Farm & Ranch Asset Advisory
Capital advice for working ranches.
I help ranch owners know their numbers, make sound decisions about land, cattle, and equipment, and build a disciplined operation that can fund its own future.
The Premise
Your ranch is a portfolio
A cow is capital. So is a tractor, a pivot, a set of pens, a stack of hay, and the land under all of it. Every one of them has a job: create value. But how do you know what value each asset is actually creating?
The lender is concerned with repayment. Your accountant watches the tax implication. Your financial advisor attends to the money off the ranch. But whose job is it to make it all fit together? That's where I come in.
There's no such thing as a non-cash expense. Everything costs something to acquire, needs to create value, and eventually be replaced. True Range Ag can help with that.
Questions Worth Asking
Does any of this sound familiar?
- Your books show an operating profit, but the cash may not tell the same story.
- What does a cow generate for you over her lifetime?
- Equipment, fence, and water are wearing out. Do you have a plan?
- The tax professional suggested spending some money… if that's the right move, how do you do that so it strengthens the operation, not weakens it?
- You see some new practices or technologies in the industry. What would they look like on your place?
- You're weighing a land deal, a lease, or a big purchase and want a second set of eyes on it.
- The next generation wants in, and the books can't yet show how that works.
- You're not sure how much the family can take out each year without shrinking the ranch.
- If the next drought lasts two years, do you know what you'd sell and what you'd keep?
Services
Two ways to work together
For a specific decision
Ranch numbers
For a specific decision, or for getting the basics in order.
- Whole-business budgeting and cash flow
- Enterprise analysis
- Fixed-cost analysis
- Individual projects, improvements, and strategic or operational changes
Scoped up front with a set price, and you get answers you can make an informed decision with.
The full practice
Cattleman's Capital
The Rancher's Portfolio.
Cattleman's Capital is my full practice for cow-calf and stocker operations. We work at your kitchen table or over the phone, using your records to connect day-to-day operating decisions with long-term capital needs. Together, we map out how to keep the operation working today and fund its future.
The Approach
How Cattleman's Capital works
Sort your money
We get an honest picture of where the money comes from and where it really goes.
Give it a home
We set up a simple structure that separates running the ranch from building it, so each dollar has a place. Money for the next set of bulls or the next tractor gets set aside before you need it.
Give it a job
Every dollar you put into cattle, land, equipment or infrastructure should earn its keep. You'll know which ones do and what you need to adjust for better results.
Plan for the hard years
We can analyze your decisions for culling, replacement, and equipment forward over many years, and see how the place holds up through a drought, a hard winter, or a big repair.
Every operation is different, so I scope and price the work to fit yours after a first conversation.
Working with your other advisors
I don't replace your banker, accountant, attorney, or financial advisor. With your permission, I give them the same clear picture of the operation that you'll have, so everyone at the table works from the same numbers.
What I don't do: investment advice, tax preparation or tax advice, legal work, bookkeeping, or livestock marketing.
Your Advisor
About Chris Jorgensen
I've spent my career dedicated to a passion for ranching, both on the bigger outfits and the family place. I know the things that matter to you. I can relate to the challenges you're facing.
- 15 years in large-scale and family ranching operations
- Master of Agribusiness, Kansas State University
- A stockman and grazier first
- Dedicated to making the numbers real for you
Begin the Conversation
Let's talk about your place
A first conversation is a chance to see whether this fits. Call or email and tell me a little about your operation.
(406) 679-2024