Cal Hardage
Appears in 193 Episodes
e33. Alex Bates - Chickens, Turkeys, and Wool Sheep, Oh My
In this episode of The Grazing Grass Podcast, Cal talks with Alex Bates of Chapel Ford Farm. We discuss brooding chicks for others, pastured poultry, pastured turkeys ...
e32. Nick Rodgers - Veteran to First Generation Grass Farmer
In this episode of The Grazing Grass Podcast, Cal talks with Nick Rodgers of Red Leg Farms. We discuss his grass journey as a first-generation farmer and how he's mana...
e31. Rachel Wagoner - Multigenerational Family Farm in Transition
In this episode of The Grazing Grass Podcast, Cal talks with Rachel Wagoner of Tall Pines Farms. Tall Pines Farms LLC is a multigenerational family farm in transition...
e30. Matt Sparacio - From Teaching to Farming
In this episode of The Grazing Grass Podcast, Cal talks with Matt Sparacio of Cove Creek Farm. Cove Creek Farm specializes in premium-quality GMO free, pasture-raised ...
e29. The Shepherdess at Harmony Farms - Start as Small as Possible
In this episode of The Grazing Grass Podcast, Cal talks with Grace, "the Shepherdess" of Harmony Farms. Grace runs a Dorper Sheep Farm in Texas and is a Youtuber and t...
e28. Leslie Svacina - Meat Goat Production in Wisconsin
In this episode of The Grazing Grass Podcast, Cal talks with Leslie Svacina of Cylon Rolling Acres. Leslie runs the grass-based livestock farm with the help of her hus...
e27. Ross Mathison - Craigslist Ad Gone Bad
In this episode of The Grazing Grass Podcast, Cal talks with Ross Mathison of Out Home Farm. Ross, with his partner Kate runs the farm in Central Texas. They run an op...
e26. Travis Ellis - From Wool Sheep to St. Croix Sheep
In this episode of The Grazing Grass podcast, Cal talks with Travis Ellis of Ellis Sheep Company. Travis started with wool sheep in high school but is raising St. Croi...
e25. Ronel Visser - Cow-Share Dairy and Other Livestock in Tennessee
In this episode of The Grazing Grass podcast, Cal talks with Ronel Visser of Zebulon Heritage Farm. Ronel provides fresh raw A2A2 milk from Jersey cows through a cow-...
e24. Austin Troyer - Low input Ranching
Austin Troyer of Crossroads Land and Livestock shares his journey as a first-generation farmer in eastern Ohio, building a large-scale grazing operation entirely on le...
23 | Loyd Borntrager, Borntrager Dairy
Loyd Borntrager is a second-generation dairy farmer from south-central Kansas who has transitioned his family farm from conventional dairying to a pasture-based, direc...
22 | Logan Karcher, Burnt Hill Cattle Company
In this episode of The Grazing Grass Podcast, Cal talks with Logan Karcher of Burnt Hill Cattle Company about getting started with beef cattle and hair sheep. The catt...
21 | Daniel Rose, Grassroots Ranch
Daniel Rose of Grassroots Ranch shares his path from having no farming background to building a diversified, direct-to-consumer livestock operation through leased land...
e20. Josh Ayers - Cattle, Hogs, and Poultry in Southern Ohio
In this episode of Grazing Grass Podcast, Cal talks with Joshua Ayers of Ayers Valley Farm about his beef cattle hogs and pastured poultry. Joshua was born and raised ...
e19. Will Harris - Five Species of Livestock for Meat Production
As a fourth-generation cattleman, Will Harris, manages the land that his great-grandfather settled in 1866. White Oak Pastures raises ten species of livestock and po...
e18. Austin Unruh - Silvopasture for Graziers
Austin Unruh discusses the Silvopasture for graziers including why you would want to add trees and how to start.
e17. Daniel Griffith - Wild Like Flowers
This episode features an interview with Daniel Griffith of Timshel Wildland. We discuss his journey to holistic management and the happenings on Timshel Wildland. The...
e16. Transition of a Multigenerational Farm to Regenerative Agriculture
Ryan Keeling of Keeling Farm in north central Kansas joins me on the Grazing Grass podcast to discuss his journey into regenerative agriculture since discovering Greg ...
e15. Cold Turkey for Regenerative Agriculture
With deep roots for a first generation regenerative agriculturist, August Horstmann went cold turkey on old practices as he implement regenerative practices. It hasn...
e14. From Books & New York to Stockers in Texas
From New York to Wisconsin to Texas, Chuck describes his journey from books to raising stockers. We discuss his journey, running stockers, watering systems, and no ti...