Cal Hardage
Appears in 199 Episodes
214 | Erich & Allison Henschel, Virginia | Small Acreage Grazing with Hogs, Goats and Cattle
How grazing works for very small acreage, all because of wanting more learning opportunities. Erich and Allison Henschel of Henschel Hof graze pigs, goats, and cattle...
213 | Huw Foulkes, North Wales | Swimming Against the Current: A Micro Dairy with Red Polls and a Case for Regenerative Farming
Huw Foulkes runs Pentrefelin Dairy in North Wales in the UK, where he has built a grass-based cow and calf micro dairy around native Red Poll cattle while also stackin...
212 | Mike Guebert, Oregon | How Two Former Vegetarians Built a Multi-Species Direct-to-Consumer Farm
Mike Guebert of Terra Farma in northwest Oregon joins Cal to share how he and his wife built a multi-species, direct-to-consumer farm over more than 20 years, from ear...
211 | Tyler Flynn, Northern California | Back to Grandfather's Land: Building a Beef Operation and a YouTube Channel From Scratch
Tyler Flynn runs a small beef cow-calf operation in Northern California at Farmer Tyler Ranch, where he also grows hay and raises a few pigs and chickens for family us...
210 | Kasie Harriet, Oklahoma | The Milk Cow That Changed Everything: Raw Milk, Direct Sales, and the Gateway Drug to Farming
Kasie Harriet is the milkmaid at Shepherd Farms, where she and her husband Jacob are building a direct-to-consumer farm business that includes raw milk, sourdough, tal...
209 | Jacob Harriet, Oklahoma | From Wildlife Warden to Grazier: Prescribed Burns, Leased Land, and Following the Animals
Jacob Harriet of Shepherd Farms shares how his background in wildlife management in central Oklahoma shaped the way he uses livestock, prescribed fire, and land restor...
208 | Glenn McCaig, Ontario | Stop Trying to Fix Everything: Simplified Systems for Pigs, Cattle, Sheep, and Sanity
Glenn McCaig of Perry's Corners Farm returns to the Grazing Grass Podcast to talk through livestock systems that stay practical when you stop trying to perfect everyth...
207 | Mason Lautenschlager, North Dakota | Losing the Family Farm at 12 and Building It Back From Nothing
Mason Lautenschlager and his wife Hannah run Arrow L Ranch near Berthold in northwest North Dakota, where they focus on grass-based enterprises including a cow-calf he...
206 | Hayden & Taylor Sievers, Illinois | From Cut Flowers to Cattle on German Heritage Ground
Hayden and Taylor Sievers of Sievers Blumen Farm in the Brussels, Illinois area share how their farm has evolved from a cut-flower business into a growing grazing-focu...
205 | Jonathan Kilpatrick, Minnesota | What Ranching for Profit School Led to a Cross-Country Move and Starting Over From Scratch
Jonathan Kilpatrick of Red Lantern Ranch and Kilpatrick Land & Livestock joins Cal to share what changed since he first appeared back on episode 2, including moving fr...
204 | Zach & Casey Abney, Oklahoma | From Health Scare to Ranch Business: Virtual Fencing, Brick-and-Mortar Stores, and Leasing Land
Zach (first-generation) and Kacie (fifth-generation) Scherler-Abney are ranchers operating Re:Farm and Re:Supply in Cotton and Tillman Counties in southwest Oklahoma, ...
203 | Matt Goble, Dry Bottom Farms
Matt Goble joins the Grazing Grass Podcast to share how he’s built a profitable, resilient wool sheep operation in a high-elevation mountain valley using entirely priv...
202. Soil Is the CRADLE of Life: A Better Way to Remember Soil Health Principles
In this Field Notes episode, Cal slows things down to share a simple way to think about soil health principles that actually sticks when you’re in the pasture. Instead...
201. Intentional Grazing in a Cold Climate with Jacob Morin
In Episode 201 of the Grazing Grass Podcast, Cal Hardage sits down with Jacob Morin of Target Angus and Le Paysan Gourmand in Quebec. Jacob shares how a college humani...
200. Starting a Grazing System with Limited Time and Budget with Adam Daugherty
Adam Daugherty joins us from southern Indiana to share the story of how a few cows, some encouragement from family, and a willingness to try rotational grazing transfo...
199. Soil-First Grazing and Earned Efficiency with Rachel Bouressa
Rachel Bouressa of Bouressa Family Farm joins us from central Wisconsin, where she’s a fifth-generation farmer and second-generation grazier managing 120 acres with a ...
198. Adding Wildlife Income Streams to Your Ranch with Doug Jobes
Today’s episode features Doug Jobes, Regenerative Ranching Advisor at the Noble Research Institute, whose background spans rural Georgia agriculture, the 75th Ranger R...
197. Silvopasture in the Real World with Austin Unruh
Austin Unruh returns for another deep, practical conversation on silvopasture — this time focusing on “the dip,” livestock pressure, pruning, shade strategy, pigs and ...
196. Regenerative Grazing and Direct Marketing Success with Leslie Svacina
Leslie returns to share what’s changed since her first appearance in Episode 28. She runs Cylon Rolling Acres in northwestern Wisconsin, where she grazes both goats an...
195. South Poll Field Day Special: Real Ranchers, Real Results
In this special in-person episode recorded at the South Poll Field Day, Cal sits down with some of the biggest names connected to the South Poll breed and regenerative...
