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Best of Straight Talk: 3 strategies for increasing profit on the farm

24 minutes Posted Oct 30, 2025 at 3:00 pm.

Introduction by Ezra and Emmery and three strategies for success in farming and ranching

Meet the RMC owner Dallas Mount

Ranching for Profit school, a business management 7-day workshop that helps people run a farm or ranch like a business.

Looking at the business economically by building a business together in class

Improving the gross margin per unit and what that means

The most frequently overlooked issue on farms and ranches is the impact of overheads

What are some practical takeaways that farmers and ranchers can start looking at now?

Getting away from the productivity model and focusing on profit

The victim mentally in agriculture and how to retrain your attitude into a ownership mindset

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This Best of Straight Talk episode is from November 2021, when Emmery and her brother, Ezra, interviewed Dallas Mount, owner of Ranch Management Consultants, the company behind Ranching for Profit seminars. The episode focuses on what people who take the Ranching for Profit seminars learn, including why profit is more important than productivity. At the heart of the seminars are three strategies that farmers and ranchers need to consider to be successful. Learn more about them in this episode...

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