Working Cows - Regenerative Ranching to Maximize Profitability and Soil Health

The deck has been stacked against grass and specifically grazing animals for a while now. The RANCH Act seeks to help alleviate these challenges by creating a working lands payment structure that encourages marginal crop acres to come out of row crop production and open them again for grazing acres. AJ Munger has been involved in the development of this legislation. He joins me to discuss the process of bringing this legislation as well as what it seeks to accomplish and how it could help grow the cow herd in the United States.Sponsors:Big Country GeneticsRanch RightGraze! MagazineSeven Weeks CoffeeRelevant Links:South Dakota Grassland CoalitionSouth Dakota Grasslands InitiativeCentral Grasslands RoadmapRANCH Act

Luke Perman helps me think better. He has recently been sharing some challenging articles and perspectives on X. He joins me to discuss those ideas today. We talk about indicators of a peak in the cattle market, how to remain profitable no matter where the market goes, and where to make strategic investments to help mitigate our tax burden.Sponsors:Ranching.FYIBig Country GeneticsSeven Weeks CoffeeRelevant LinksLuke on XAmerican HippopotamusKnowledge Rich Ranching by Allan Nation

The team at Vision Flight has helped many people hone their vision through their various consulting and educational roles. The problem was this wasn't scalable. They could only help one family at a time. Today we talk to Melinda Sims, John Locke, Shanon Sims, and Emilie Hopson about how they put their years of experience together and develop a tool to help people develop a great vision for the future of their business and life.Sponsors:Austin Hart at Redd Summit AdvisorsRanching.FYIBig Country GeneticsSeven Weeks CoffeeRelevant Links:Vision Flight (Code: WORKINGCOWS20 for 20% off)Guests Previous Episodes:Ep. 003 Melinda Sims – Windrow GrazingEp. 084 John Coleman Locke – Mob Grazing to Improve Land, Livestock, and LifeEp. 147 Stuart Austin and John Coleman Locke – Discussing DensityEp. 199 Shanon Sims – Raising Your Own BullsEp. 276 Shanon Sims – Having Hobbies Away from the RanchEp. 387 Shanon Sims – Being a Grass NerdEp. 518 Emilie Hopson - How to Grow Employees that Help your Business Thrive

Stan Oller and his family have been making intentional pivots not only so they can generate greater profitability, but also to bring the business more into alignment with their passions. This includes pivoting away from direct marketing, pivoting to sheep, and now a desire to move West from Arkansas to fulfill their desire to steward vast landscapes.Sponsors:Graze MagazineBig Country GeneticsRanch RightAustin Hart at Redd Summit AdvisorsRelevant Links:Contact Working Cows

In a previous conversation with Luke Jones he told me that healthy soil has room for air, light, and water. That got me thinking about the similarities to the conditions that help make for a healthy soul. I have had this sermon percolating for a long time and finally got a chance to share it at the Cowboys for Christ kickoff to the Newell, SD Labor Day Celebration.Sponsor:Seven Weeks CoffeeRelevant Links:Ep. 411 Luke Jones – Changing Our Mindset to Facilitate Regenerative Agriculture