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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Sep 9, 2019 • 0sec
Ep. 106 – Xiaokang Chen – Chinese Bovine Adaptation
Xiaokang Chen (Alex) has a fascinating history that uniquely qualifies him to speak to the audience of the Working Cows podcast. He attended High School in the Boston area as well as attended a prestigious Entrepreneurial School (Babson College). As such, he understands the necessity of a profitable herd. Couple that with training from Johann Zietsman in finding genetically adapted cattle and you have a winning combination for an episode of the Working Cows podcast.
Sep 3, 2019 • 0sec
Ep. 105 – Grahame Rees – Aussie Grazier US Tour Recap
Grahame Rees of KLR Marketing based out of Australia joined me to discuss his takeaways from the 2019 Aussie Graziers US Tour. The tour ranches from Idaho to Kansas and nearly 6000 miles in between. We talk about the commonalities between this yea’r’s tour and last year’s.
Aug 26, 2019 • 0sec
Ep. 104 – Kyle Bueermann and Matt Henslee – Finding a Local Church
We take a little detour today and talk to Kyle Bueermann and Matt Henslee, pastors of rural churches and hosts of Not Another Baptist Podcast. They joined me to talk about their new book “Replanting Rural Churches.” We approached this from the angle of finding faithful gospel preaching churches, finding community in rural contexts, and blessing rural pastors.
Aug 19, 2019 • 0sec
Ep. 103 – Nicole Masters – Fingerprints of Soil Health
Nicole Masters is a soil health consultant who has a knack for teaching the function of the complex systems of the soil in a way that connects clearly with those who are listening. She joined me to talk about what our plant community tells us about our soil and what we can do to influence it positively.
Aug 16, 2019 • 0sec
Ep. 102 – Collin Osbourn – Beefmasters Breeders United
Collin Osbourn is the Executive Director of Beefmasters Breeder United. He joined me to talk about how the breed was developed, what the results of that development process were, and how people are putting Beefmasters genetics to work for them.
Aug 4, 2019 • 0sec
Ep. 101 – Brian Alexander – An Update on an Experiment Stock Density
Brian Alexander, a Rancher from the Red Hills of Kansas joins me to give an update on his strip grazing experiment. We talk about changes in the land, changes in the cattle, and Brian’s sense of how the experiment is going so far.
Jul 22, 2019 • 0sec
Ep. 100 – Burke Teichert – Training the Next Generation of Ranch Managers
Burke Teichert of Teichert Management and Consulting joined me to discuss the training programs that consistently produce the most well equipped ranch managers. We talk about how future ranch managers can be prepared to lead teams that follow Burke’s Five Essentials for a Profitable Ranch.
Jul 16, 2019 • 0sec
Ep. 099 – Morgan Hartman – Getting Started with Holistic Planned Grazing
Morgan Hartman is a seed stock producer, grazier, and Holistic Management educator. He joined me to discuss the process he would go through to get started with Holistic Planned Grazing. Morgan also challenges the paradigms of some of those who are paradigm challengers themselves.
Jul 10, 2019 • 0sec
Ep. 098 – Bob Havard – Regenerative Ag in the UK
Bob Havard of the Midlands in England joined me to discuss his operation and how they made the shift to year-round grazing. We talk about the challenges his neighbors thought he would have and what those challengers actually were.
Jul 9, 2019 • 0sec
Ep. 097 – Asking Why?
Going solo today to talk about asking “Why?” in our ranch businesses. It is important to ask “Why?” if we hope to stay open to new ways of thinking and acting in our ranch businesses, but asking “Why?” can also have other benefits four our ranches, especially as it relates to managing our most important resource, people.
