The Business of Ranching Requires Learning
November 4, 2024
This blog post is sponsored by RancherMinds. All opinions are my own. “Learning never ends, we only hope the tuition doesn’t get too
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Controversial Farming Opinion | Choose Your Hard
October 10, 2024
No I didn’t choose to have multiple crop disasters in a row to start my farming career and I didn’t choose for my
3 Things I don’t Let My Farm Kids Do | Machine Edition
October 3, 2024
Over time of having the kids at the farm, all day, every day we’ve come to adopt these expectations as part of our
What is a factory cow?
September 26, 2024
We are production agriculture, which means our margins are small and we operate on volume. We’re a family operation and this place directly
Is the tractor drive the most important player on the farm?
September 12, 2024
I use to think that I wasn’t contributing if I wasn’t in the cab. Then I spent more time in the cab, and
What we spend more money on than we think we should as farmers.
September 10, 2024
Ours… our Ranger string. We’ve talked about using a minivan to haul calves around — not great clearance or 4WD. We’ve talked about
How a rancher feels when they sell cull cows?
September 7, 2024
Sad over the good ones, relieved over the ones who tried to eat me. It’s eat or be eaten. Right?! We had some
Why I don’t hope my kids will return to the farm.
September 5, 2024
I know what you’re thinking, “there’s no way you don’t hope & pray your kids come back to the business!” I really don’t.
Reflections on Adding Species Diversity to Your Pasture
August 30, 2024
I’m following along with a producer on insta who has introduced more species to her pasture. It’s been exciting to see and inspiring.
How we make purchase decisions as farmers
August 22, 2024
Had a great question about how we make purchase decisions and wanted to talk with you about it — Equipment — for the