293: Blake and Ida Jane Allen - Building a First Gen Ranch

293: Blake and Ida Jane Allen - Building a First Gen Ranch

August 31, 2026 · 1h 14m · Episode 293

About this episode

Blake and Ida Jane Allen discuss their journey into ranching and how they built a successful direct to consumer meat business.

Blake and Ida Jane share their initial entrance into ranching starting with commercial cow/calf, their switch to stocker growing, and then back into cow/calf and growing a direct to consumer meat business that compliments their lifestyle and operation goals. They now are both full time on the farm and share how they did it! Resources Mentioned: Thoughts and Advice From an Old Cattleman - Gordon Hazard Allan Nation Books 5 Mary's Marketing Course Ranching Returns Podcast Podcast Sponsors: 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 If you're interested in Farmatan to fight scours in your operation, call Paul Mitchell at 515-745-1639 or check out farmatanusa.com .

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