to create spaces for wildlife as well as strategies for capitalizing on the wildlife that come as the landscape becomes more attractive to them.
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Apr 28, 2025 • 59min
From NFL Data and Analytics to Profitable Maternal Cowherd (WCP 433)
Tyson Langland started his career with a data and analytics firm that worked with NFL football teams. When he decided to come back to the family farm and take over the cowherd, he brought that expertise with him. He achieved some goals regarding maternal traits early on, but that left him wanting more in the realm of performance. Since that time, they have been on a journey using genomic testing to speed up their movement toward their goal of optimizing maternal traits and performance. Today we get a unique cattleman’s perspective on genomic testing.
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Ep. 027 Bob Howard – Linebred Genetics

Apr 25, 2025 • 59min
The Massive Opportunity Presented by Managing US Military Installations Regeneratively (WCP 432)
The US Military has millions of acres within the US Border. In addition, they have the opportunity to impact many more acres outside of the United States by assisting those around US Military installations abroad to bring their management into alignment with regenerative principles. Maj. Eric Czaja is working to see this happen starting here at home and spreading abroad.
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Apr 22, 2025 • 45min
How Matt Stone Found His Ideal Customer (WCP 431)
Your ideal customer is looking for what you are selling when you are selling it. They are willing to pay more because you have what they are demanding when the supply is lowest. Knowing your ideal customer isn’t just for direct-to-consumer business. In fact, Matt Stone of Dakota Growth joined me to discuss how Cow/Calf operators can find their ideal customer and be the guide to help the hero in this story find what they are looking for.
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May 6th, 2025

Apr 18, 2025 • 1h 13min
Dr. Allen Williams Shares His Keys to Successful Grass-Finishing (WCP 430)
If we are going to grass-finish our animals, we should do it excellently. There are many pieces to accomplishing this. It is possible in almost all latitudes and longitudes. Today, Dr. Allen Williams shares with us what he has learned about grass-finishing in nearly 30 years of doing it.
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Ep. 290 Gabe Brown and Dr. Allen Williams – Three Rules of Adaptive Stewardship
BONUS Ep. 283 Gabe Brown and Dr. Allen Williams – The 6-3-4

Apr 14, 2025 • 58min
The First Step to Managing What Matters (WCP 429)
If we aren’t measuring what matters we can’t manage it. First, we need to decide what we are trying to accomplish and then start measuring the data that correlates to that goal so that we can make good decisions for profitable businesses. Eric Jasinski of Ambrook helps us think about how we can get started on this journey.
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Apr 12, 2025 • 53min
How Principles Keep You From Getting Left Behind by Chasing Fads (WCP 428)
Principles are powerful tools that can help us to avoid the temptation to follow the crowd and ranch like everyone else. Today we talk to Bart Carmichael and Pat Guptill about their new venture together, Principled Land Managers. We discuss both of their histories with regenerative agriculture as well as how they work to foster the kind of mutual mentorship relationship they have enjoyed among those who participate in their programs.
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Apr 7, 2025 • 1h 23min
Burke Teichert on His Five Essentials of Successful Ranch Managers (WCP 427)
Burke Teichert has a long track record of success in managing profitable ranches. Over that time, he has noticed some commonalities among successful ranch managers. He has boiled it down to Five Essentials. Today we discuss these 5 Essentials and how to apply them in a way that all resources under management are on a continuous plane of improvement.
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Apr 4, 2025 • 1h
Robust Solutions to Infrastructure Necessities (WCP 426)
Neil Thorsteinson of Range Ward and Powerflex Supply joined me to discuss his journey into regenerative ranching as well as his work with Range Ward over the years. We discuss Powerflex Supply’s Rancher Success Program, the history of the companies, as well as the versatility of these systems.
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Mar 31, 2025 • 50min
Lessons Learned After Capturing Over 100 Life Stories (WCP 425)
It won’t be long until everyone living was born after a time when electricity was ubiquitous in it’s availability. How does that fact change our society? Vance Crowe, of Legacy Interviews, joined me to discuss how this project has impacted him as well as some of the common lessons people share with him as he captures their life story.
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