Aor 192: Ranching on the House of the Sun with Greg Friel and Jordan Jokiel
Haleakalā is the dormant volcano on Maui. Haleakalā Ranch occupies the northwestern flank of the volcano, streching down to the ocean. Greg...
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AoR 191: Sumner Erdman - Cows, Koas, and Wind Turbines on Maui's Ulupalakua Ranch
From Gold Rush–era farming and sugar to today’s diversified operation of cattle, elk, sheep, a winery, and wind turbines, Sumner Erdman, pre...
AoR 190: Keoki Wood - Livestock Manager on Parker Ranch, Hawai'i
Parker Ranch is the oldest and biggest ranch on the island of Hawai'i and one of the top cow-calf operations in the country. Keoki Wood trac...
AoR 189: "Sailing true" on waves of grass with Pono VonHolt on Hawai'i
"Ponoholo" comes from Hawaiian wayfinding: when the canoe was on the right path — reading stars, currents, and waves — you were pono holo, g...
Episode 188: Lani Cran-Petrie — Kapapala Ranch, Hawai'i
Lani Cran-Petrie runs Kapapala Ranch on the south flank of the Big Island of Hawai'i with her husband, Bill. This episode with Lani begins a...
AoR 187: Lee Knox on Ranch Management Education at Texas Christian University
In 1956, a group of Texas ranchers decided the training their kids needed didn't exist yet—so they built it themselves, and it's still runni...
AoR 186: Doug Tolleson on Grazing Nutrition and a Century of Data
Doug Tolleson is the longtime Chief Scientist at the Texas A&M AgriLife Sonora Research Station and recently retired director of the Grazing...
AoR 185: Rod Heitschmidt on a Lifetime of Integrating Rangeland Science and Application
From fighter pilot instructor to rangeland science legend, Rod Heitschmidt has done it all. In this Sages of Rangelands conversation, Tip Hu...
AoR 184: Tom Bartlett on Valuing Cows, Grass, and Everything Else
Dr. Tom Bartlett has spent a lifetime proving that rangeland is worth a lot more than meets the eye. Tip sits down with this Colorado State...
AoR 183: Rangelands on Display - Using Public Art to Reach Beyond the Choir, with Stephen Bramwell
What if the key to making people care about rangelands wasn't a fact sheet, a policy brief, or even a podcast — but interactive art that peo...
AoR 182: Allen Miller on Fire, Fence, and Family - 140 Years of Stewardship at Tower Rock Ranch
Allen Miller of Tower Rock Ranch in Mansfield, Washington was the 2023 NCBA Environmental Stewardship Award regional winner. His family has...
AoR 181: Jim Strickland, Keeping Florida Ranches Ahead of the Bulldozer
Jim Strickland is managing partner at Blackbeard's Ranch in southwest Florida, co-founder of the Florida Conservation Group, and vice chair...
IYRP March: Maryam Niamir-Fuller on Economic Services of Global Rangelands
Maryam Niamir-Fuller's career spans decades of work with pastoralist communities from all over the world. She is a special advisor to the Se...
AoR 180: Doug Poole on Integrating Grazing into Cropping Systems for Rangeland & Soil Health
In this episode, host Tip Hudson speaks with Doug Poole, a third-generation dryland farmer in Eastern Washington's arid Columbia Basin, abou...
AoR 179: Glenn Elzinga, Alderspring Ranch - Grassfed Beef in Wild, Open Spaces
Storytelling, direct-to-consumer beef sales, animal behavior, grass taxonomy, beavers, water, and wolves. Glenn Elzinga has tried to tackle...
AoR 178: Flavie Audoin on Animal Geolocation and Virtual Fence Technologies
Just when you thought you'd heard everything about virtual fence, another podcast episode comes along. But Dr. Flavie Audoin, University of...
IYRP February: Mark Moritz on Pastoralist Mobility, Land & Water Security
Pastoral mobility is crucial for both the sustainable management of rangelands and the economic viability of pastoralism. It is key to lives...
AoR 177: Betsey Boughton on Ranch-Relevant Ecological Research at Archbold Biological Station
"Archbold's mission is to build and share the scientific knowledge needed to protect the life, lands, and waters of the heart of Florida, an...
AoR 176: Gene Lollis with Buck Island Ranch, part of Archbold Biological Station
Gene Lollis has been managing the Buck Island Ranch for both commercial cattle production and research objectives for over 30 years. In this...
IYRP January: What are rangelands? Who are pastoralists? Why do they matter? - Igshaan Samuels
Why are rangelands and pastoralists vital to the culture, ecology, and economy of the world? Igshaan Samuels, a rangeland scientist in South...