#148 Are you a Breeder or a Trader? | ĀæEres un criador o un comercializador?

Uncategorized Mar 25, 2025

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Hello, I am Jim Elizondo from Real Wealth Ranching, and when I say that our goal is to maximize your profits while you improve your land as quickly as possible, I mean it.

We often get caught up in life doing things that may or may not contribute to our life-long goals.

Other times, we know what our passion is and need to find ways to profit from it so that when we follow it, we will have success. But will that include economic success?

I have met people who lament not knowing their end goal early in life and confess to losing time and effort following what others wanted them to become. We need to be true to ourselves!

We tend to be happier, more effective, and successful when we are true to ourselves.

So, my question to you today is: are you a breeder or a trader?

There is nothing wrong with either; both are good, and you can improve your land with both. But, the time and effort required for them requires passion on your part.

I just ret...

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#147 How Josh Increased Stocking & Cut Costs

Uncategorized Mar 18, 2025

Real Wealth Ranching is dedicated to helping ranchers build profitable and sustainable operations by applying proven grazing principles.

Through the Total Grazing Program, ranchers gain the tools to increase productivity, improve soil health, and eliminate costly inefficiencies. One of our students, Josh Teague of Running T Farms, has experienced these transformations firsthand.

Josh Teague, a cattle rancher based in North Carolina, United States, started his journey in livestock in 2014.Ā Though his family had a history with livestock, he was the first in his generation to run cattle. In 2019, he officially launched his 100% grass-fed beef business while also working as a licensed general contractor. His ranching journey was filled with challenges before discovering the Total Grazing Program.

Before implementing Total Grazing, Josh struggled with the common pitfalls of conventional grazing. Overgrazing led to deteriorating pastures, which forced him to rely on expensive hay feeding ...

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#146 How Adam Increased His Stocking Rate & Cut Costs with Total Grazing

Uncategorized Mar 11, 2025

Real Wealth Ranching aims to help ranchers achieve lasting profitability by improving their grazing management, genetics, and nutrition.

Through the Total Grazing Academy, students gain the knowledge and confidence to maximize their land’s productivity while reducing costs.

One such student, Adam Rabjohns, from New South Wales, Australia, has seen remarkable results since implementing the program on his 750-acre farm.

Adam runs 300 head of cattle in a region with hot, dry summers reaching 38°C and cold, wet winters dropping as low as -10°C. His farm, "Leeston," has highly acidic soil (pH 4.5) and historically raised fine wool Merinos and Hereford cattle then added Angus.

Before joining the Total Grazing Academy, he struggled with inefficient forage utilization, overgrazing, and understocking. His rotational grazing system involved moving cattle monthly across large paddocks, leading to inconsistent grass recovery.

"We were doing rotational grazing, but we weren't getting the impac...

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#145 Effortless Planned Grazing

Uncategorized Feb 25, 2025

Howdy, friends.Ā Let me start by saying this—I appreciate you.

I appreciate every cattleman and cattlewoman who gets up early, works long hours in all kinds of weather, and puts in the effort to raise the best beef in the world. America depends on you.

This job isn’t easy, and it never has been. Yet, you show up, day after day, because it’s who you are. You’re not just ranchers—you’re caretakers of the land. Without you, this country wouldn’t have open spaces, thriving grasslands, or healthy cattle.Ā But let me ask you something…

Are you getting the results you deserve?
Are your pastures improving year after year?
Are you running the number of cattle you’d like?
Are you spending less time and money on hay and feed?

If not, let me tell you—it’s not your fault.

You’ve been following the advice of grazing experts, university programs, and ā€œgurusā€ who sound good in a conference room but don’t make their living from cattle.

They told us to:
- Move cattle too often or too little
- Leave to...

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#144 Ruminant Nutrition When Grazing | Nutrición de Ganado en Pastoreo

Uncategorized Feb 18, 2025

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Hello, how are you? Has life been treating you well today?

Having fun in what we do as work is vital, and it becomes easier to put in the effort needed for success.

Most people I know work for money and use it to do what they love.

I am fortunate. I love my work: researching, testing, and teaching people. I help my students do more with less, mimic nature and boost productivity at a low cost. I also want them to enjoy life and have more free time. This is my passion, and I look forward to each day and what it will bring.

Sign up for my free masterclass. It outlines three low-cost steps to boost your productivity. You'll learn how to maximize your profits while quickly improving your land. Sign up here:Ā www.rwranching.com/steps

I have been involved in many things, and sometimes, I have had to work for money, as one must do what one has to do. I did and loved many things. One was being a dairy nutritionist for 20 years for confined dairies.

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#143 The Advantages of an Optimal Calving Season | Las ventajas de una Temporada de Partos Ɠptima

Uncategorized Feb 11, 2025

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Hello, how have you been? How are you doing? Are you making the most of what your farm produces naturally? Are you contradicting nature?

We must make the most of everything we have while improving our farm and its soil.

Nature is highly productive. It uses no fertilizers or agrochemicals. But this is true only if man hasn't degraded the soil.

Savannahs created the best soils in the world. Savannas had grasses and some trees. Herbivores grazed and pruned the grass during the seasons and then migrated. Ruminants need better grass and migrate first, while fermenters leave when the food runs out; as they ferment in the cecum, like horses, elephants, rhinoceroses, etc, they do well on lower-quality grasses.

And what does this have to do with your livestock business in 2025?

A lot. By knowing how our soil forms, we can apply that to our grazing program in three sections. For example, in the total grazing program, we have one-third of the land as s...

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#142 The Importance of Livestock Selection | La importancia de la Genetica Adaptada

Uncategorized Feb 04, 2025

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Hi, this is Jim Elizondo from Real Wealth Ranching. We help you enhance your land and maximize profits while requiring minimal effort.

My passion is regenerating the land with grazing livestock on it. I always say that we help to improve your land and maximize profits quickly. But, to do this at the lowest cost, you need adapted genetics and selection guidelines. They will create much better animals that can do it.

Your livestock can regenerate or degrade land. It depends on your selection guidelines and your genetics.

How people manage livestock can either regenerate or degrade the land.

Like someone says: it's not the cow; it's the how.

So, we have the total grazing program. But then we must look at the costs and how easy or difficult we want our lives to be. Let me explain:

Some livestock, most modern breeds, have been selected for maximums: weaning weight, daily gain, and yearling weight. To achieve these maximums, they have been select...

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#141 Increasing Your Soil Fertility Without Inputs | Aumenta la fertilidad de tus suelos, sin insumos

Uncategorized Jan 28, 2025

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Hello. I hope you are well, focused on what matters to your business, and that your life is becoming easier.

Money is a necessary means of exchange. We trade our time, effort, and brains for it so that we have enough to meet our and our families' needs. But we also need time and health to enjoy life and be happy.

Today, I will explain how to increase soil fertility. We will do it without inputs, at no cost, and only through your grazing management.

Why is this important? Input prices have increased dramatically over the years, while cattle prices have not increased as fast.

We need to use natural and biological methods to produce more with less, and this is what motivates me

Sign up for myĀ free masterclass: 3 Low-cost Steps to Increase your Productivity Big Time, and learn what you need to maximize your profits while you improve your land the fastest. Go toĀ www.rwranching.com/steps.Ā 

Start with the Basics: Why Increase Soil Fertility?

Incr...

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#140 What is your Cost per Cow | Cual es tu costo por vaca

Uncategorized Jan 21, 2025

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Hi, this is Jim Elizondo from Real Wealth Ranching. We help you transform your land and maximize profits while requiring little effort.

Do numbers freak you out? Do you prefer to keep working, investing money, time, and effort in something that may or may not be making you money?

Even if you raise cattle as a hobby, knowing where your money, time, and effort are going is much better.

Let's examine the cost per cow and find ways to reduce these costs. We need to make grazing cattle profitable. Nothing is wrong with doing it as a hobby, but I would still ask you to stay and hear me out so you can better understand what is happening. You can still improve the leverage per hour of work and per dollar spent.

Feeding hay can cost hundreds of dollars per cow, depending on how many cows you maintain per 10 acres. If a round bale costs $85 daily, it can feed 35 cows for one day. So, the cost per cow per day is $2.42. Over 150 days, it would be $364 pe...

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#139 Step up your game from rotational grazing to the Total Grazing Program | Pasa del pastoreo rotacional a el Programa de Pastoreo Total

Uncategorized Jan 14, 2025

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Hi, this is Jim Elizondo from Real Wealth Ranching. We help you quickly improve your land and maximize profits with minimal effort!

If you are doing set stocking or if you are doing rotational grazing, I want to congratulate you.

The land needs livestock, or it will degrade; it is as simple as that.

The state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, hired me to help regenerate deserts. I have seen that removing livestock from the land speeds up desertification. The land needs livestock with hard hooves to break the hard crust that forms in semi-arid areas. Even with continuous grazing, the land does better than without any livestock.

I invite you to my FREE Masterclass: 3 Low-cost Steps to Increase Your Productivity Big Time and learn what you need to maximize your profits with less effort and time. Register by going toĀ www.rwranching.com/steps.

Rotational grazing, under its various names, is better than continuous grazing. It gives the land some rest. Your s...

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