Custom Grazing, Profitable Ranching & Ranch Talk with Fiona Jackson of Redwing Ranch

About this episode

Lauren P interviews Fiona Jackson about custom grazing and profitable ranching practices at Red Wing Ranch.

In this episode of Sustain the Range, I sit down with Fiona, Ranch Manager at Red Wing Ranch, and we get into everything from custom grazing to sell-buy marketing — and what it actually looks like to run a flexible, numbers-driven ranch in today’s cattle market. We talk about custom grazing as a low-cost entry point into the cattle industry, what it means to truly know your cost of production, and how being nimble — even pivoting mid-season — has allowed their operation to stay profitable. We...

People in this episode

Host: Lauren P

Guest: Fiona Jackson

Topics covered

• custom grazing
• profitable ranching
• cattle market
• cost of production
• flexible ranching

Keywords

• custom grazing
• cattle industry
• numbers-driven ranch
• cost of production
• pivoting mid-season

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Red Wing Ranch

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