Regenerative Ranching in the Age of Fiat Everything, and What We Can Learn from the Agricultural Depression
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In this episode, Will and the guys who run Smoke River Ranch discuss how regenerative ranching works, how it combats the problems with fiat-age industrial agriculture, and what the English estate system of yesteryear teaches us about fixing agriculture today.
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Regenerative Ranching in the Age of Fiat Everything, and What We Can Learn from the Agricultural Depression
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In this episode, Will and the guys who run Smoke River Ranch discuss how regenerative ranching works, how it combats the problems with fiat-age industrial agriculture, and what the English estate sys…
Another issue is American farm equipment has been designed for larger and larger operations instead of nimble multi-use applications. For example, most farmers in the eastern part of the United States do not need the same scale of farm equipment that exists in the mid-west. I feel like I could make a compelling argument that Americans in the eastern part of the United States are generally running sub-optimal equipment compared to German, Austrian, Swiss, etc. farms.
One of the issues that was not brought up on this podcast is the bureau of land management. Out west most of the land and ranchlands are not owned by private individuals, but are owned by Uncle Sam and are managed by BLM. You have to secure a grazing permit to graze the land.
When it comes to “new equipment” we have a problem with overly complicated and luxurious equipment designed to meet ridiculous emission standards. If you buy a utility tractor that’s over 75 hp, it comes with a blue deaf or diesel particulate filter. This requires you to add BlueDef to your tractor and regenerate the particulates leading to self-destruction of the tractor. It is the same issue with trucks. They’ve gotten larger, more complicated to work on, and significantly more expensive.
There are many other factors that distort the agricultural markets as well….