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

<p>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!</p><p><br /></p><p>Resources Mentioned:</p><p>Thoughts and Advice From an Old Cattleman - Gordon Hazard</p><p>Allan Nation Books</p><p>5 Mary's Marketing Course</p><p>Ranching Returns Podcast</p><p> </p><p>Podcast Sponsors:</p><p>Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="http://www.pharocattle.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.pharocattle.com</a>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business! </p><p>As always, check us out at Ranching Returns Podcast on Facebook and Instagram as well as at ⁠<a href="http://www.ranchingreturns.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.ranchingreturns.com</a>⁠.</p><p>For Ranching Returns shirts, hats, and sweatshirts check out <a href="https://farmfocused.com/ranching-returns-merch/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://farmfocused.com/ranching-returns-merch/</a></p><p>To get more information on how Ambrook can benefit your operation, check out <a href="http://ambrook.com/ranchingreturns" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ambrook.com/ranchingreturns</a></p><p>If you're interested in Farmatan to fight scours in your operation, call Paul Mitchell at 515-745-1639 or check out <a href="http://farmatanusa.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">farmatanusa.com</a>.</p><p><br /></p>