Ep. 318 - Get Out of Your County (and Your Own Way)

Too many farmers and ranchers limit their success by staying stuck in their own bubble—relying only on local advice, neighbor gossip, and the county coffee shop crew.

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 In this episode, Mary Jo explains why getting out of your county (and your own way) is critical to building a stronger business, protecting your operation from risk, and learning strategies that actually work.

From drought planning with hay storage to seeing how other regions handle completely different climates, this episode is all about opening your mind, learning from others, and setting yourself up for long-term success.

👉 If you’re serious about farming smarter—not harder—this one’s for you.

Key Takeaways

• Numbers and business fundamentals never change—but strategies do.
• Why learning from farmers outside your county/state gives you an edge.
• The danger of “coffee shop” advice and judgmental attitudes.
• How farm conferences and workshops help build success.
• Infinite banking: why bad examples don’t mean the system doesn’t work.
• Success comes from surrounding yourself with growth-minded people.

If you’re still judging what works based on what your neighbor did (or didn’t do), this episode is for you.

Mary Jo calls out the small-town mindset that keeps farmers stuck—from refusing to leave the county, to writing off ideas without understanding them.

She dives into why it’s dangerous to assume something “doesn’t work” when you’ve never asked the right questions, never left your operation, and never learned what others across the country are doing differently.

Whether it’s grazing practices, estate planning, or Infinite Banking, it’s time to stop sitting at the coffee shop and start expanding your thinking. Because if you want to grow, you’ve gotta go. Literally.

Chapters
00:00 – The numbers don’t change, but methods do
01:20 – The hay question: preparing for drought
03:12 – Why local-only thinking holds farmers back
04:06 – Different states, different challenges
05:25 – Learning from travel and farm visits
07:01 – Short-sighted farming mindsets
09:02 – Why you need to get out of your county
11:00 – Infinite banking misconceptions
12:18 – Client success stories and networking
13:34 – Surrounding yourself with successful people
15:12 – The cost of closed-mindedness
16:23 – Final thoughts & call to action

(Timestamps are from the video version. Audio-only edits are always shorter since they have had more fluff removed, so the timestamps are not accurate to this version.)

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