Cities are ranches where people are raised and managed to be exploited and used like chickens are for their eggs and meat or cattle for steak just in a different way. People aren't exploited for food but their labor. The trick is to get them to trade off as much labor for as little in return for as little as possible.
Hey Mike, Could you please do a video on becoming a ranch hand? How to find a ranch to work on? Job responsiblities, pay, questions to ask to learn more, etc. Love your channel!
Not sure if you are looking into becoming a hand or are just giving a video idea but someone might see this so here goes. A website called RanchWork (www.ranchwork.com/) is a great place to start looking for jobs as is your local feed store.
@@DaebakMonkey Good advice. Tractor Supply will allow flyers. Then there is craigslist. Be careful but there are opportunities. Basically, find a farm nearby and ask. They might say no, but might also know someone who is looking.
Most farms and ranches will teach someone the ropes, but you have to have a good head on your shoulders. If you can't think your way out of a paper bag then you'd better just stay in a job where you are told exactly what to do and how to do it.
I grew up on a ranch in Colorado, back then I couldnt wait to be off the ranch, and now I am working towards getting back to ranch life, I need this, my family needs this fore sure and the industry needs us to return, thank you for your videos ! True inspiration my friend ! Keep it up !
These youtube clips are perfect thanks for sharing them, My name is Jacob McConnell and i have lived on a farm and ranch my whole life. My dream is to become a farmer and rancher
Hi, Mike I love your videos ,I love your animals and farm. You are a rancher , you know how to get everything together with the animals and all. You have a nice garden. I see you raise all kind of farm animals and you take care of them. From young to older . You feed them Healthy food. Mike you are a Great Rancher.
Been a farm hand for going on 7 years. Worked on some in my childhood and loved it. Met a girl who introduced me to a farm. Who has more on his hands than anyone I’ve ever met. We split up but the farmer and i have still worked together and are great friends! This is my goal. I get made fun of for working a job just to one day worker longer and harder. But that’s fine. I’ll be doing what i love! Thank you for the great videos!
Thanks to you and your channel I actually went and bought 6 acres out in east Texas about 2 months ago & it was the best decision I’ve ever made no more traffic 😎 plus I got 3 dogs 3 ducks and a pig for now! Thank you from the bottom of my heart brother!
this series was very helpful, for a while i figured the only people who ranched were born into it. i really want to learn and am hoping to apprentice on an operation this spring. i know the learning curve is intense but honestly i cant imagine doing anything else
I'm 19 and in college for teaching. I live on a small 10 acre farm with a few horses. I know I want to be a full time farmer. Teaching will give me summer's and time to work. I just have to save well and hope the land is out there to buy.
My plan is to start saving money now at 14 and join the marines every single time I get payed save most of the money do that for 8 or 4 years and put all that’s into my ranch
It’s funny, I grew on a suburban ranch home and since I’m older, I’m reverting back to that more. Only difference is I want a ranch, ranch. That fine living.
This is what many have wanted to learn, but didnt know it till the series started. Here's something a little humorous. I saw that the vid had been posted, and I immediately began watching. Before it got started, I noticed there were 26 Likes, 4mins into a 10:17 video. Yes, after watching the vid, I hit the 👍. Tks and Lookin Forward To Seein More, Our Wyoming Life Videos, Down the Road..
The first thing I do is hit the Like button, then Save in my OWL family category of favorites. The I watch the video 😁. Why, because I know it's going to be good and I'm going to learn something new.
@Auto blipper I’ll try to make my explanation short so I won’t bore you….It’s not all gone; just not making the money I think my operation should be making. I BOUGHT (Nothing inherited or given to me) into a Farm operation I own now through a partnership and as the partnership dissolved throughout the year’s things have come to this; my spread sheet equals 2 + 2 = 3…maybe because of tariffs threats, corporate takeovers, weather, repayment of loans and/or whatever. The past recent years my profit margin has dropped to less than .45 of 1% with a two person organization. This is a grain/cattle operation. If you’ve ever been associated with a Farm operation, you live with it… and WORK VERY HARD 24/7… After years of doing this …I’m done…. The last two years I have been negotiating with a corporation to rent my operation from me for revenue I haven’t seen in ten years. How can they make a profit and I can’t…maybe their accountant can’t read a spread sheet or my 2600 acres will fit in their 15000 acres more proficiently. If it works out, next year at this time I will be setting in a warm coffee shop; early morning sipping coffee talking about the old (bad) days. Who will be listing to me (?) probably no one; but I’ll be setting in a warm coffee shop not worried about how to pay my debts….
@@johnhugon8305 Many of those big operations were able to pay off ground and between their paid for ground and their rented ground, they were able to afford more ground. Once you get land paid for your cost of production is a lot lower.
Thanks Mike for these great series of videos, I´m really enjoying them! I´m from northern Mexico (Border with Texas) and as mechanical engineer tired of working for large companies in a small cubicle, your videos show me a way of life that I keep desiring more and more.
I was blessed to have a set of foster parents that owned and operated a small farm where I learned my work ethic. After I was discharged from the Navy I travelled the country and while in Cheyenne I answered an ad for a ranch hand...awesome job. The owners wanted to keep me but I wanted to move on. I often wonder how my life would've gone had I stayed.
I would think the financial side is a major concern, is it sustainable in tough times? The country mindset is important to learn, and having a healthy work ethic is a must.
Haha. I had a dream last night that mike phoned me and asked if he could use my last comment on the egg peeling video in his next video. Lol I was like ya absolutely, do whatever you need to do.
Just starting to research all of things to get started, or to get started learning how to get started. Haha. Researching… taking notes. I am absolutely enjoying your videos. Thank you for your time and knowledge. Looking forward to the next one.
Thank you so much for so many things. Thank you for working so hard to provide food for people, and for working extra hard to produce these videos which are both educational and entertaining. UA-cam videos have been a big source of information as I worked toward my lifelong goal. I have finally achieved my dream of hobby farming in western Montana raising goats, pigs and chickens on three acres. (A special thank you for not using the term “ homesteading”, that really bugs me). Please keep doing what you are doing and ignore the negative comments.
NRCS has the Web Soil Survey which is quite handy. If you find an interesting place on some realty site you can then go the WSS outline it using the magic of your computer and thru one of the options it will give you yield in lbs of your grass. I used it to figure out what my little place would produce in an average year, but if you want to know the stocking rate as is known for your area still contact the extension office, they are usually helpful.
I was born to a farmer. But now that I'm 61 years old, I'm thinking about selling out. We no longer raise chickens and pigs. Thinking about selling out the cows and calves. And part of the land. Tough decisions to be made. I totally enjoyed the work growing up. I've even had unusual pets. Alligator once when I was young. As well as a monkey. Then the usual chickens, ducks, geese, horse, donkey, dogs, cats to name a few lived here. We have goats now too. They belong to my son. My dad also had a slaughter house in the 50's and 60's. Good luck to all the people that want to get into farming.
no one said anythin was ever gonna be easy or give ta ya so one should expect ta werk there backsides off,, ai,m now the second generation removed from the farm,tryin ta start over is hard but bein stubbern helps, thank ya fer the video
Hey Mike. Great video and well presented. I have one question. Do you count the wildlife that graze the pastures in the spring and summer? I was taught that they should be counted back in the '70 and '80.
Thanks mike. You are doing a great job educating folks about ranching and the life. I miss it greatly. I was bred born and raised ranching here in Texas.
Hi again MIKE! This will be another important and informative series! Good job Mike. Wishing you Erin the kiddos and Grandma all a very Merry Christmas and God's blessings in the New Year! Thx as always...
We are native American and want to start a bison ranch and homestead. We will be doing horses to plow with we want to be as self sufficient as possible. I home school as well so it should be interesting. We are trying to get a VA loan
I’m thinking on buying 167 acres in Utah been wanting for a long time on buy a ranch. What do you think on a dairy ranch.? Thank you for the information.
Was that no. 2 cow in the opening scene? If I get back to country living, I will have a cow like her. I like the "in your face" ones. LOL Another great, very professionally done video. Thank you.
I worked on my dad’s farm it was funny when some of our city cousins oh that looks like fun we said come on help I was bales some body kept yelling hay hay I thought yep that’s whAt I’m doing one of my cousins had fallen off the hay wagon
God bless you and your family this winter season. Great job on the video. This series is very interesting and informative. So how often do people offer to work for free at your place?
Hi Mike, this is a question that I always wanted to ask. With goat meat being the largest type of meat comsumed in the world and with the Asian population being one of the largest growing in the community (that eat goat meat) now with a national population of over 19 million American citizens, were you going to add goats to your ranch as a cash income stock?
Mike, great job of going about this topic! I've wanted to be a rancher ever since I was a little kid and slowly but surely I'm on my way to becoming one. I've worked not only for my family, but for several cow/calf operations, feedlots, stockers, and other beef industry related jobs. I've slowly been building a purebred Simmental and purebred Angus cowherd with the help of a couple other ranchers that they themselves started similarly. I also have been obtaining a college education and making connections with industry professionals and learning from them. There are some great extension resources out there as well as great magazines such as Beef Magazine, Drover's Journal, Angus Journal from the American Angus Association, and various other breed association publications. These magazines are full of information on ranch management, animal health, nutrition,and cattle breeding and genetics information. If your interested in being a cattle rancher at all, check them out!
We do need more ranchers, a lot of info is going to be lost unless more youngsters start ranching
You haven't read many books so far have you? I'm not talking novels either.
rick dees if you cant say something nice don’t say anything at all
@@SandraLThomas64 say that again but slowly.
I'm 19 years old and my dream is to become a rancher !!
@@danny5378 im 15 and thats my dream too
Always loved the west but Iam 70 now and to old to start a new career but love watching and seeing things that I never thought about ranching .
Cities are ranches where people are raised and managed to be exploited and used like chickens are for their eggs and meat or cattle for steak just in a different way. People aren't exploited for food but their labor. The trick is to get them to trade off as much labor for as little in return for as little as possible.
Great info Mike...around here we normally do 1 cow per acre of pastureland
A great video to watch while having coffee and making Sunday breakfast..
Thank you. Enjoy your breakfast -Mike
Hey Mike, Could you please do a video on becoming a ranch hand? How to find a ranch to work on? Job responsiblities, pay, questions to ask to learn more, etc.
Love your channel!
Not sure if you are looking into becoming a hand or are just giving a video idea but someone might see this so here goes. A website called RanchWork (www.ranchwork.com/) is a great place to start looking for jobs as is your local feed store.
@@DaebakMonkey Good advice. Tractor Supply will allow flyers. Then there is craigslist. Be careful but there are opportunities. Basically, find a farm nearby and ask. They might say no, but might also know someone who is looking.
Most farms and ranches will teach someone the ropes, but you have to have a good head on your shoulders. If you can't think your way out of a paper bag then you'd better just stay in a job where you are told exactly what to do and how to do it.
Thanks y'all for the great suggestions, I appreciate it.
Would love this.
I grew up on a ranch in Colorado, back then I couldnt wait to be off the ranch, and now I am working towards getting back to ranch life, I need this, my family needs this fore sure and the industry needs us to return, thank you for your videos ! True inspiration my friend ! Keep it up !
These youtube clips are perfect thanks for sharing them, My name is Jacob McConnell and i have lived on a farm and ranch my whole life. My dream is to become a farmer and rancher
Hi, Mike I love your videos ,I love your animals and farm. You are a rancher , you know how to get everything together with the animals and all. You have a nice garden. I see you raise all kind of farm animals and you take care of them. From young to older . You feed them Healthy food. Mike you are a Great Rancher.
Been a farm hand for going on 7 years. Worked on some in my childhood and loved it. Met a girl who introduced me to a farm. Who has more on his hands than anyone I’ve ever met. We split up but the farmer and i have still worked together and are great friends! This is my goal. I get made fun of for working a job just to one day worker longer and harder. But that’s fine. I’ll be doing what i love! Thank you for the great videos!
Thanks to you and your channel I actually went and bought 6 acres out in east Texas about 2 months ago & it was the best decision I’ve ever made no more traffic 😎 plus I got 3 dogs 3 ducks and a pig for now! Thank you from the bottom of my heart brother!
Is it expensive getting the land and everything set up from dwelling to water well etc?
this series was very helpful, for a while i figured the only people who ranched were born into it. i really want to learn and am hoping to apprentice on an operation this spring. i know the learning curve is intense but honestly i cant imagine doing anything else
I'm 19 and in college for teaching. I live on a small 10 acre farm with a few horses. I know I want to be a full time farmer. Teaching will give me summer's and time to work. I just have to save well and hope the land is out there to buy.
Most big time farmers/ranchers inherit their land
@@johnpierce4778 so. Lands cheap out west. You just gotta save big and take chances
Lands cheaper in different parts of the country too
My plan is to start saving money now at 14 and join the marines every single time I get payed save most of the money do that for 8 or 4 years and put all that’s into my ranch
It’s funny, I grew on a suburban ranch home and since I’m older, I’m reverting back to that more. Only difference is I want a ranch, ranch. That fine living.
Please don’t stop making this series! I’ve wanted something like this from you guys for so long! 🌻
This is what many have wanted to learn, but didnt know it till the series started.
Here's something a little humorous. I saw that the vid had been posted, and I immediately began watching. Before it got started, I noticed there were 26 Likes, 4mins into a 10:17 video.
Yes, after watching the vid, I hit the 👍.
Tks and Lookin Forward To Seein More, Our Wyoming Life Videos, Down the Road..
The first thing I do is hit the Like button, then Save in my OWL family category of favorites. The I watch the video 😁. Why, because I know it's going to be good and I'm going to learn something new.
@@stevehairston9940
Yep... Agree, and as I pointed out too, Mike is Professor Mike a lot of times, and that's a good thing!!
Take care.
The old saying may apply:. Want to make a million farming? Start out with two million!
Except for me…it’s all gone….
@Auto blipper I’ll try to make my explanation short so I won’t bore you….It’s not all gone; just not making the money I think my operation should be making. I BOUGHT (Nothing inherited or given to me) into a Farm operation I own now through a partnership and as the partnership dissolved throughout the year’s things have come to this; my spread sheet equals 2 + 2 = 3…maybe because of tariffs threats, corporate takeovers, weather, repayment of loans and/or whatever. The past recent years my profit margin has dropped to less than .45 of 1% with a two person organization. This is a grain/cattle operation.
If you’ve ever been associated with a Farm operation, you live with it… and WORK VERY HARD 24/7… After years of doing this …I’m done….
The last two years I have been negotiating with a corporation to rent my operation from me for revenue I haven’t seen in ten years. How can they make a profit and I can’t…maybe their accountant can’t read a spread sheet or my 2600 acres will fit in their 15000 acres more proficiently. If it works out, next year at this time I will be setting in a warm coffee shop; early morning sipping coffee talking about the old (bad) days. Who will be listing to me (?) probably no one; but I’ll be setting in a warm coffee shop not worried about how to pay my debts….
@@johnhugon8305 Many of those big operations were able to pay off ground and between their paid for ground and their rented ground, they were able to afford more ground. Once you get land paid for your cost of production is a lot lower.
@@johnhugon8305 hows the coffee? It’s been about a year
@@mitchellloewen5509 I’m drinking way too much of it!! Thanks for asking!
Thanks Mike for these great series of videos, I´m really enjoying them! I´m from northern Mexico (Border with Texas) and as mechanical engineer tired of working for large companies in a small cubicle, your videos show me a way of life that I keep desiring more and more.
To be honest rancher sounds a hell of a lot cooler than farmer … thanks for the info and video 🙏
happy Sunday 🐄🐄🐄
I can't wait till we start.. Just doing it for ourselves..
Thank you very much Mike! This is great information so do is the way You drive the subject! Greetings from Michoacán Mexico rangeland!
I was blessed to have a set of foster parents that owned and operated a small farm where I learned my work ethic. After I was discharged from the Navy I travelled the country and while in Cheyenne I answered an ad for a ranch hand...awesome job. The owners wanted to keep me but I wanted to move on. I often wonder how my life would've gone had I stayed.
Well spoken. Another great video.
I would think the financial side is a major concern, is it sustainable in tough times? The country mindset is important to learn, and having a healthy work ethic is a must.
Messianic Hebrew Shawn Kawcak
Yes and yes
See these are things I dont find out as much helping my dad on his friends ranches.
Your the Bob Ross slash Mr Rogers of Ranchers Brotha Do what you you do with pride sharing your wisdom with newbies .
What A Happy Day , looking at the Wyoming Life
Goddamnit this is simply interesting info. For the future rancher or simply the layperson. Good job.
Knowledge is power. Keep the great vids rolling👍
Haha. I had a dream last night that mike phoned me and asked if he could use my last comment on the egg peeling video in his next video. Lol I was like ya absolutely, do whatever you need to do.
These video are look so professional, kudos!
Another fantastic learning tool...thank you so much.
Just starting to research all of things to get started, or to get started learning how to get started. Haha. Researching… taking notes. I am absolutely enjoying your videos. Thank you for your time and knowledge. Looking forward to the next one.
Great content great energy thank you for your time .
Hi Mike, It's very good of you to try to help someone learn more about Ranching. Thanks.
Amazing video mike happy Sunday
I'd be a rancher that loved every day of my life! I own 4 horses and would much rather be with them than at work. And yes, I own a John Deere!!
Hi Mike as promised a couple of years ago, we are here in Denver from South America on our way to Wyoming, any chance to pay you a visit?
Thank you mike for posting these videos I have been following you for years. I’ve bought land and bought it with the intention to start a farm.
Thank you so much for so many things. Thank you for working so hard to provide food for people, and for working extra hard to produce these videos which are both educational and entertaining. UA-cam videos have been a big source of information as I worked toward my lifelong goal. I have finally achieved my dream of hobby farming in western Montana raising goats, pigs and chickens on three acres. (A special thank you for not using the term “ homesteading”, that really bugs me). Please keep doing what you are doing and ignore the negative comments.
with a lot of hard work
NRCS has the Web Soil Survey which is quite handy. If you find an interesting place on some realty site you can then go the WSS outline it using the magic of your computer and thru one of the options it will give you yield in lbs of your grass. I used it to figure out what my little place would produce in an average year, but if you want to know the stocking rate as is known for your area still contact the extension office, they are usually helpful.
Loved watching and learning! Thank you!
Thanks mike great information to think about and well put together look forward to seeing the rest of this series 👍
Hey Mike, can you do a video on how to become a ranch hand?
Very inspiring
This is a great video! I found out that I was a rancher, we always called it mixed farming. LOL
I have been with when u were under 30'000 subs u channel is educational for starter like myself. Thanks!
You are a good man Mike. Awesome video Sir
This is going to be a great series Mike...!! Thanks for sharing!!
2nd episode in, amazing.
Very well done video! Good quality and good information! Thank you!!
I like this series you are doing.
Who is it that has the Buffalo ranch south of town on 59.
Seems they have been around for ever
Thanks
Just got 12 acres as a start. In the spring going to fence.
Can you also do one on types of fencing
Thank you
That's awesome. Are you gonna have a few horses? Or a few cows?
This is going to be something more than you anticipated...
This is going to be a great series.
Mike thank you for your videos I'm thinking about getting in to ranching and would like to get to know a little bit more
Well done!
Happy Advent Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas !!
Do you and two ever have second thoughts about taking over the ranch?
Great series!
I was born to a farmer. But now that I'm 61 years old, I'm thinking about selling out. We no longer raise chickens and pigs. Thinking about selling out the cows and calves. And part of the land. Tough decisions to be made. I totally enjoyed the work growing up. I've even had unusual pets. Alligator once when I was young. As well as a monkey. Then the usual chickens, ducks, geese, horse, donkey, dogs, cats to name a few lived here. We have goats now too. They belong to my son.
My dad also had a slaughter house in the 50's and 60's.
Good luck to all the people that want to get into farming.
Keep up the good work Mike!
no one said anythin was ever gonna be easy or give ta ya so one should expect ta werk there backsides off,, ai,m now the second generation removed from the farm,tryin ta start over is hard but bein stubbern helps, thank ya fer the video
This is gonna be a great series . 👍
Great video. Thank you.
just a thought
You could incite your subscribers to send you five or ten minute clip of them describing their farm and maybe some clips too etc
Hey Mike. Great video and well presented. I have one question. Do you count the wildlife that graze the pastures in the spring and summer? I was taught that they should be counted back in the '70 and '80.
Of course they eat as well and should be included when figuring stocking rates. Thanks -Mike
Thanks mike. You are doing a great job educating folks about ranching and the life. I miss it greatly. I was bred born and raised ranching here in Texas.
Hi again MIKE! This will be another important and informative series! Good job Mike. Wishing you Erin the kiddos and Grandma all a very Merry Christmas and God's blessings in the New Year! Thx as always...
I want to have a Bunny Ranch 🥳
Words of wisdom great video
We are native American and want to start a bison ranch and homestead. We will be doing horses to plow with we want to be as self sufficient as possible. I home school as well so it should be interesting. We are trying to get a VA loan
Great video Mike. Should call the Playlist OWL University, and label the videos as lessons instead of parts.
Great video
Thanks so much for another Great Video ( awesome info ) keep up the good work Sr.
Love this Series. Thanks
Now I want to watch "City Slickers" .
I’m thinking on buying 167 acres in Utah been wanting for a long time on buy a ranch. What do you think on a dairy ranch.? Thank you for the information.
Mike how are you I really like your show is very knowledgeable if I want to be become how much land I need it
Hey Mike! Where is your shoveling video from the overnight snow? lol -Bob...
When are you thinking about selling calves.
Good video. Keep it up 😁
Awesome edit, Mike. Merry Christmas OWL family.
Was that no. 2 cow in the opening scene? If I get back to country living, I will have a cow like her. I like the "in your face" ones. LOL
Another great, very professionally done video. Thank you.
I'd like to have my own small ranch for chickens
good
I worked on my dad’s farm it was funny when some of our city cousins oh that looks like fun we said come on help I was bales some body kept yelling hay hay I thought yep that’s whAt I’m doing one of my cousins had fallen off the hay wagon
Chicken ranch?! I'm there!
How much grain and hay would you say roughly how much a cow eats per day?
Is it possible to run and ranch and make money by breeding chickens and selling eggs and such?
God bless you and your family this winter season. Great job on the video. This series is very interesting and informative. So how often do people offer to work for free at your place?
Hi Mike, this is a question that I always wanted to ask. With goat meat being the largest type of meat comsumed in the world and with the Asian population being one of the largest growing in the community (that eat goat meat) now with a national population of over 19 million American citizens, were you going to add goats to your ranch as a cash income stock?
“Unless you just fall into it” 😉
Mine is a cattle ranch
Mike, great job of going about this topic! I've wanted to be a rancher ever since I was a little kid and slowly but surely I'm on my way to becoming one. I've worked not only for my family, but for several cow/calf operations, feedlots, stockers, and other beef industry related jobs. I've slowly been building a purebred Simmental and purebred Angus cowherd with the help of a couple other ranchers that they themselves started similarly. I also have been obtaining a college education and making connections with industry professionals and learning from them. There are some great extension resources out there as well as great magazines such as Beef Magazine, Drover's Journal, Angus Journal from the American Angus Association, and various other breed association publications. These magazines are full of information on ranch management, animal health, nutrition,and cattle breeding and genetics information. If your interested in being a cattle rancher at all, check them out!
nice
Bravo!!
I became alpaca ranch owner in 2 years
will any of your kids get into showing livestock like 4-H FFA ?