The Ranch Collective

Today's guest is a lovely lady from Indiana, Erin Holbert. She is a farmer but also owns Heart of the Midwest, which is designs and apparel for ag people that are farm people. You can find her on IG: @ernholbert, on FB: Heart of the Midwest, on her website: heartofthemidwestshop.com and on TikTok: @ernholbert  I'll be back with new episodes on October 6! You can find the podcast on Instagram...

Good morning! Today's episode is our final episode with Natalie Thurman.  We are talking about her predator score system- which can help you decide if you even NEED an LGD- and about managing her pack- including dog fights, multiple puppy litters, and why you can't have females in heat actively working in a field. This will be my final episode of season 2- so for the next few weeks, you'll be...

Today's episode is part 2 of my interview with the lovely Natalie Thurman. If you didn't, please go back and take a listen to part 1. We get to know a little about Natalie and her farm and her dogs. This episode is all about her business. We talk about selecting puppies, red flags in a breeder, all of the health testing she does, and a TON more. This is one of the episodes where I KNEW I needed mo...

I've been sitting on this conversation for MONTHS. Thinking about how funny Natalie is, and how much information she was willing to share with me. Reliving  some of my scarier moments growing up surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of forest- and the animals that come with living there. Natalie breeds and trains livestock guardian dogs- and what I learned is tons of stuff that I was w...

Today’s episode is part 2 with the fancy lady cowgirl Courtenay Dehoff- if you haven’t, please go back to last weeks episode and listen to part 1 because we are jumping right into the interview, no intro, and part 1 is more about Courtenay and where she’s from- this episode is more about cowgirl problems and fancy lady cowgirl. Hope y’all enjoy! You can find Courtenay on her website at http://cour...

Hey Fancy lady cowgirls.... did you see who my guest is today? The hilarious and incredible Courtenay Dehoff is on the ranch collective. When I originally reached out to her in February to help with my cold weather resource episode, I didn't know who she was- just a cowgirl, with a large following, that was knowledgeable and had shareable material. Since then, I've been following and BOY am I glad...

Today's episode is with the lovely ladies of Sasse Lake Farms. Jess & Chelsea sat down with me to chat about their transition into farm wife life, the isolation that comes with the changes into that lifestyle, and about their direct to consumer beef business. We also chat about how they share their perspective and connect with other farm wives using #farmwifeperspective, and how social media h...

You can find the podcast on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ranchcollectivepodcast/  Today's Sponsor is The Western Shop Specialist. You can find her at https://thewesternshopspecialist.com/ ; on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/thewesternshopspecialist/ ; or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sophiasulzner/

Today's guest is Anne and we got into nutrition big time. This is actually an area that I'm intensely passionate about- especially about the politics surrounding food choices- BUT didn't understand a ton about the actual processes inside the body that deal with digestion. Anne filled me in, and we chatted about mom shaming, prepping your body for pregnancy, getting your kids to eat, and why butter...

Today's guest is Ethan Lambert, who is a 6th generation cattleman in Iowa... and this episode is the coolest. Discounting the quality on my own mic in the episode, it's packed with good information from talking about how he got into ranching, sharing truths behind some of the biggest anti-ag "buzzwords", and talking about how he got involved with local agvocacy. Thank you for listening! You can fi...

You can find Emily at https://emilykayphotography.smugmug.com/ ; on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/emilykayphotographymn ; or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/emilykayphotographymn/ Today's Sponsor is The Western Shop Specialist. You can find her at https://thewesternshopspecialist.com/ ; on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/thewesternshopspecialist/ ; or on Instagram at https://...

Today's episode is about creativity & how creating bad art is okay- it's a quick one, but touches on somethings really important to me. If you're a fan of this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe. There is nothing more helpful to increasing visibility of this podcast. I am also on Instagram and FB as @ ranchcollectivepodcast . You can find sneak peaks, episode snippets, and all of my g...

Good morning! I am finally ready to share part 2 with you, after an unanticipated week off last week. We were having some internet issues all week, which made it impossible to finalize my edits and share this episode with you! If you haven't already listened to part 1 from May 12th, you should! That is the episode where we get to know Katie a little more. This episode is where we talk a little abo...

welcome friends, old and new. If you're here because you're a fan of this podcast, boy do I have a treat for you today. If you are here because you're a fan of Katie's- be it her podcast, her club on clubhouse, her company, or you just think she's super cool- welcome, I'm thrilled you're here. Katie hosts her own podcast called that Western Life, as well as started an organization called Cowgirl 9...

Hey hey hey friends! This week is part 2 with Markie from Girls Eat Beef Too. If you haven't already, please take a listen to part 1 so you can find out more about Markie. This episode is focused on her journey to agvocacy, and how she thinks that diversity is the key to education. We also talk about next week's guest- if you catch it!  Enjoy the rest of this conversation!  You can find...

Welcome and welcome back to the Ranch collective! thank you for coming and hanging out with me and my guest, Markie, today. She is not only an agvocator / educator on social media, she is ALSO going to be educating kids in the fall in the classroom. This is episode 1/2 with Markie, the lady with the Girls Eat Beef Too vision- and we are spending it getting to know her and her background- next week...

SO my original release of this episode... didn't work out. Here is the full episode. Today’s guest. Ally married into a ranch family and just kinda jumped right in. We had a nice, light hearted conversation about the West Ranch, her kids getting to grow up out there, hunting, and mountain lions. I’ve been so excited to release this episode since we recorded it in February- so I hope you all enjoy!...

Hey guys- I'm back with Season 2! Today's episode is quick update & a call for guests. Today's Sponsor is The Western Shop Specialist. You can find her at https://thewesternshopspecialist.com/ ; on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/thewesternshopspecialist/ ; or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sophiasulzner/

Today’s guest. Ally married into a ranch family and just kinda jumped right in. We had a nice, light hearted conversation about the West Ranch, her kids getting to grow up out there, hunting, and mountain lions. I’ve been so excited to release this episode since we recorded it in February- so I hope you all enjoy! Please follow along her journey over on her instagram- instagram.com/livingmywestran...

This episode we are chatting about burnout, and by we, I mean Sophia and I. You might remember Sophia Sulzner  from an episode a few months ago where we chatted about her business the Western Shop Specialist. She is a social media queen- so smart, kind, and an all around cool person. she runs the The Punchy Posse- which we didn't get to touch on a ton last episode, so we talked about it HARD in th...

Good morning! Today's episode is a little bit different- because it's a solo-sode! I'm talking about gratitude, how it's affecting my mental health, & sharing a couple of life updates with you. It's a short one- but I'm really excited about it.

This weeks guest, Becky, does something that I didn’t actually know existed. She trades on the market for farmers and ranchers. She made what that actually means a very easy and approachable subject- so hopefully if you also don’t know anything about her job, you learn as much as I did. You can find Becky and Whetstone Commodities at http://whetstonecommodities.com/

This week’s episode features Courtenay Dehoff (@courtdehoff), Alli Kelley (@longbournfarm), Christian Heckle (@prairierosephoto), Amy Dunn (@thewanderingheifer), Elana Burtman (@beautiful_bandit_llc), and Stephanie Danner (@desertcowgirlco), all of whom have fantastic resources on their social media. • You can find additional resources that we talked about at https://tscra.org/ (Texas and Southwes...

This week's episode is with Doug Brunner, who owns the Ag Center in Calfornia... and not only did I learn a TON, but what is doing with the ag center is really special. He describes it as a one stop shop for farmers in the valley, and is expanding down to the southern end of the state this year. He truly LOVES the collaboration and is excited to help other people. You can find the Ag Center online...

Hey you guys! it’s time for my first solo-sode. Y’all asked and I’m here to deliver. It’s a Q&A with me! I answer 15 total questions that you all asked, ranging from how I got into photography to podcasting advise to the kind of cow I would be. It's a shirt little epi- hope you enjoy!