Chase Hibbard's guest appearances

Chase Hibbard

The Art of Range

Matt Reeves

Matt Barnes

Matt Jones

Sean Alexander

Doug Collins

Fred Provenza

James Rogers

Ethan Lane

Frank Price

Peter Donovan

James Rickert

Rick Knight

Clay Worden

Jeff Goodwin

Mark Moritz

OwlTail

Gus Hormay worked with the Sieben Live Stock Company in the 1970s and 80s to help him understand rotation grazing principles. Chase and Cooper have adapted these ideas, centered on extended rest, to their context and needs. This approach has worked especially well on public lands managed for elk habitat. They received the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's Stewardship Award in 2003 in recognition of these efforts and results. In this second half of the interview, Cooper and Chase describe their blend of rest-rotation and short-duration, high intensity grazing, methods for winter grazing, and putting this all together in some mixed-ownership landscape grazing projects.RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEWorking Cows podcast interview with Cooper: https://workingcows.net/?s=hibbard Kiss the Ground, documentary on regenerative agriculture: https://kisstheground.com/  Scott Chase's (Cooper's dad) new book, Beyond the Rio Gila: https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Rio-Gila-Scott-Hibbard/dp/1432866133/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20PWDKDLFEKN6&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=beyond+the+rio+gila+scott+hibbard&amp;qid=1620216618&amp;sprefix=beyond+the+rio+%2Caps%2C300&amp;sr=8-1Angus Beef Bulletin article: http://www.angusbeefbulletin.com/ArticlePDF/0303abb_Sieben.pdf2021 Rangelands journal article "Potential to improve winter grazing pastures: Sieben Land and Livestock study": https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019005282100002X. Authors estimate that It is estimated that grazing instead of feeding cattle during the winter can save 42% to 70% of the yearly input costs in the western United States and Saskatchewan, Canada.TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/3wDtyat

Gus Hormay worked with the Sieben Live Stock Company in the 1970s and 80s to help him understand rotation grazing principles. Chase and Cooper have adapted these ideas, centered on extended rest, to their context and needs. This approach has worked especially well on public lands managed for elk habitat. They received the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's Stewardship Award in 2003 in recognition of these efforts and results. In this second half of the interview, Cooper and Chase describe their blend of rest-rotation and short-duration, high intensity grazing, methods for winter grazing, and putting this all together in some mixed-ownership landscape grazing projects. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Working Cows podcast interview with Cooper: <a href="https://workingcows.net/?s=hibbard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://workingcows.net/?s=hibbard</a> Kiss the Ground, documentary on regenerative agriculture: <a href="https://kisstheground.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://kisstheground.com/</a> Scott Chase's (Cooper's dad) new book, Beyond the Rio Gila: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Rio-Gila-Scott-Hibbard/dp/1432866133/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20PWDKDLFEKN6&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=beyond+the+rio+gila+scott+hibbard&amp;qid=1620216618&amp;sprefix=beyond+the+rio+%2Caps%2C300&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Rio-Gila-Scott-Hibbard/dp/1432866133/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20PWDKDLFEKN6&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=beyond+the+rio+gila+scott+hibbard&amp;qid=1620216618&amp;sprefix=beyond+the+rio+%2Caps%2C300&amp;sr=8-1</a> Angus Beef Bulletin article: <a href="http://www.angusbeefbulletin.com/ArticlePDF/0303abb_Sieben.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.angusbeefbulletin.com/ArticlePDF/0303abb_Sieben.pdf</a> 2021 Rangelands journal article "Potential to improve winter grazing pastures: Sieben Land and Livestock study": <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019005282100002X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019005282100002X</a>. Authors estimate that It is estimated that grazing instead of feeding cattle during the winter can save 42% to 70% of the yearly input costs in the western United States and Saskatchewan, Canada. TRANSCRIPT: <a href="https://bit.ly/3wDtyat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3wDtyat</a>

AoR 61: Cooper & Chase Hibbard, Part 2 -- Grazing Principles

"Big ranches mean big risks", says Chase Hibbard. Large lands and lots of cattle doesn't equal guaranteed success in the economically unforgiving world of family ranching. The Sieben Live Stock Company has been around for 6 generations and has both awards and scars to show for their perseverance. All good stories have tension and dark threads in the weaving. Join Tip in a conversation with Chase and Cooper Hibbard about navigating the ups and downs of keeping a big ranch together. They discuss the fascinating history of this iconic Montana ranch, hard succession planning decisions, and how management is sustained today.RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODESieben Live Stock Company website: https://www.siebenlivestock.com/Charlie Russell painting, "Waiting for a Chinook", aka "Last of the 5,000": https://www.charlesmarionrussell.org/Waiting-For-A-Chinook.htmlMontana Land Reliance: https://mtlandreliance.org/Land Trust Alliance: https://www.landtrustalliance.org/. The Land Trust Alliance is a national land conservation organization that represents more than 1,000 member land trusts and is a good source for more information about land trusts and conservation easements. https://www.landtrustalliance.org/ Ties to the Land succession planning: http://tiestotheland.org/TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/3hYvA0W

"Big ranches mean big risks", says Chase Hibbard. Large lands and lots of cattle doesn't equal guaranteed success in the economically unforgiving world of family ranching. The Sieben Live Stock Company has been around for 6 generations and has both awards and scars to show for their perseverance. All good stories have tension and dark threads in the weaving. Join Tip in a conversation with Chase and Cooper Hibbard about navigating the ups and downs of keeping a big ranch together. They discuss the fascinating history of this iconic Montana ranch, hard succession planning decisions, and how management is sustained today. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Sieben Live Stock Company website: <a href="https://www.siebenlivestock.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.siebenlivestock.com/</a> Charlie Russell painting, "Waiting for a Chinook", aka "Last of the 5,000": <a href="https://www.charlesmarionrussell.org/Waiting-For-A-Chinook.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.charlesmarionrussell.org/Waiting-For-A-Chinook.html</a> Montana Land Reliance: <a href="https://mtlandreliance.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mtlandreliance.org/</a> Land Trust Alliance: <a href="https://www.landtrustalliance.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.landtrustalliance.org/</a>. The Land Trust Alliance is a national land conservation organization that represents more than 1,000 member land trusts and is a good source for more information about land trusts and conservation easements. <a href="https://www.landtrustalliance.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.landtrustalliance.org/</a> Ties to the Land succession planning: <a href="http://tiestotheland.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tiestotheland.org/</a> TRANSCRIPT: <a href="https://bit.ly/3hYvA0W" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3hYvA0W</a>

AoR 60: Ranch Succession and True Grit at Sieben Live Stock Co. with Cooper & Chase Hibbard