Show overview
Working Cows - Regenerative Ranching to Maximize Profitability and Soil Health has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 603 episodes. That works out to roughly 350 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 45 min and 1h 2m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Business show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 29 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 102 episodes published. Published by Clay Conry.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
View all 603 episodesThe Profit Producing Power of Aubrac Cattle (WCP 512)
How Conservation Easements Can Help with Succession and Protect Landscapes (WCP 511)
Making a Waste Product into an Easily Absorbed Feed Source (WCP 510)
Morgan Mickel on the Logistics of a Profitable Western Sheep Ranch (WCP 509)
Kip Fladland on Getting the Most Out of Your Ranch Horse (WCP 508)
Joel Salatin Reads a Chapter of His Forthcoming Book (WCP 507)
Finding Your Way in Regenerative Agriculture Through Unconventional Mentorships (WCP 506)
Answering Steve Kenyon's Questions about Hearing from God (WCP 505)
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.Sponsor:Sunshine Bible AcademyRelevant Links:Greener Pastures Ranching on Facebook
How to Let Your Environment Shape Your Cattle (WCP 504)
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 RightGraze Magazine (Code: WORKINGCOWS)Sunshine Bible AcademyRelevant Links:Big Country Genetics
How to Prepare for the End of this Cattle Cycle (WCP 503)
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.Sponsor:AmbrookRelevant Links:Deep Grass Graziers
How Ranch Profits Can be Used to Grow a Real Estate Portfolio (WCP 502)
EWhen 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 RightSunshine Bible AcademyRelevant Links:<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MfMtBTnG9v4?si=hiD2r6kpCxcmUkm6" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>One of My Favorite Episodes of the Theology PugcastAnother of My Favorite Theology Pugcast EpisodesAnd Another
How Soil Health and Diversity Affect Nutrient Density (WCP 501)
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 SolutionsRelevant Links:The BioNutrient InstituteSunlight and Rain Grass-Fed Beef
How Teddy Gentry of Alabama Developed and Protected the South Poll Grass Cattle Breed (WCP 500)
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:AmbrookRelevant Links:South Poll Grass Cattle Association
How Grazing Collars are Changing the Livestock Integration Game (WCP 499)
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 SolutionsRelevant Links:Young Red Angus5th Annual Bull SaleYoung Red Angus on YouTubeJay's Previous Episode:Ep. 287 Jay Young – Using Compost Extracts
Paving the Way for Thomas Massie's PRIME Act (WCP 498)
South Dakota Representative John Shubeck is on a mission to help South Dakota be ready when Thomas Massie's PRIME Act passes. He joins me to discuss his bill as well as what other states and residents in other states can do to help with Thomas Massie's PRIME Act. Sponsor:Get Rogue Food Conference RecordingsRelevant Links:John Shubeck Legislative PageBill Page (Already Signed :facepalm: Congrats Rep. Shubeck!)
Using Wool as a Carbon Rich Soil Amendment (WCP 497)
One of the sweet spots in any system is when you can turn a "waste" product into a beneficial output. Wool, unfortunately, has become one such product. It isn't as high quality in wetter environments and certain breeds also struggle to produce high quality wool. Add to that the difficulty of those who know how to or want to shear sheep and you can see how this has led to a drying up of the wool market in many places. Israel Vasek has found a way to take these undervalued wool fleeces and turn them into a powerful, carbon rich, soil amendment. We are going to discuss that process with him today as well as the results of some of the studies using wool pellets as a soil amendment.Sponsors:Kaizen SolutionsSunshine Bible AcademyRelevant Links:Wooly Naturals
Malcolm MacLean of Ranch Hacks Discusses His Grazing and Genetics Management (WCP 496)
Whenever I hear the "Welcome Back to Ranch Hacks" opener I am immediately intrigued to see what Malcolm MacLean has done to repurpose something to optimize his effectiveness on the ranch. While we do discuss some of his Ranch Hacks today we actually spend a fair bit of our time discussing his Total Grazing program and the cowherd he has been developing to fit that system. Sponsors:Kaizen SolutionsSunshine Bible AcademyRelevant Links:Ranch Hack on FacebookRanch Hacks on YouTubeRanch Hacks on Instagram
Keeping the Craft of Rawhide Braiding Alive (WCP 495)
It takes a unique mindset to continue to stay in touch with the traditional way of doing things. Scott Gore has been on this journey from a young age. His focus has been on rawhide braiding. We discuss how he got started, lessons he has learned, as well as how he would recommend getting started today. We also discuss what he is doing to help others develop a similar passion to what he has for rawhide braiding.Relevant LInks:Scott Gore Rawhide
The Importance of Good Financials for Regenerating Land (WCP 494)
How do you regenerate a landscape that your family hasn't managed for decades? This has been the journey that Jim Eitel has been on. We discuss his strategy and the usefulness of the good financial information provided by Ambrook in deciding what to do next.Sponsor:AmbrookRelevant Links:Eitel Valley Farms
The Integral Role of Regenerative Agriculture in Revitalizing Rural Communities (WCP 493)
Many are familiar with the three-legged stool of Holistic Management made up of Economic, Social, and Environmental legs. While conventional agriculture by and large does a great job of focusing on the environmental and economic legs we can tend to neglect the social leg. Even if we focus on caring for our people it is easy to neglect our community. Today we are joined by Desi King and Bill Milton of Winnett ACES an organization focused on revitalizing rural Montana through facilitating education in regenerative agriculture and making improvements to rural social and cultural infrastructure.Sponsors:Wineglass RanchRelevant Links:WinnettAces.orgSouth Dakota Grasslands Initiative Summit