Bringing the Kids Back to the Ranch
Your kids might not be kids anymore; perhaps one or more of your adult children have joined your ranching business and maybe they have complicated the situation by bringing a…
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.
41
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
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
Ranching for Profit Workshop
Reeder, ND
Jan 10, 2025 – Jan 11, 2025
Dallas Mount, owner of Ranch Management Consultants will lead a 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. This workshop is designed for ranchers looking to transform their operation into a profitable business with less work and less stress.
Montana Soil Health Symposium
Billings, MT
Feb 4, 2025
Dallas Mount, owner of Ranching for Profit, will present a pre-conference workshop at the Montana Soil Health Symposium. Dallas will help participants to think differently about their ranching operations. Participants will learn the difference between economics and finance. They will see how both impact the financial health of their operations. This workshop will also explore leveraging good grazing practices to align ranching strategies with the environment, ultimately boosting profitability. Join us to gain practical tools and knowledge to take your operation to the next level!
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