David Kraft: The Land Is the Legacy

David Kraft, a retired Rangeland Specialist, reflects on maintaining the land and how it is the only way to pass agriculture from one generation to the next.

David shares how his family came to Kansas and how his own operation shifted from the cows and some yearlings to contract grazing steers in the summer. This change he jokes was his way of no longer having to be a “flashlight rancher.” We also talk about his years with the USDA, and how his work took him from the Gulf Coast to the North Dakota border. During this time, he advised producers and monitored rangeland health.

We also dive into succession planning, drawing on both David’s own family experience along with the many ranching families he’s worked with across the midwest.

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