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 Genetics

Ranch Right

Graze! Magazine

Seven Weeks Coffee

Relevant Links:

South Dakota Grassland Coalition

South Dakota Grasslands Initiative

Central Grasslands Roadmap

RANCH 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.FYI

Big Country Genetics

Seven Weeks Coffee

Relevant Links

Luke on X

American Hippopotamus

Knowledge 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 Advisors

Ranching.FYI

Big Country Genetics

Seven Weeks Coffee

Relevant Links:

Vision Flight (Code: WORKINGCOWS20 for 20% off)

Guests Previous Episodes:

Ep. 003 Melinda Sims – Windrow Grazing

Ep. 084 John Coleman Locke – Mob Grazing to Improve Land, Livestock, and Life

Ep. 147 Stuart Austin and John Coleman Locke – Discussing Density

Ep. 199 Shanon Sims – Raising Your Own Bulls

Ep. 276 Shanon Sims – Having Hobbies Away from the Ranch

Ep. 387 Shanon Sims – Being a Grass Nerd

Ep. 518 Emilie Hopson - How to Grow Employees that Help your Business Thrive