280: Joe Gardiner - Cover Crops for Farm and Ranch Profitability

About this episode

Joe Gardiner shares his journey into farming, discussing cover crops and their impact on profitability.

Cal Hardage Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/aef1e28ec Joe Gardiner shares his awesome story of getting into farming and hitting the farming lottery followed by learning the hard way about volatility and unpredictability of the commodity world. He discusses his learning experience in cover crops, regenerative agriculture and building what has become a very successful cover crop company Covers & Co. Resources Mentioned: Ranching for Profit Ranching Returns Podcast Working Cows Podcast Ranchenomics Ranch Right Knowledge Rich Ranching 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 ambrook.com/ranchingreturns

People in this episode

Host: Jared Luhman

Guest: Joe Gardiner

Topics covered

• cover crops
• regenerative agriculture
• farm profitability
• commodity volatility
• farming experiences

Keywords

• cover crops
• farming
• regenerative agriculture
• profitability
• commodity volatility

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Covers & Co, Ranching for Profit, Ranching Returns Podcast, Working Cows Podcast, Ranchenomics, Ranch Right, Ambrook, Pharo Cattle

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