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.

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Kaizen Solutions

Sunshine Bible Academy

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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.

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Scott Gore Rawhide

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:

Ambrook

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Eitel Valley Farms

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 Ranch

Relevant Links:

WinnettAces.org

South Dakota Grasslands Initiative Summit

Have you ever heard anyone say, "Noone wants to work these days?" Dallas Mount joins me to discuss how to find, hire, and keep good employees. We discuss when to hire and what to pay those people we do hire.

Sponsors:

Wineglass Ranch

Arrow L Ranch Composite Bull Sale

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RanchingforProfit.com

We hear many references to a "land of milk and honey." What is that? Why is it desirable? How can we make it a reality on our ranch? We answer these questions and more with Alejandro Carrillo on this episode. Alejandro Carrillo is an accomplished grazier and ranch manager who has had much success in creating a thriving and diverse ecosystem.

Sponsors:

Wineglass Ranch

Arrow L Ranch Composite Bull Sale

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Working Cows 2026 Listener Survey

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Desert Grasslands

We could potentially be leaving a lot of money on the table when we don't have control of our own monetary system. We know the banks often have the largest and fanciest buildings in town. What if we became our own banker. Nick Kosko is here to help us understand how the process works and who would benefit from taking this approach.

Sponsors:

Rogue Food Conference (Code: Cows30)

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Working Cows 2026 Listener Survey

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CreateTailwind

The more off ramps we can build into our cattle marketing strategy the better. Having versatile cattle that are capable of working in multiple different enterprises gives us more opportunities. Mason Lautenschlager has been on a journey to develop a composite breed that can provide marketing flexibility along with maternal longevity for his customers. He joins me to discuss the process of developing this breed today.

Sponsor:

Wineglass Ranch

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Working Cows 2026 Listener Survey

Relevant Links:

Arrow L Ranch Composite Bull Sale