Regen Ranch Guide©
What’s Your Regenerative Story?
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.”
— Aldo Leopold, Author and Conservationist
The regenerative journey is continuous–the Regen Ranch Guide© helps you form long-term strategy for assessing what is working and what needs improvement. This digital assessment tool establishes the baseline condition of your operation in eight key regenerative management areas and shifts your paradigm from “prescribe and treat” to a more involved, “observe and adapt” way of thinking. After all, there is no prescription for proper adaptive management.
The Regen Ranch Guide© holistic framework empowers you to create resiliency and a lean productive operation that–lowers input costs, improves livestock health and productivity, and creates efficient use of resources.
Getting to the root of land, livestock, and livelihood
by enhancing ecological processes that put nature back to work on your land
Gain a broad perspective of your operation across 8 key regenerative management areas
Prioritize where to focus your efforts and implement practices to transform your operation
Observe, evaluate, adapt your goals over time, and celebrate your progress
“If you take care of the land, it will take care of you.”
Wyatt Donald, Cayuse Livestock Co.
It all starts with the soil. Support and nurture health below ground as a diverse, functioning ecosystem
Judicious use of water resources and riparian systems to optimize water quality and quantity
Healthy land resource with: diverse soil, plant, animal communities; functional, high-quality infrastructure
The operation is making a profit every year and improving its overall long-term financial health
Happy, conscientious team members working toward a common vision and goals for the operation
Maintain productive, healthy livestock that contribute positively to the ecosystem and do their share of the work
Healthy, diverse plant communities with proper grazing impact, rest and increased ground cover
A profitable ranching operation that fits within and is compatible with its surrounding ecosystem
For anyone looking to set new goals for their operation, the Regen Ranch Guide© is a great way to stop and assess where you are at in your regenerative journey.
By everyone taking the Guide, and comparing results, teams can easily get on the "same page" and work more cohesively. We encourage owners, managers, spouses and employees to all take the guide.
A link is available on the Regen Ranch Guide page inside the free Rancher Network.
The Guide comprises over 100 questions broken into eight key management areas. The questionnaire takes approximately 20 minutes to complete and benefits your operation by honestly answering the questions, gauging them against regenerative management principles, and offering an easy-to-understand evaluation matrix that points out opportunities for growth and improvement. Upon completion, you will receive an email, followed by an automated snapshot report within 24 hours.
The Regen Guide© will give you an overall regenerative score for your ranch based on your current thinking and practices. The systematic approach breaks it down into the eight management areas to provide you with an overview of your doing well, where you need some work, and considerations for improvement. It also offers an opportunity for a greater understanding of regenerative principles amongst your team, including decision-makers, employees, lessors, family members, etc.
When you log into the Rancher Network, you log into a secure system where all your data is securely stored for easy reference. Your information is kept confidential behind a password-protected data management system and easily accessible for your future reference.





