02:55

My ranch in Soldotna is alive and well- I am now one of the largest ranchers in Alaska.

04:08

I now have some of the only American Wagyu cows in Alaska! I am upping my genetics.

02:07

After FOUR years of heavy construction, we are starting to clean up this ranch.

01:01

Trying the new TMR for the first time. Time to finish cattle!

02:29

End of summer progress update. After 4 years, our cattle infrastructure is almost done!

02:52

After 4 years I am almost done building infrastructure, even if that's tearing down what we built.

01:40

Instead of blowing snow and dark, I do a calf check in the midnight sun.

00:52

My favorite day of the year. Cows go to grass. Alaska summers are so short every day counts!

03:44

This is the last year I can subsidize the farm so I am trying to get these projects done!

01:48

With just a few days until the cows go to summer pasture, I am dead tired.

02:53

The hardest part of being a new(er) rancher is being totally helpless but completely responsible.

03:14

Milk fever strikes among a million things to do on the ranch.

01:42

I am learning how to use a root crop washer to wash potatoes to feed the cows.

00:38

A line of cattle waiting to be trucked north to Alaska. 80 heifers for Alaska beef.

03:20

Wood shavings are the new way to bed my barn. I FINALLY figure out how to bed my cattle.

01:46

The new meat processing facility on the ranch is about to come online. Food security in Alaska!

02:08

Using the skid steer and the tub grinder to give the cows a dry area for calving and rest.

02:47

Breakup in Alaska sucks beyond words. No amount of work stops the mud and the mess.

04:37

The BEST way to make money farming and ranching in Alaska is to STOP farming and ranching.

01:18

Spring is finally coming to SouthCentral Alaska. I've had enough of winter.

01:54

Applying heat to a calf with joint ill. I'm not sure this one is going to make it but I'm trying1

01:43

I'm no professional cowboy or dog trainer but these cow dogs of mine sure help keep the cows back!

01:43

Our newest calf isn't quite right in the head! We are bottle feeding him but have kept him alive.

00:51

The first calf of 2024 is born. Not what I planned but a million miles from my first calf in 2022.

02:37

The fodder room is a victim of this Alaska cold snap but onions are on the way!

02:26

Learning to use my cow dog Wasp. The dogs, the cows and I all have to learn how to do this.

03:14

Why I think my cattle are the best cared for cows in Alaska.

03:00

The winter blues have dragged me down. Ranching in Alaska is a lot of work...I need it to warm up.

00:50

I select heifers to come to summer pasture in Alaska-this gives me quality control!

01:09

This Alaska rancher discovers the joy of rounding up cows with horses and dogs.

03:38

Trying to keep my cows and pigs comfortable at -10F. Heated concrete to the rescue!

02:24

Spent grain is one of my most important resources on the ranch.

03:41

Trying to keep the barn clean without accessible bedding is one of my biggest chores on the ranch.

02:17

The pigs and cows huddle together on a cold winter night. I am doing everything I can for them.

01:05

The Alaska winter just sucks. Finding a dead cow in the snow doesn't help my mood.

01:11

The ranch gets a Norwegian Fjord/ draft horse. Getting his shoes off before he hurts himself.

01:19

Composting bedding in the barn turns the barn into a steam bath!

03:02

Can my beef fight cancer? My plan to get more trans vaccenic acid (TVA) into my beef.

03:10

The fodder room is done enough to start some barley fodder. And how do I control barn moisture?

02:56

The cows get classical music and the fodder room is almost ready to start production.

01:13

Colder weather is coming...time to give smashed pumpkins for extra calories. Cows love them!

02:04

Feeding my cows leftover pumpkins and blueberries. This will be the best beef there is!

01:52

Meet Wolf- the border collie that is coming to Alaska soon to help me work cows.

01:45

The Alaska brown bear that has been terrorizing my cattle herd meets its end.

01:01

I HAVE to start growing my own feed if I am going to break even farming. A soil screener will help.

02:05

The new fodder room is close to being done. IF it works, this could be a game changer for the farm.

01:28

Ranching in Alaska is the best 'job' ever. I continue to beat the wilderness back to grow food.

01:52

The cows PACK themselves into the barn and winter hasn't even arrived in this part of Alaska yet.

00:17

Harvesting Alaska grown beef on pasture with a .338. THIS is how beef should be harvested.

01:29

Not all handy ranch tools need to be expensive. This hay knife makes opening round bales easy!

05:04

My cows return home from summer pasture and I confirm that Highlands have no place on the ranch.

01:09

Can I keep my cows a little warmer this winter using wood chips and cow manure in the barn?

01:29

A homemade hay wrapper shows up at the farm to wrap and top off my winter hay.

02:46

I use barley, alfalfa, root vegetables, sunflower seeds and flax seed oil to finish my cattle,

04:48

When you are a new rancher, education is expensive. Finishing heifers that I don't need to hurts.

03:15

The VERY best money spent on this ranch was the Bar Bar A automatic waterers for cows and hogs.

02:05

With new snow on the mountains, the cows get the barn just in time! Back to farming and ranching!

03:20

The barn is almost done! Within a few days I will have the herd out of the gloom and goop.

00:45

I'm a rancher again! The return of some cows to the farm. I have missed my cows.

01:26

Trying to gather cattle in the rain. I have decided to get some cattle dogs!