How Do I Become a Rancher? - Part 3 - Getting Land

[@cameronianniccari5833]

When is part 4 coming out?

[@austinblanchard2756]

Love this series Mike. Been waiting and hoping for a continuation of it. Part 4?

[@lukeswain1752]

Small scale ranching is exactly what I want. I want to keep a part time job, as he said, in town. And still have time to maintain a few animals. Id love to grow the food for them. Grow a bit of food for myself as well. I dont care about making money. Its not about the money for me. Its about the life. Just being out there, taking care of the land that I own, the animals on it. Nothing to crazy. It just sounds so perfect.

[@poeticjustice1038]

When is part 4 coming? I’ve been looking into this lifestyle for a long time and your videos are very informational

[@wolfpack7611]

I hate to write this, but in the times we live now to Ranch you either have to had picked your parents very well or have made your money in some other endeavors and Ranching has always been on your bucket list.

[@travelinthru9519]

Or gave to you or married into it. But remember this ranch is not his or his wife's it's still the mother-in-law.

[@Warriorbob-im5py]

Not true at all. Start small. Even if you have to rent a few acres from someone. After a few years you can qualify for a USDA farm loan to get your own place. That’s what my cousin did and I’m currently doing. It’s a lot of hard work but there’s ways to do it.

[@suffolkshepherd]

You are correct WolfPack. The profit margin is just not there tp cover the cost. It takes a good paying job to be able to afford to ranch.

[@highstandards6226]

@@travelinthru9519 depending on how the will is/was written.😉🤷‍♀️ which is none of our business.👏👏 but, good point.

[@travelinthru9519]

@@highstandards6226 well if you pay attention to the videos he refers to it as his mother-in-law's ranch.. plus it's not very hard if you do the research to figure out

[@SidDeanDFWHomeandRanch]

Mike you hit the nail on the head by helping folks understand one of main criteria is how many acres does it take to support the livestock they want. As a Farm & Ranch Realtor in Texas I get calls daily from folks that want to buy “5-10 acres” so they can run several head of cows. Can it be done ? Yes but your going to buy a lot of feed and it better be a hobby with outside income paying the bills. There is a 420,000 acre ranch currently for sale in south Texas that I think would support a half dozen goats and thousands of rattlesnakes. Price tag is $320 million if anyone is interested. Great series keep it up.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Great video series Mike! Such an awesome insight....buying the land is the easy part...caring for it and building your farm or ranch is the hardest part for sure!

[@KimberlyFlores]

Loving this series! I have a 10ac parcel with a well, electric and big barn that I recently purchased as a getaway place for our rving lifestyle, but looks like I will have to put it to work as my husband had a stroke and the nomad life is put on hold. I am learning a ton watching your videos. My friends and fellow rvers, had the Cayuse Ranch not far from your area. It wasn't managed well and was sold. They are helping me here in Texas while they can to avoid what happened to them. It's a small place and might support 2 feeder calves, but it's a start. Keep up the good work!

[@DanKlein_1]

I live in Western Pa near a community of Amish Dutch. one told me an old joke one time... it goes.... you know what I would do if I ever won the lottery?.... I would farm and farm and farm until it was all gone. :-) Pretty much sums up farming. I bought a 110 acre farm 25 yrs ago and we have been farming since. I work full time at a day job to support my habit. haha.

[@peterhuehn6137]

The family I work for are first generation dairy farmers, they started from scratch in the early 90's. You can make it with hard work and dedication.

[@tysonwalsh8193]

I wish I had the time for a ranch but the only ranch I get is with buffalo wings

[@East9211]

Tyson Walsh lol

[@flyingcranekyle]

I have enjoyed this very much Mike. I have been watching "The Ranch" on Netflix, and you see the real life struggles and triumphant of daily ranch life and I decided to see who is doing this. I live in Southern California and have always been drawn to the Country side. You do a great job bringing all of this to life.

[@skyking228]

I remember when Oliver Douglas left his NYC law practice to operate a farm... Fun to watch, thanks!

[@ez1913]

Great info. Thanks for sharing, Mike. Bless the cattle rancher, I do love beef. And now, I hate hail even more. I prefer to be the good neighbor who lends a helping hand when needed, and gets to leave all the worry behind when the job is over. It may not amount to much, as just 1 of 124,k fans. My admiration, Erin & Mike. Bravo, encore'. -EZ

[@lukecp]

I would also like to say I have ventured for work to Glenrock, Casper, Hanna, Laramie and Cheyenne and I must say I really appreciate the true Cowboy country!

[@hinglemccringleberry7786]

“High net worth individuals, I’ll just leave it at that” 😀 I like your thinking, we see these guys trying to buy up all of SE Idaho, more this year than ever. As such, good grazing ground and farm land is unfortunately getting unreachable for most of us trying to expand. I’m locked into 51 acres, but it’s paid off and I have good off farm income to continue losing it with my small herd, but we love it. We have 10 pair and cycle in a few bred heifers every year when possible. Love your channel, not sure why anyone is giving thumbs down, it’s helpful wisdom.

[@mikehamilton3833]

Great series, Mike. Land in Texas is almost priced out of reach for middle class, and will not produce enough income to support it, so full time outside income is a must. But, having said that, I encourage folks to follow there country life dreams and go for it. Good luck, and thank you for such an informative video series. Follow OWL constantly. Your are a superb presenter. Thank you.

[@marknasatka1891]

Great series. Perfect timing for my retirement. Thank you.

[@OurWyomingLife]

Thanks Mark! Enjoy!!

[@Adhdroamer]

Can't wait to see part 4 been a amazing series of videos

[@digginz8603]

Mike- after watching the last year of videos, there is no chance I'll ever try ranching for money. I don't even think I could handle it as a hobby. You work your butt off!!! Love the videos! Especially love the inside looks at your business/cashflow Edit: OMG that real estate

[@OurWyomingLife]

Thank you very much!!

[@MikeyBigWheel]

after binge watching a ton of your videos over the last week , I can see the improvements in your quality. I like the direction you're going , keep it up !!

[@rshoemaker7368]

Makes me wish I was 40 years younger. Great presentation, looking forward to the next installment.

[@OurWyomingLife]

Thank you very much!

[@CC-xk6cp]

Hi again MIKE This is just a great series! Very interesting and informative especially for those that think it's what they want to possibly do. I've always been amazed at the difference in land prices around the country. Anymore most all the more reasonable prices are found way out so to speak and not close to a town for supplies and a long way to an airport sales facilities veterinary etc. Challenging to say the least! I look forward to the next episode in this series for the financial part to the picture. Thx as always for sharing...

[@Student_of_history]

He guys, we're paying around £10k/acre in England. 13k US dollars/acre it's crazy! Saying that the grass is so good we stock 2.7 cows to the acre! Got to thank my dad and his Will for allowing me to live my dream. Great episode. Thanks for making them🤠

[@bsfranklin1]

Mike this is a great series, I am an older man 54 and I have a small farm, land prices, taxes and an inability to expand are considering a move. Farming/ranching is my heart, have been all my life. I've worked cattle, farmed and been outside most of my life. I would like to discuss an idea of investing in a current owners place which may be good for me and the current owner to keep the farm from selling into absentee owners and then continue to growing the operation. Where I live is becoming heavily populated and just want to be away from city influences. Can I send you mail thru your PO box or email to discuss potential opportunities. Scott

[@dottiehildebrand3123]

Nice. Very informative. Thanks for making time in your busy day

[@apallok54]

I live on a small 10 acre "farm" we have three horses, chickens and fruit. I work on a 12 horse stall boarding facility/hay farm. I know this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. I gotta save alot of money and move where land is cheap.

[@wykeishacraft6820]

First you got to have 💰

[@jeffewell1809]

This channel is just amazing such a great story and because it's so real thank you for sharing

[@46rambo49]

win the lottery and ranch till the money's all gone! I search as you do, it always amazes me to see 40 acres in the middle of nowhere with a huge house on it and a horse barn and no water called a ranch? as you state "sustainability' IS the main ingredient Thanks Mike for a real world view of what it takes

[@jaystowater6746]

Mike, I love this series so much! As a young producer myself I have so much to say on the topic! If you ever need to visit with someone about who's a young person just getting started, I'd love to visit with you and talk to you about challenges and strategies I've used.

[@ez1913]

Where's your content, Jay? Much to say, you have a channel to say it on. Being a creator just takes time from you. Sharing can be pretty rewarding, ….and hateful (some folks are just jerks), but mostly rewarding. People are eager to learn. Maybe Mike will produce a 'how to produce an episode for youtube -101'. Regards, -EZ

[@Digbert]

I’m 16 and started helping my uncle on his ranch after being apart of my schools ffa chapter I raised 3 pigs so far and hope I can have a future working with anything to do with agriculture thanks for making this series

[@joeydeperro]

It’s nice that you have a place of work. I dream of ranching as my job but I have no connections to ranches or farms at all.

[@hamishkay3010]

Hi there Mike and Erin I hope you are all well. I can honestly say hand on heart this series is very useful and interesting. Keep up the great work! 🚜

[@daveharr7969]

In Missouri its a long haul to a pizza place. But instead of driving to town people just call in an order to be delivered to the airport. They just fly into the airport for take out.

[@KQ4CDF]

I wish I didnt have to work i would drive the 4 hours just to shake your hand and say hey

[@OurWyomingLife]

Hey bob!

[@johnirwin1837]

We will be driving by his place the first weekend of Sept. on our way to Great Falls. They again a couple weeks later on our way to New Mexico.

[@speshul7525]

You know a ton, you should start a consulting busy. Your expertise with numbers in invaluable

[@Marshall_Weber]

Keep up the great work, much Love From Lawrenceburg, Kentucky!!!

[@sergiomarin1793]

Awesome and informative vid Mike, In my part of the world it takes 3 to 4 acres to support a cow and calf for an entire year.

[@IONLYPLAYCODFTW]

2800 for a acre in Texas and here in Ireland good land is a minimum 15-20 thousand could be more depending on who wants it Also one cow to the acre here is the norm

[@JamesJosephFinn]

Greetings and salutations! Why does this informative and outstanding series end here with episode 3? Episode 4 was alluded to, but, alas, does not exist! I would be eternally grateful for the remaining episodes in the series. Ranching is my dream! Many thanks in advance!

[@iwill806]

Hello mike i hope ur doing great I love what u r doing..ur great

[@lukecp]

Great points made. I have a little baby Texas ranch and look to raise and sell highland cattle. I hope to grow the ranch however can only do so slowly and working to create the income. One day when I am old and gray hopefully my children will have a full time ranch to manage. Keep up the great work!

[@jamesmerone]

For the financial video, could you try and incorporate information about VA loans?

[@J-1410]

If anyone is looking to compare land prices: Red River Valley(Of the North) is around $5-6k and Iowa land is $10-20k.

[@paymaker11]

This is a Great series

[@cararogers5562]

Beef jerky is awesome I love it!! Any body on the site, it’s DEFINITELY worth it!!!! Love you guys (Mike & Erin and the babies)

[@OurWyomingLife]

Awww. Thank you!!

[@Springhillbeef]

You could always start out leasing land with a well written lease agreement and save the money (that hopefully your cows make you) to buy land later. It’s tough to find an affordable lease in areas with high development pressure but if you don’t. have 200k laying around then a lease is an alternative if there is land with a water source. Sinking all your money into land will cut your funds to invest in good cattle/other livestock and other materials.

[@donevens4357]

Good information Mike. Thank's

[@kathynelson1960]

When do you expect Part 4 to be uploaded?

[@deanmagnuson2993]

Had to have you back

[@OurWyomingLife]

Thanks Dean!

[@SunsetStarship]

Next one should be: How Do I Become a Rancher? Part 4 - The first hour of your day. That's been, in my experience, a great way to show folks how a day pans out. What needs to be done, what you find out that needs to be done and which fires need to be put out in what order.

[@jamesballance2254]

I currently looking for land in Virginia or North Carolina. I'm going the Jaol Slatian/Greg Judy way and lease farm land rather than purchase, so much cheaper. Current leasing rates in the areas that I'm looking are running $30-80 ac/yr.

[@joeday397]

Until the person leasing to you sees you making profit and adjusts the cost of the lease accordingly,knowing you are dependent and invested in his location.To me,it reminds me a bit of being a sharecropper....you take the risks, provide them a business model,if they see it working well they can charge you off and clone your operation.

[@damonmayfield5087]

Thanks for this series!

[@alexzepol1]

Love this series! I’ve been looking for something like this.

[@matteagles1137]

I legit have no interest at all in ranching or getting into it. It’s not something I have ever thought about ever. I’m comfortable in the city and with my cushy career. However, I can’t stop watching your videos with no clue as to why I’m addicted to them.

[@OurWyomingLife]

Hey. Matt. I don’t know either but thank you!!

[@LetsTalkGoats]

Always great insight my friend

[@LibertyGarden]

Cost per acre in my neck of Texas went from 1200/ac to 3500/ac in the last 8 years.

[@daveharr7969]

Same problem in Missouri too!

[@paulreed6340]

You'll easily pay over $10,000/acre here in Illinois

[@customerservice3138]

That’s fucking ridiculous

[@brandonlindstrom975]

"The biggest and the best"...Size does matter.

[@traderjoes8725]

Great videos!

[@rocco6818]

please continue this

[@andy-ti9zf]

it seems most ranchers have been in it for generations. i dont see someone who isnt rich gathering up all the resources to make a go at it these days.

[@Saratogan]

They are making more land in Hawaii. 🤪

[@HFord-vs6hi]

We just picked up a working ranch 414 acres in TN for $7,900 an acre.

[@jonathanlanci8769]

Henry Ford $3.2 mil is a little much for most people to come up with but dang man that's awesome good luck and Tenn is an amazing place to be living

[@altafali1559]

Sir I like your show is very nice and knowledgeable god bless

[@Dad-yd1zi]

Thanks for the video

[@andytuesday500]

Solid information thank you 🙏

[@joanneganon7157]

Hi Mike, thanks for sharing this valuable info . It's very interesting to me. JO JO IN VT 💕☃ 😊

[@cararogers5562]

What I wouldn’t do to get some of the fresh vegetables and meat!!! I have a family member in your area. I may be at the next on the ranch gathering ( couldn’t think of the name off the top of the head lol) when does the tickets go on sale?

[@edwardharrop5819]

God is great, beer is good and people are crazy bless you and your family

[@noahswartz431]

Right

[@alwaysinblue]

There's a ranch in Hoston Missouri for sale that's over 6000 acres, and is a bit over $24M. I can't imagine how someone can afford to run that.

[@tysleight]

Just south of me the sold a ranch for 15 million. The guy who bought it needed a tax right off. My buddy runs the ranch next door an said he is a good guy and is never really around just showed up a few times a year (bought it late 18) to check in with his ranch management. He also dumped a bunch of$$$ into equipment and better buildings now the ranch is making money and instead of buying feed.

[@johnhugon8305]

I know people in Missouri and they are telling me the Chinese are buying a lot of land there. Their thinking Missouri is the best bang for the dollar.

[@BigJoeSnow]

Part 4!

[@altonriggs2352]

Good stuff.

[@timsutherland5089]

That was always what my father-in-law said

[@emmittgiesbrecht707]

Are going to have a part 4

[@nelsonstree436]

Have you ever considered the highland cattle breed they do well in harsh environments and are good to deal with

[@shaunroberts9361]

Thanks Mike.

[@calebmanuel17]

I'll visit u in Winston

[@OurWyomingLife]

Awesome. Thanks Caleb.

[@rajbeekie7124]

Becoming a rancher is a rich person's choice or a romantic or someone who is not good at math. There is no way a broke person can become a rancher on his/her own. Now, if you inherit the land then you are off to a good start. Being a rancher has a romantic attachment. Here is some simple math. a simple 5,000 acres ranch at $1,000 is a cool $5,000,000. That land at that price will probably carry 150 head of cattle. Now, if you invested the $5,000,000 in the stock market and get a modest 7% a year, that is a cool $350,000 a year in gains. You get this return w/o lifting a finger. With those stock market gains, you are free to do whatever you choose.

[@abitugly]

You're not wrong about those Texas prices. :(

[@cole46724]

This is very informing

[@advancedwifinetworks]

All i can say is location, location, location = property prices. We bought 8 acres 2 years ago for 200k, and my friend just bought 20 acres 45 min from me for 175k a few months ago. Then again this is in FL where the home developers are buying up all the groves and cattle pasture and turning them into 0.3 ac lots with houses stacked on top of each other and stupid people buy them for 250k-500k a house!

[@TheFarmingLife]

Thanks for the video. I did receive a package in the mail with beef jerky thank you very much. If anybody is thinking about buying beef jerky I highly recommend it. Coming from a beef producer in Pennsylvania. Have an awesome Friday evening

[@timgilchrist3065]

I have a saying that a guy shouldn't be chasing their tail, which means that getting bigger just creates more debt and they get bigger yet to try to pay off their now larger debt.

[@johnowen6507]

if you want the next generation to have anything, getting bigger is about the only option. a lot of small ranches in our area have kids that would love to come back and ranch but because the previous generation never made any common sense additions to their small operations they have to choose a different career.

[@mikenicholson2548]

Great video 👍👍👍 👍

[@the_weeaboot8042]

Y'all coming to the National Western Stock Show?

[@wykeishacraft6820]

You will have a lot to do. Getting all your land , animals and others things all to get. They got to eat .

[@kyleebersole4960]

Where is the rest of the series

[@thetraveler5798]

You Rock Mike ! 👌😊👍✔🌎🐬✨🌠

[@Benglator1]

Is there a live stream tonight?

[@terryearley5653]

On 250 acres in ladson South Carolina can I raise at least 70 head of cows and calf pairs and still make a profit?

[@sandmancase9]

Pt. 4?

[@highstandards6226]

After being married to a farmer (5th generation) who was stuck in it, wanted bigger things, honestly believing he'd never be able to break free from that and become an *actual rancher.* It took me 5 YEARS to break his minset to HOW can I do this? Instead of: "I'll never be able to do that"... and fighting his parents every word of the way...those kind with their heads buried deeply in thier shoes... *if they weren't doing it, it couldn't be done!* And the 12 years I had with him, proved everything to anyone who knew us, except them. They CONSTANTLY looked down on us and poohpooohed him and our accomplishments. Even when he began replacing his larger equipment. With cash. Buying more livestock, again without more debt. Then branching into various other forms of farm life. Improving his hay yields by getting into apiculture...trading off use of a beehive for A season on A field in exchange for half the crop off that field, the variations were endless, and bountiful! And his parents griped to no end.🙄 there truly are some people you just will never please.🤷‍♀️ another thing I brought to the farmer's life...my abilities with cattle (all farm animals really) rations...a little rejigging here, substitute this, there, that here...and negotiations on pricing...*for a price* wasn't long before I had a fantastic clientele built up! And every feed store knew my voice. I rarely had to say anything to get their bottomdollar price as long as I took at least....x# of...😉 and I got a portion of the farmer's savings for the trouble! Which translated to cutting *our* feed costs(what I couldn't find a way to cut out entirely) in half, every time! Truthfully, we used very little from the feed store, most of our rations came straight of the farm. We used very little that we didn't produce ourselves.

[@brandeissports3436]

❤️

[@ngb2279]

Where is part 4?

[@ianbusche1471]

Yea just drop 3 million for 2000 acres real quick I wish basically just gotta be born into it

[@rodolfoamador940]

No man, start off small even from your backyard selling chicken and chicken eggs, if you want the life its like any other business got to start off small

[@frankeycrawford]

i want to have a small ranch ....something that can hold 4 or 5 cows and one bull with a few pis and chickens

[@johnirwin1837]

There is 7 acres for sale north of me complete with a house and several out buildings.

[@highstandards6226]

Thats just enough for your liability insurance to be more than your mortgage payments!

[@highstandards6226]

That's not even a hobby farm! No bull is going to be satisfied with that! He's going to go hunting for the rest of his harem.

[@highstandards6226]

@@johnirwin1837 where is "here"?

[@loriehabel1552]

👍

[@jimmason1072]

There is a say here in "Canada"...how do you start a small business.....start a big one and wait......guess that would apply yo farming....😵😂😉

[@highstandards6226]

Nonono! How do you get a small fortune from farming? Start with a large one!😎💗

[@yalicristina]

Part 4?