Turn-Key Ranch Management
Ranchlands is seeking a large-scale ranch that will stock a minimum of 750 head of cattle. The leases of two of our existing operations expire at the end of 2024, which leaves us looking for a home for our herd of cattle and apprenticeship program. We are interested in ranches located in any western state between Texas and California. We hope to partner with either an existing ranch owner or an investor who is seeking to purchase a ranch but does not want the hassle nor the risk of owning and managing a cattle grazing business. We have a long history of successfully managing ranches for private and organizational owners, and these services are an outgrowth of our ongoing, direct involvement in managing our own ranching businesses.
Our Management Model
Our management ensures the goals of the ranch owner are met, whether these be implementing hospitality programs, maximizing land appreciation values, implementing conservation strategies, or developing infrastructure, special amenities or resources on the ranch.
The model is built around an exchange of values: Ranchlands provides management of all ranch facets in exchange for using ranch resources to graze our cattle. This empowers us to have a daily presence in order to have a direct pulse of the ranch. This structure also provides an important incentive – the opportunity to run our cattle on the ranch.
A financial value is negotiated that balances the value of the services that Ranchlands is providing with the value of the resources Ranchlands is using, which generates a dividend for paying for the costs of running the business, the cost of management services and the cost of owning the land (land taxes, repair and maintenance of the working buildings and infrastructure, insurance and management administration).
Management Objectives
Through our management, we aim to:
- Eliminate the risk of operating the ranch,
- Eliminate the out-of-pocket cost of owning the ranch,
- Improve the amenities and resources on the ranch, both natural, structural & mechanical,
- Enable ranch owner use the ranch for the original purpose it was purchased,
- Elevate the value of the ranch to the degree possible,
- Ranch owner’s eyes and ears in the community.
These services are an outgrowth of our ongoing, direct involvement in managing our own ranching businesses. Our philosophy is that, over the long term: the real estate value of a ranch should be appreciating through professional asset management. The livestock operation pays for: the cost of owning and managing the ranch asset, maintaining infrastructure and facilities, and implementing a highly focused conservation program.
Strategic Advisory Services
In addition to “boots on the ground” turn-key management, Ranchlands specializes in providing advisory services which evaluate a ranching enterprise from a high elevation. This service looks at the big picture from a strategic business and operational standpoint with the objective of creating the correct trajectory that intersects with ranch ownership objectives.
Our Business Model
Our business model operates on the premise that land is a multi-dimensional resource that can be developed in addition to the agricultural enterprise. Each of us have individual interests and skills, which can be coupled with the special amenities of the property.
If the ranch owners are interested in a multipronged approach, Ranchlands will create a study that explores the opportunities to develop any non-ag enterprises using our experience with programs at our existing ranches. Ranchlands can create a business plan to develop appropriate recreational and hospitality amenities, which Ranchlands can staff and manage on behalf of the owner.
If you know of a ranch for lease or are interested in learning more about our management services, please contact us:
719-641-9677 or info@ranchlands.com