Tom Shea has found that unconventional mentorships are key to finding your way in Regenerative Agriculture. His relationships have continued to shape his path forward in finding a way to be profitable. This has led him to take unconventional approaches like grazing solar farms and using technology to increase his effectiveness.

Sponsors:

Create Coaches

Ranch Right

Graze Magazine

Sunshine Bible Academy

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National Grazing Lands Coalition Bus Tour

National Grazing Land Coalition

How do we hear from God? The Bible is the Word of God. The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament are where we can hear from God. But what about other channels? What about coincidences? What about other voices that claim to be from God? How do we test those? Steve Kenyon of Greener Pastures Ranching has some questions as a result of some classes he has been taking at church. I try to answer those questions today.

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Sunshine Bible Academy

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Greener Pastures Ranching on Facebook

Jimmy Stewart and his wife have been on a journey to find cattle that can graze year-round, calve on their own, and raise a calf on the range. They are continuing to push the envelope to find consistent and even cattle that can provide a heterosis bump for the customers purchasing their bulls.

Sponsors:

Ranch Right

Graze Magazine (Code: WORKINGCOWS)

Sunshine Bible Academy

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Big Country Genetics

Dan Glenn of Deep Grass Graziers has been thinking deeply about what it means to be profitable in the ranching business. He has come up with a plan that could help more people be profitable when this current cattle cycle comes to an end. We discuss this plan as well as his upcoming innaugural bull sale where you can get your hands on his forage developed bulls and females.

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Ambrook

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Deep Grass Graziers

When times are good in any sector of the economy it presents an opportunity to grow the business or diversify by investing outside of the sector in which we are most heavily invested. Chris Wiley has been a successful real estate investor for many years. He has done this while also holding down other positions sometimes across the continent from his properties. We discuss the how, when, and why of real estate investing with him today. We also discuss how to take a risk and some of the practical considerations to being a landlord.

Sponsors:

Ranch Right

Sunshine Bible Academy

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One of My Favorite Episodes of the Theology Pugcast

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There is a day coming when food buyers will be able to scan an individual food item, not a barcode, and determine its nutrient density. Dan Kittredge is a part of the team working to develop this technology. Karl Palmberg is a farmer excited about the prospect of the technology and working to retool his farm to take advantage of it by growing the most nutrient dense beef possible.

Sponsor:

Remedi Animal Solutions

Relevant Links:

The BioNutrient Institute

Sunlight and Rain Grass-Fed Beef

Teddy Gentry of the band Alabama was self-educated in the back of a tour bus about what it takes to make money in the cattle business. He learned about soil health, grazing, and genetics. This led to his development of the South Poll Grass Cattle breed. We discuss the breeds that make up this hearty and profitable composite as well as the process and the unique restrictions they have placed on the breed to protect its long-term success.

Sponsor:

Ambrook

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South Poll Grass Cattle Association

Jay Young of Young Red Angus is a big picture thinker. He has been experimenting with grazing collars for a while now and he is excited about the potential they have to revolutionize his business. He is talking about being more profitable running on fewer acres with better soil health and less time invested. That hits every facet of ranching. We discuss his vision for what the future could look like on this episode.

Sponsor:

Remedi Animal Solutions

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Young Red Angus

5th Annual Bull Sale

Young Red Angus on YouTube

Jay's Previous Episode:

Ep. 287 Jay Young – Using Compost Extracts