{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Regenaissance Podcast","title":"The Maude Family Ranch - Beef, Pork, and 115 Years of Tradition (Live Farm Tour) - Maude Hog & Cattle | #112","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2485,"description":"Charles and Heather Maude are 5th generation ranchers in South Dakota running a direct-to-consumer beef and pork operation built on land their family has worked for over 115 years.\nThis tour covers the full operation - cattle, hogs, grain storage, equipment, and the irrigated river bottom at the center of a federal land dispute that drew national attention.\nWatch this alongside the full-length podcast episode for the complete story behind what you're seeing on the ground.\n\nKey Topics\nDirect-to-consumer beef and pork - how it actually works\nCattle finishing and feeder calf production\nFarrowing crates - the honest case for and against\nWhy feed quality determines meat quality in hogs\nGrain storage, forage systems, and matching stocking rate to grass\nThe disputed river bottom and the federal land dispute\n\nWhat You'll Learn\nHow a small ranch runs multiple livestock enterprises on limited acres\nWhy weaning date is a range management decision, not just an animal one\nWhat farrowing crates are actually for and why a skeptic changed her mind\nHow monogastric and ruminant digestion produce fundamentally different meat\nWhat 115 years of private land management looks like - and what happens when it's challenged\nWhy boundary disputes in the rural West are common, and criminal indictments are not\n\nConnect with Charles & Heather\nWebsite\nInstagram\nFacebook\n\nTimestamps\n\n00:00:00 — Introduction and context \n00:02:00 — Cattle paddock: finished beef and this year's steer calves \n00:04:00 — Weaning early — a drought and range management decision \n00:06:00 — Grain bins: what they store and how they work \n00:08:00 — Farrowing facility: why the crates exist \n00:13:00 — Hog nutrition: simple stomach vs. ruminant digestion \n00:15:00 — Pasture-raised pork: why quality and finish time differ \n00:18:00 — Legacy equipment: grandfather's tractors and the 1948 truck \n00:24:00 — The fence line: terrain, flooding, and where fences actually go \n00:25:00 — The Forest Service dispute begins \n00:27:00...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/al8BwjjnR2m8I-3vEq0Iyx2E0FqQ9QB0aLPF4D6flnY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81YzE3/NmFmYjZiNmRkZDdm/Y2MwYzk5ZjI5ZjRj/YzgwZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}