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Can family farms and ranches be both profitable and sustainable while building a lasting legacy for future generations?

In this episode of the Profitable Steward Podcast, Jared Sorensen sits down with Dr. John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics at the University of Missouri, to explore the connection between farm profitability, regenerative agriculture, sustainable farming, and responsible land stewardship.

Drawing on decades of experience, Dr. Ikerd shares valuable insights on the challenges facing family farms, financial resilience, agricultural policy, and why true success in farming goes beyond the bottom line.

🌱 Key Takeaways:

• Profitability and Stewardship Go Hand in Hand: Learn why financial sustainability is essential to protecting the land, supporting your family, and preserving your farming way of life.
• Build a Resilient Farm Business: Discover how strategic diversification, financial planning, and long-term thinking can help farmers and ranchers manage risk and improve profitability.
• Create a Legacy for Future Generations: Understand why true stewardship means caring for today's resources while creating opportunities for future generations to thrive.

🚜 Are you ready to make your farm or ranch more profitable without buying more land, adding more debt, or working harder?

The Profitable Steward Accelerator helps established producers uncover hidden profit, master their numbers, and build a business their family can be proud to inherit.

👉 Apply here: https://app.agsteward.co/apply

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When something goes wrong on your farm or ranch, what do you tell yourself? "That was a bad decision," or "I'm a failure"? In this month's Profitable Steward Training, we look at why that difference matters for your business.

Drawing on the principle "you can never outperform your self-image," this session shares a hard winter on a Nevada ranch and the lessons that came from it. The main takeaway is that failure is feedback, not identity.

What you'll learn:

• How beliefs like "I'm not a numbers person" or "there's no money in ranching" shape your decisions and results
• Simple identity shifts, like adding "up to now" to a limiting statement, and moving from "worried provider" to "faithful steward"

A 3-step exercise to try this week:
1. Name one limiting belief you've been carrying
2. Define who you need to become to build the business and life you want
3. Choose one action this week that proves that new identity

Key takeaway: Your past doesn't determine your future. The farm or ranch you want to build may need more than a business plan. It may need a new picture of who you are.


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The Profitable Steward Accelerator helps established producers uncover hidden profit, master their numbers, and build a business their family can be proud to inherit.

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What does it take to build a profitable ranching business while protecting the land, supporting local producers, and strengthening regional food systems?

In this episode of the Profitable Steward Podcast, Jared Sorensen sits down with Cole Mannix, founder of Old Salt Co-op and a fifth-generation rancher in Montana’s Blackfoot Valley. Cole shares how his family’s ranching legacy inspired him to build a cooperative that connects ranchers, workers, and consumers while creating more value for the people who produce our food.

Cole discusses the challenges of building a regional meat business, the importance of regenerative land stewardship, and how Old Salt Co-op is working to create a more resilient food system. He also shares practical lessons on ranch succession planning, family governance, and helping the next generation take the lead without losing sight of the family’s values.

If you’re a rancher, agricultural entrepreneur, or family business owner, this conversation offers valuable insights into building a business that can thrive for generations.

Learn more about Old Salt Co-op and its work:
🌐 Website: https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/

🎪 Discover the Old Salt Festival: Experience a three-day celebration of land stewardship, local food, live music, ranching, and community. Explore festival details and updates here: https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/pages/festival

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