Profitably Adding Diversity to Ranch Businesses with Dallas Mount (WCP 462)

Profitably Adding Diversity to Ranch Businesses with Dallas Mount (WCP 462)

Author: Clay Conry October 13, 2025 Duration: 53:02

Many gurus and business consultants have sung the praises of highly diversified businesses with many streams of income. These businesses are not without their own unique challenges. Dallas Mount of Ranch Management Consultants is here to help us think differently about what success looks like. Sometimes it means identifying the one or two things we do really well and then doing a lot more of those few things rather than adding a lot more enterprises that only produce marginal results.

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Dallas' Previous Episodes:

Ep. 372 Dallas Mount – Using Business Language – July 8th, 2024

Ep. 333 Dallas Mount – Making Good Decisions

Ep. 304 Dallas Mount – What is Profit For?

Ep. 198 Dallas Mount – Succession Strategies – July 14th, 2021

Ep. 179 Dallas Mount – The Grazing Principles – March 9th, 2021

Ep. 156 Dallas Mount – Having the Courage to Talk – September 22nd, 2020

Ep. 120 Dallas Mount – Working ON the Business – December 30th, 2019

Ep. 090 Dallas Mount – Profitablity Targets – May 21st, 2019

Ep. 043 Dallas Mount – Turning the Tables – August 20th, 2018

Ep. 029 Dallas Mount – Learning in the Land Down Under – May 15th, 2018

Ep. 002 Dallas Mount – Four Pillars of a Ranching Operation – November 6th, 2017


Clay Conry hosts Working Cows-Regenerative Ranching to Maximize Profitability and Soil Health, a conversation grounded in the daily realities of running a ranch as a business. This isn't just theory; it's a practical dialogue for those whose livelihoods are tied to the land. Each episode delves into the interconnected management of four critical assets: the Land, the Animals, the Money, and the People. The goal is straightforward yet profound-to explore how regenerative practices can simultaneously heal the soil and improve the bottom line. You’ll hear from experienced ranchers and other leaders who share tangible strategies for better stockmanship, financial decision-making, and leadership on and off the range. The underlying purpose of the podcast is to glorify God by creating this essential platform for knowledge exchange. Listeners tuning in will find honest discussions about increasing operational effectiveness, ensuring that the stewardship of their resources leads to greater resilience and profitability. It’s for anyone ready to move beyond conventional thinking and discover how a regenerative approach impacts every facet of a ranching operation, from earthworms to economics.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

Working Cows - Regenerative Ranching to Maximize Profitability and Soil Health
Podcast Episodes
How to Care for the Things We Love Most (WCP 487) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:45
My family joined me at the North Dakota Association of Soil Conservation Districts Annual Meeting to share their thoughts on their favorite (and least favorite) parts of ranching the way we do. We discuss the importance…
The Role of Grazing in Succeeding in the First Generation (WCP 486) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:15
Shawn Freeland has been on quite a journey to get started as a first generation rancher. We discuss the role of grazing and paying attention to soil health in helping that journey succeed. We talk about getting started b…
Spiritual Leadership in the Home (WCP 484) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:30
How do we pass on the faith to the next generation? God has entrusted us with tools that are simple. You might say ordinary. They are ordinary in that anyone can do them. They are extraordinary in that when we are faithf…
Understanding and Deploying Profit for Business Growth (WCP 483) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:31
The first thing we need to understand is what profit is. Then we need to know what profit is for. Once we have that vision in place we can maintain our motivation over the long hall for sustainable growth. Josh Kerpan jo…
Winning Spiritual Battles (WCP 482) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:33
The fundamental reality of our lives is a spiritual one. According to Ephesians we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers and the rulers of the darkness of this age, and against spi…
Why Customers Say Yes to a Purchase Decision (WCP 481) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:23:14
There is a lot that goes into someone making a decision to make a purchase. How do we understand the driving factors that move people toward purchase decision and make sure that we are prepared to meet them with a produc…
How to Select for a More Efficient Cow Herd (WCP 478) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:04:55
Efficiency is great. Sentimentality is not. Sometimes the thing holding us back from getting to a more efficient cowherd is our unwillingness to let these cows go and start over. Today we discuss how to select for a more…