Roots + Ruminants

Welcome to Roots + Ruminants, your podcast for creative and innovative use of farm pasture and rangeland. We're going back to the basics of raising and grazing livestock to growing your own forage. Join us as our hosts Jared Knock and Justin Fruechte visit with special guests to explore practical land use.

Recent Episodes
  • The Story of the Stockyards with Doug Crowell
    Apr 15, 2025 – 52:59
  • Ranching from Ground Zero with Jay Algiere
    Apr 1, 2025 – 56:18
  • Diverse Crop Rotations: Not Such a Steep Mountain to Climb
    Mar 18, 2025 – 01:02:40
  • Live from Commodity Classic 2025
    Mar 7, 2025 – 01:01:56
  • Farming & Wakeboarding with Quentin Connealy
    Feb 18, 2025 – 46:00
  • Drones, Cattle, and Farm Opportunities with Cole Sonne from Sonne Farms
    Feb 4, 2025 – 44:39
  • Bale Grazing, Wagyu Beef, & YouTube Channels with Matt Feldhaus from Ranching Sodak
    Jan 21, 2025 – 46:32
  • 2025 Predictions
    Jan 7, 2025 – 56:47
  • The Chicken Nugget Challenge, Shark Soup, and the Meat Industry
    Dec 10, 2024 – 01:01:47
  • The Future of Farming and the Food Industry
    Nov 26, 2024 – 01:04:29
  • Lessons learned from fighter pilot turned farmer Karl Palmberg
    Nov 12, 2024 – 56:46
  • Swath Grazing 101 with Jolene Noble
    Oct 29, 2024 – 49:34
  • A deep dive into beef genetics with Ohlde Cattle Company
    Oct 15, 2024 – 59:33
  • Back to Bison Production with Kadyn Nolz
    Sep 24, 2024 – 40:29
  • Grass-based Dairying with Alexandre Farms
    Sep 17, 2024 – 01:13:59
  • Ag Policy and Fall Debrief with Jared and Justin
    Sep 10, 2024 – 44:22
  • Grass, Cows & Money with Will Harris
    Aug 13, 2024 – 01:23:43
  • Covering crop rotations and the cattle industry with Craig Bieber
    Jul 16, 2024 – 56:56
  • Fun Facts about Millet (and lots of other forage crops)
    Jun 18, 2024 – 01:15:59
  • Mississippi hogs, hooves, and honeybees with Rob Dowdle
    Jun 4, 2024 – 01:09:54
  • Bison production and (temporarily) quitting farming with Dodge Slead
    May 23, 2024 – 01:01:27
  • Answering all your forage and cover crop questions at the Renovo Rally plot day
    May 7, 2024 – 37:42
  • Spring Catch-Up
    Apr 24, 2024 – 44:34
  • Christof Just: Believing in the system that built our topsoil
    Apr 9, 2024 – 01:08:37
  • Graeme Finn: Sustainable Agriculture or Survival Agriculture?
    Mar 26, 2024 – 01:06:03
  • Herbivory | Ducks Unlimited at Commodity Classic
    Mar 12, 2024 – 35:43
  • LIVE From Commodity Classic 2024
    Feb 29, 2024 – 47:24
  • Jared Luhman of the Herd Quitter podcast on diversification, carbon movements, and quitting the herd
    Feb 12, 2024 – 01:38:49
  • AJ Munger of Eagle Pass Ranch on staying relevant through six generations, calving in May, and thinking differently
    Jan 30, 2024 – 58:13
  • Van Mansheim on using crop diversity to increase water infiltration, decrease equipment needs, and improve livestock quality
    Jan 16, 2024 – 47:20
  • 2024 Predictions
    Jan 3, 2024 – 49:31
  • The Stock Cropper | Zack Smith on rural communities, autonomous grazing, and adapting agriculture
    Dec 22, 2023 – 58:22
  • Lynn Fahrmeier on Cover Crops, Solar Farms, and Katahdin Sheep
    Dec 13, 2023 – 59:15
  • All things forage with Sara Bauder of SDSU Extension
    Nov 22, 2023 – 45:50
  • Added Income for Farms and Ranches
    Nov 17, 2023 – 52:22
  • Steven Bennett on brassica breeding, New Zealand agriculture, and a brassica-only graze it, harvest it, rent it
    Nov 9, 2023 – 22:47
  • And the award for the most creative graze it, harvest it, or rent it scenario goes to...
    Nov 1, 2023 – 20:03
  • Farm to Fork with Walker Farms
    Oct 13, 2023 – 48:22
  • LIVE from World Dairy Expo
    Oct 3, 2023 – 34:47
  • Rye hybrids, rye cover crops, and rye whiskey
    Sep 26, 2023 – 29:39
  • Spray it, spread it, or hit the eject seat with Wilde Air
    Sep 12, 2023 – 36:05
  • Brian Fruechte on improving yield with compost tea
    Sep 4, 2023 – 40:46
  • Silage harvest, state fair, and graze it | harvest it | rent it
    Aug 31, 2023 – 31:37
  • Racey Padilla on Triticale Breeding
    Aug 8, 2023 – 48:50
  • Exciting Announcement | Renovo Seed
    Aug 1, 2023 – 11:03
  • Roy Thompson | A soil + gut health transformation
    Jul 10, 2023 – 01:13:26
  • Jared's TEDx Talk | Circular Systems
    Jun 1, 2023 – 31:18
  • Growing potatoes for McDonalds in the Netherlands
    Apr 30, 2023 – 48:03
  • Carolyn King | Big Impacts from Small Changes
    Apr 4, 2023 – 38:39
  • LIVE From Commodity Classic
    Mar 10, 2023 – 50:11
Recent Reviews
  • TxPanhandleNative
    Thank you for interviewing the Ohlde’s!
    Tim and Trudy have been iconically influential in shaping today’s easy-fleshing, maternal powerhouse, grass- based cattle genetics that really work. I’m very pleased with our OCC genetics, and I regret not having used them far sooner! Thank you for getting more of their story out to the public. They have been incredibly helpful to many breeding programs, both in the seedstock world and in the regenerative field, and their story is an important one for future generations to know. Thank you for the good listen!
  • DMLaRock
    Great Listen!
    First time listener, first time reviewer. We really enjoyed the Karl Palmberg conversation. So much so, we are ordering from him this week!! The quote of the episode: “Steakhouse quality yet healthy enough to be considered medicine.” Whom wouldn’t want a steak like that? ◡̈ Well done. 5 Stars.
  • WannabeGrassFarmer99
    Audio Quality
    Very interested in the topics and hearing from the guests, but can’t hear the guests’ audio very well on the two episodes I listened to. Also, the host seems bored or disinterested with the guests and not very engaged. Hear lots of yawning and background noise from the host.
  • BjornEinarsson
    Graeme Finn
    I really enjoyed the last episode with Australian-Canadian Graeme Finn. He’s might be one of the most interesting guests you’ve had. I can’t wait to hear him again after he returns from Mongolia.
  • Will from MI
    Always thought engaging
    Be interested to hear more about the rye grazing in the spring. Interesting to hear about the different forages and how they can fit into different scenarios. Would be interesting to hear more about Cactus Feeders and what they are doing with forage grazing on irrigated pivots
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