I first heard of your work on The American Tribune Podcast, and listeded to that episode with Will Tanner. Last night I read your Soil and Money article on his Substack. I have pulled up right now your Citadel Theory article, but have not read it yet. Other recommendation would be greatly appreciated. Growing up my grandpa ran 100 head of beef cattle and 100 head of dairy cows in the southern Idaho area. I spent some summers working with him in my 20’s. Just enough time to learn that I loved working with cows. My uncle still runs his place, they since gotten rid of the dairy cows, but I think business is tough for him. I’ve dreamed of having my own little heard one day, but as I grow older I realize it takes a lot of hard work to make something like that happen. I may just try working for someone else first before doing my own thing. Lots of challenges you point out in getting started from nothing.

You'll love that citadel theory talk And yeah, ranching is brutal right now. 17,000 a year going bankrupt for last 40+ years. Working Cows where I talked a lot about Bitcoin, Triffin's dilemma, tariffs, etc

Working Cows

Money - Episode 416 — Working Cows

AcresUSA where I talked about status of the US grass fed beef industry and our plans for finishing nutrient dense beef

Spotify

Ranching Reinvented: Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture with Joel Hollingsworth Ep. 60

The Acres U.S.A. Podcast · Episode

Where you located? We are in northeast Oklahoma and always needing help :)

I listened to your episode on Working Cows and really enjoyed it. I’m getting tired of bitcoin podcasts at this point, but it was nice to hear about how bitcoin fits into the bigger picture of American agriculture. On your book list above, what would be the one book you would recommend starting with from a cow production or soil management topic? I’m a beginner with very little experience or knowledge.

Sheer ecstasy, "dirt to soil" by Gabe Brown is pretty good too, then man cattle and veld, then for the love of the soil