When the Student Becomes the Teacher
There is always a tipping point in our Ranching for Profit Schools where we can see light bulbs and aha ideas start to show up. We use a teach-to-learn technique…
Ranching for Profit helps ranchers increase profit and improve land
The Ranching for Profit School is the leading business management school for ranchers. Our expert instructors teach you how to tackle real-world problems in a dynamic, week-long course. At the Ranching for Profit School, you’ll learn proven strategies that will boost your ranch’s profitability and improve your land.
Increase profit and cash flow
Improve management and relationships
Improve land and livestock health
Reduce stress and workload
Learn how to transform your ranch at the Ranching for Profit School
Since 1983, the Ranching for Profit School has helped thousands of ranchers increase profit and overcome challenges. At the Ranching for Profit School, you’ll learn how to build a foundation for generational success. Our mission is to help create more profitable businesses, healthier land, and happier families.
42
Years of Teaching Ranch Management
6904
Ranching for Profit Alumni, and Counting
5
Continents where Ranching for Profit has been Taught
160
Combined Years of Ranching Experience for Our Instructors
Ranching for Profit covers the topics you need to succeed
The Ranching for Profit School covers a comprehensive range of topics to enhance your ranching business. Over the week, you’ll explore foundational concepts in people, ecology, production, and economics. You’ll uncover strategies to boost profit, refine communication, set clear goals, and plan for success.
Management
Better manage your team, your time, and your risk
Finance
Increase financial security and let your money work for you
Ecology
Build a healthier, more productive ecosystem
Still on the fence?
Get a free video lesson!
Fill out a brief questionnaire and receive a free video lesson. You’ll learn how to properly evaluate your ranch’s finance from one of our expert RFP instructors and gain more insight into the valuable knowledge RFP School offers.
Words from
Ranching for Profit
alumni
“After going to the school we had hope that there was a better way and that I would be able someday to be involved [in the ranch business].” – Heidi Stoltz
“Just do it because I guarantee that if you think you know it all you don’t!” – McKay Haderlie
Maintain the momentum with alumni programs
The benefits of Ranching for Profit don’t end with graduation. Executive Link and RFP Online are programs exclusively offered to our Ranching for Profit School alumni. These programs provide constant support and accountability needed to continue the success of your ranch long after graduation.
Executive Link
- Peer-review board meetings
- Professional development training
- Supportive network
- Regional chapter meetings
RFP Online
- In-depth step-by-step guides
- Excel spreadsheets for RFP planning processes
- Exclusive webinars and online workshops
Looking for a different approach?
Check out Ranching for Profit workshops!
Ranching for Profit also offers 1-2 day workshops that bring sections of the full school to local audiences. Click the button below to learn more about our workshops or how you can host one!
Upcoming Workshops
After the Fire Workshop
Oshkosh, NE
Apr 7, 2026
Join Dallas Mount owner of Ranching for Profit and John Haskell of Ranch Right LLC along with Sandhills Task Force and Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition for a strategy session to help those impacted by recent Nebraska wildfires. This free workshop will help participants think through their options in the aftermath of fires that have affected their businesses. The instructors will use facilitative tools to identify, explore, and prioritize options for ranchers and farmers. Hear firsthand experiences and lessons learned from producers who have navigated wildfire in the past. This informative workshop will help operations move forward and not repeat mistakes that commonly occur after a fire has affected an area.
Ranching for Profit Workshop
Cortez, CO
Apr 10, 2026 – Apr 11, 2026
Dallas Mount, owner of Ranching for Profit, will lead this two day workshop. Participants will learn valuable techniques to increase the financial sustainability of their operations, as well as insight into the relationship between ecology and grazing principles. Participants will explore ecological processes and strategies to boost productivity, reduce workload, and increase profit. Participants will leave with practical tools, real-world strategies, and innovative ideas they can apply immediately, whether they are managing a small operation or a large-scale ranch.
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Ranching for Profit Principles Swim the Atlantic
Last week I had the privilege of helping Sam Charlton launch the first Planning for Profit School in the United Kingdom. Seventeen progressive farmers from Scotland, England, Germany, and even…
