274: Jarod Kiggans -Creative Financing as a First Gen Rancher

About this episode

Jarod Kiggans shares his creative financing strategies for starting a ranch from scratch.

After 270+ episodes there are not to many episodes where I hear an idea that I have not heard before. But in this episode Jarod shares how he came up with creative financing ideas to get into his first line of equipment, his first cows and his first land purchase! An absolute must listen for anybody interested in building a ranch from scratch! We also discuss his shift in cattle genetics, marketing and everything else that has led him to a successful, profitable first generation ranch! Resources Mentioned: Greg Judy Youtube Pharo Cattle Company Newsletters and emails If you are looking to add somebody to your team to help with your farm or ranch numbers, check out John Haskell and his team at ⁠⁠⁠ https://www.ranchrightllc.com/ ⁠⁠⁠. Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.pharocattle.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business! As always, check us out at Ranching Returns Podcast on Facebook and Instagram as well as at ⁠ www.ranchingreturns.com ⁠. For Ranching Returns shirts, hats, and sweatshirts check out https://farmfocused.com/ranching-returns-merch/ To get more information on how Ambrook can benefit your operation, check out…

People in this episode

Host: Jared Luhman

Guest: Jarod Kiggans

Topics covered

• creative financing
• first generation ranching
• cattle genetics
• marketing
• ranch management

Keywords

• creative financing
• first generation rancher
• cattle genetics
• ranching business
• equipment financing

Sponsors

Ranch Right LLC, Pharo Cattle Company, Ambrook, Redmond Agriculture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Greg Judy, Pharo Cattle Company, John Haskell, Ranch Right LLC, Ambrook, Redmond Agriculture

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