Dallas Mount is the owner of Ranch Management Consultants (RMC), home of the Ranching for Profit School and the Executive Link program.

Dallas has led RMC since 2019 and worked with thousands of ranchers across North America, Australia and the UK to position their business for economic profit and ecologic health. After working with University of Wyoming Extension for 18 years, Dallas started teaching the Ranching For Profit School in 2012 and quickly established himself as an elite instructor.

Dallas and his wife Dixie, have two adult children and own and manage a grazing operation near Wheatland, WY. RMC is focused on creating profitable businesses, with healthy land and happy families.

To start off today, Dallas shares about his background in agriculture and about his work and transition to ownership of Ranch Management Consultants.

We chat about this quote, “This one-week investment with our expert instructors offers exactly what you need to boost profits, improve land health, strengthen business relationships and enhance your overall satisfaction with your operation.” (Retrieved from the Ranching for Profit School “About” page on the Ranching for Profit website) and a broad overview of what the Ranching For Profit curriculum is and why it works.

Previously, this school was offered in a 7 day format and this year RMC offered a trial of a 5 day format. We talk about the thinking behind this shift and the benefits of attending a full school rather than just the short workshops that RMC offers to introduce the Ranching for Profit information.

The school focuses on business strategy, economics and finance, people management, and leadership. Gone are the days when a farmer can just be a farmer and now business strategy and skills are essential. Dallas breaks each of the curriculum topic areas down for us a bit and touches on one or two key ideas behind each.

We also discuss the following quotes from the book, “Healthy Land, Happy Families and Profitable Business” Pratt, D. 2013 “Is your ranch a business, or is it a collection of assets and a bunch of jobs? If you can’t leave, or if things would fall apart if you did…you don’t own a business you own a job.” “We are hitting the bull’s eye, but we are aiming at the wrong target” and, “The cow/calf business is really the cull cow business.”

Along with this, we talk about the Executive Link program, which is a program for Ranching for Profit Graduates, as well as other alumni resources that are available.

If listeners are interested in attending one of the schools, workshops or joining the Executive Link program, you can check out the RMC website at: https://ranchingforprofit.com/

Or find RMC at:

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Ranching4Profit

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In today’s episode, Brock Taylor shares his history in agriculture and about his experiences in the cattle industry. He is the second generation at Taylor Auctions and his oldest son is now involved in the business as well.

Brock is the Past President of the Livestock Markets Association of Canada and shares a bit about his role with this organization.

Brock gives us a breakdown of what is involved in livestock marketing and the main considerations for a producer over a production year. He also discusses where he sees the biggest opportunities for an operation to improve profit when developing and carrying out a marketing plan.

We discuss the optimism that was in the cattle industry early in the 2024 year and how this optimism has remained and maybe even built through the year and looking into 2025. Along with this, Brick shares his expectations in the cattle markets looking into 2025 and the next 2-3 years.

We round out the episode with a bit more information on marketing tips and where producers could go to find out more about when and where to market their cattle.

To contact Brock or find out more about Taylor Auctions, please visit https://taylorauctions.ca/ or call the office @ 204-522-3996 or Brock directly @ 204-522-6396. Taylor Auctions is also on Facebook at Taylor Auctions.

The research programs and daily operations at MBFI would not be possible without the funding from the Province of Manitoba, Government of Canada, and Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, as well as the partnership with Manitoba Agriculture, Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC).

We encourage you to follow MBFI on social media, or check out the website for more information on project findings and results, upcoming events and more!

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Trevor Atchison operates Poplarview Stock Farm with his wife Melissa, their two children Reese and Wyatt, his parents Lloyd and Joan Atchison and nephew Tyler Scott. Poplarview Stock Farm was recognized as a Century Farm in 2005. Trevor’s children and nephew are the 5th generation.

The farm is located just east of Pipestone, MB in sandy soils bordering Plum Lake. The operation utilizes a land base of 9000 acres of deeded and rented land for pasture, hay, and 700-900 annually cropped acres that produce silage feed grains and some cash crops.

Around 750-800 cows are calved annually in May/June with the calves predominantly sired by Limousin bulls. Calves are weaned and backgrounded with additional purchases of 200-350 calves. They annually pasture around 500 of these calves as yearlings for this summer.

In today’s episode, Trevor tells us about the large operation that he and his family own and operate here in Manitoba. He is a regenerative cattle farmer with and intentional focus on soil health and utilizes rotational grazing and extended grazing in his operation. We discuss how the operation has changed over the years and how it has evolved into the enterprises that are run today.

Included in their operation is a large calf backgrounding enterprise, which is the focus of most of our conversation. Trevor shares what his experience has been in backgrounding calves and what he has learned along the way. We discuss growth implants and how these have worked in their operation. Trevor also shares how he utilizes feed that is produced on farm in his backgrounding system, and how this changes with the year.

Trevor also shares some of his marketing strategies, economics of backgrounding in his operation, his daily cost of gain and costs, and target profit. We wrap up with some information about his goals moving forward with the business.

To contact Trevor, call him at 204-522-5542 or email him at poplarviewfarm@gmail.com

Or follow Poplarview Stock Farm on Facebook.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Beef Cattle Research Council Silage Cost of Production Formula: https://www.beefresearch.ca/blog/silage-cost-of-production/

MB Ag Cost of Production Spreadsheets: https://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/farm-management/cost-production/index.html

The research programs and daily operations at MBFI would not be possible without the funding from the Province of Manitoba, Government of Canada, and Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, as well as the partnership with Manitoba Agriculture, Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC).

We encourage you to follow MBFI on social media, or check out the website for more information on project findings and results, upcoming events and more!

Instagram: @MBBeefandForage

Facebook: @MBBeefandForage

X (Twitter): @MBBeefandForage

Website: www.mbfi.ca

Email address: information@mbfi.ca

Mary-Jane’s Phone Number: 431-255-0011