Grazing Grass
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Real grazing lessons from working producers.
Grazing Grass Podcast follows grass farmers, ranchers, and grazers through the real choices behind regenerative livestock systems. Episodes move from origin stories into details like custom grazing, baleage, silvopasture, raw milk, direct sales, carbon programs, and small-acreage learning curves.
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Grazing Grass Podcast is a producer-centered show about building livestock systems around grass, soil, and practical constraints. It moves slowly enough for the details to matter. Cal Hartage usually lets guests tell the story in order, then follows the thread into the management decisions underneath it. A West Virginia conversation on custom grazing becomes a discussion of drought, feeder cattle, Charolais influence, stabilizer genetics, Katahdin hair sheep, and what buyers need from calves on grass. A New York dairy episode turns into a careful look at raw milk retail, fall seasonal dairying, baleage, clover-grass forage, sorghum Sudan, and the reality of reaching goals that once felt distant. The show likes specifics. It also likes honest uncertainty. Guests describe getting started, changing enterprises, selling directly, stacking species, opening retail channels, and learning from small acreage instead of pretending the system arrived fully formed. The silvopasture episode with Brett Chedzoy shows the series at its most useful, moving from goats and woody vegetation control to spruce pine living barns, cold weather, and woodland as an overlooked grazing resource. Carbon credits get treated as a ranch business question, not a magic answer. Small-acreage episodes keep the same grounded tone, asking why hogs, goats, cattle, or smaller breeds may fit a limited land base better than a bigger dream does. International and regional stories widen the map without losing the farmyard feel, from North Wales to Oregon, Virginia, New York, Northern California, and West Virginia. The show is warm, but not glossy. It respects a good idea only after asking what it costs, how it works, and who has to manage it. Recurring community prompts turn episodes into conversation starters for other grazers. Sponsor reads and farm updates are part of the rhythm, so the experience feels close to a working farm network. The result is not a high-drama agriculture show. It is a steady record of people adjusting fences, forage, livestock, markets, and expectations until the land starts teaching back.
Made for: Built for grass farmers, ranchers, small-acreage livestock owners, and regenerative agriculture learners who want practical detail from people already doing the work. It also fits curious food and farming listeners who can follow a conversation about forage, genetics, soil, weather, and farm economics.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by staying close to producer experience instead of abstract regenerative claims. Episodes let farm stories unfold into concrete decisions about animals, land, markets, infrastructure, drought, and the financial pressure behind improvement.
The Grazing Grass Podcast features insights and stories of regenerative farming, specifically emphasizing grass-based livestock management. Our mission is to foster a community where grass farmers can share knowledge and experiences with one another. We delve into their transition to these practices, explore the ins and outs of their operations, and then move into the "Over Grazing" segment, which addresses specific challenges and learning opportunities. The episode rounds off with the "Famous Four" questions, designed to extract valuable wisdom and advice. Join us to gain practical tips and inspiration from the pioneers of regenerative grass farming. This is the podcast...
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Farm economics becomes tangible through producer conversations about labor, livestock, land use, input costs, and systems built to withstand pressure.
Grazing Grass Podcast follows farm decisions all the way to their consequences for labor, costs, livestock, and land. Cal Hartage talks with producers about working systems, asking how choices around winter feeding, herd genetics, custom grazing, dairying, and woodland pasture…
A cow that works for your farm beats one that merely looks good.
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A practical look at custom grazing, drought, and livestock choices that have to work for the next buyer.
The episode follows Justin Fry as he talks through custom grazing cattle, building a hardy hair sheep flock, and raising or feeding out feeder lambs.
A farm story about getting there, with the management details still in view.
This episode follows Dakota Finch of Finch Family Farm in New York as the work shifts from early uncertainty into something that now reads as routine.
A plainspoken look at silvopasture, living barns, and making woodland work for grazing.
The episode treats woodland as working ground, not scenery: a place for winter protection, grazing, and practical vegetation management. Brett Chedzoy lays out the case for silvopasture through farm-level examples, including outwintering cow-calf pairs in spruce and pine…
Simpler livestock systems usually make the clearest sense.
Glenn McCaig's return stays focused on management discipline: farming gets easier when every problem is not treated as a reason to add complexity.
A ranch rebuild shaped by winter feed, hard lessons, and what keeps cattle working.
This episode frames Mason Lautenschlager's story as a ranch economics story shaped by weather, pressure, and a difficult rebuild. He wanted to ranch, watched the farm sell out, then spent years trying to build it back after buying cows at the top of the market and running into…
Farm business talk with coffee-shop honesty.
Justin Fry opens with custom grazing under repeated drought pressure, which is a pretty honest place to begin.
Cal Hartage sits down with Dakota Finch of Finch Family Farm in New York.
Brett Chedzoy walks through how existing woodland can become grazing ground.
This episode explores how carbon credit programs work for ranchers, including payment structures, qualification requirements, and long-term commitments, featuring insights from Grassroots Carbon.
This episode features Erich and Allison Henschel discussing practical strategies for grazing hogs, goats, and cattle on small acreage, emphasizing learning opportunities and manageable approaches.
An interview with a regenerative farmer from North Wales about his grass-based livestock operation, direct-to-consumer beef sales, and micro-dairy.
An interview with Mike Geber about his multi-species grazing operation, direct-to-consumer marketing, and how he facilitates learning for others.
An educational podcast about regenerative grazing and grass-based livestock management, featuring interviews with farmers and experts.
An interview with a farmer about her journey in grass-based livestock farming, focusing on family milk cows and direct-to-consumer raw milk sales.
This episode discusses Jacob's journey in regenerative grazing, including starting a homestead, using prescribed burns, and leasing land for livestock.
Glenn McCaig returns for a broad, practical conversation about livestock systems that work better when you stop trying to fix everything.
Mason Lutenschlager walks through watching the family farm sell out as a kid and rebuilding it into Arrow Hill Ranch.
Interview with Jacob Morin about his diversified grass-based operation combining rotational grazing, direct-to-consumer beef sales, and market gardening in Quebec.
Rachel Barresa shares her journey rebuilding a farm after a barn fire using soil-first principles and innovative grazing methods.
Doug Jobes discusses how regenerative grazing practices can enhance wildlife habitat and create new revenue opportunities for ranchers.
An interview with Austin Unruh about implementing silvopasture, covering challenges, livestock integration, and practical strategies for grass farmers.
Interview with a sheep and goat farmer about her direct-to-consumer marketing and subscription model.
An interview with a farmer about his grass-based livestock operation, covering species, location, and start year.
An interview with a new grass farmer about his sheep and cattle operation, focusing on regenerative grazing practices.
This episode features an interview with Dana Tinney Wilson discussing her ranch, livestock grazing practices, and personal updates including her recent marriage.
This episode features an interview with Josh Harris, a second-generation grazer from North Carolina, discussing his farm's management of South Poll cattle and direct-to-consumer beef sales within a regenerative grazing framework.
This episode of the Grazing Grass Podcast features an interview with Wyatt Jones of Happy Meadow Farm, discussing his grass-based livestock operation and regenerative farming practices.
An interview with Jaime Elizondo about his background in regenerative grazing and his farm Las Coloradas.
Joel Howingsworth discusses his transition to regenerative grazing, challenges with labor, and scaling back livestock diversity at Smoke River Ranch.
This episode features an interview with Natalie Hancock about her farm Old Oak Glen in Oklahoma, where she raises Mangalitsa pigs using grazing and regenerative practices.
An interview with a farmer discussing his grazing practices, pasture species, and farm location in Australia.
An interview with a farmer in Zambia about his regenerative grazing practices and livestock management.
Riki Kremers discusses managing 8,000 acres in Wyoming with planned migratory grazing, running Angus cross cattle, horses, and goats on a family ranch established in 1973.
Interview with a farmer about her rotational grazing practices and livestock management.
An interview with a farmer about his diverse livestock operation and transition to rotational grazing.
An interview with a bison rancher about his grazing operation and regenerative practices.
An interview with farmers Nick Jackson and Sarah Mahan about their move from Maine to Kansas and their work with sheep and cattle under Regen LLC, focusing on regenerative grazing practices.