The Details
Date: November 7-8, 2025
Time: Starts at 5:00pm Friday, Nov. 7, ends around 7:00pm (MST) Saturday, Nov. 8
Location: Custer County Event Center, 42 Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT
Nearest Airport: Billings, MT - and then a two hour interstate drive
Tiered Ticket Price Structure:
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$675 for the first person
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$100 for a second person from the same ranch
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$75 for a third person from the same ranch
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$50 for a fourth person from the same ranch (up to six total people)
Hotels: Sleep Inn and Suites - We have a block of rooms reserved for $137+tax, available both nights, under "Ranch Leadership Conference" - 406.232.3000
About The Event
Running a ranch is about more than cattle, land, and markets, it’s about people. Families, spouses, neighbors, and employees are at the heart of every decision, and as Allan Crockett says, “Every problem is a people problem.” Ranch life brings unique challenges: generational transitions, family disagreements, hard conversations about money and land, and the daily stress of trying to handle it the best way you know how.
This one-and-a-half-day, in-person conference is designed to help you navigate those very challenges with tools and strategies that work in real ranching life. You’ll walk away with practical ways to be the leader your ranch needs, improve communication, strengthen teamwork, and find common ground in tough situations. More than that, you’ll connect with others who understand what it’s like to live and work in family ranching: people who know the weight, the responsibility, and the heart that goes into keeping an operation strong.
This is your chance to step away from the daily grind, gain fresh perspective, and return home with clarity, confidence, and renewed hope for the future of your ranch.
We strongly encourage you to bring your whole family so everyone can hear the same message, gain the same insights, and head home ready to work together with a shared vision. To make that possible, we’ve built a tiered ticket structure that keeps it affordable: $675 for the first person, $100 for a second from the same ranch, $75 for a third, and $50 for a fourth (up to six total).
Running a ranch is about more than cattle, land, and markets, it’s about people. Families, spouses, neighbors, and employees are at the heart of every decision, and as Allan Crockett says, “Every problem is a people problem.” Ranch life brings unique challenges: generational transitions, family disagreements, hard conversations about money and land, and the daily stress of trying to handle it the best way you know how.
This one-and-a-half-day, in-person conference is designed to help you navigate those very challenges with tools and strategies that work in real ranching life. You’ll walk away with practical ways to be the leader your ranch needs, improve communication, strengthen teamwork, and find common ground in tough situations. More than that, you’ll connect with others who understand what it’s like to live and work in family ranching: people who know the weight, the responsibility, and the heart that goes into keeping an operation strong.
This is your chance to step away from the daily grind, gain fresh perspective, and return home with clarity, confidence, and renewed hope for the future of your ranch.
We strongly encourage you to bring your whole family so everyone can hear the same message, gain the same insights, and head home ready to work together with a shared vision. To make that possible, we’ve built a tiered ticket structure that keeps it affordable: $675 for the first person, $100 for a second from the same ranch, $75 for a third, and $50 for a fourth (up to six total).
About The Event
At the heart of every ranch is its people, and that’s exactly where this speaker team shines. With a shared passion for the land and the families who work it, John Haskell, John Locke, and Emilie Hopson bring decades of experience in ranch business, leadership, and human dynamics. From untangling financial knots to building strong teams and navigating generational transitions, they understand the grit and grace it takes to keep a family ranch running. Together, they offer a powerful, practical approach to leading well, because the people part of ranching is the part that matters most.
Keynote Presenters
John Haskell
Ranch Right LLC
Twenty years ago, John worked for a profitable ranch — something he had never seen before. It changed the course of his life.
Since then, he's worked with other profitable ranches, launched new ranch businesses from scratch, turned around struggling operations, and shared what he's learned through Ranch Right’s consulting services. His focus is helping ranchers build operations that are both financially strong and aligned with their personal goals.
He and his wife, Brittany, live near Ranchester, Wyoming, with their three kids (ages 7, 5, and 4). Alongside Ranch Right, they run cows and stockers across the country and own a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gym. Brittany also coaches volleyball for our local high school and club teams.
John Locke
Ranch Management Consultants
A sixth-generation member of the JD Hudgins Inc Ranching operation on the Texas Gulf Coast, John Locke has been a part of many changes to the family operation over the past two decades. After returning home upon graduating from Texas Tech in 2001, a 200-year drought and a major family succession event forever changed the way Locke looked at the family business.
Starting over with a significantly smaller asset base to support the same number of families has a way of bringing about inevitable change. For Locke it turned into a blessing in disguise that made it impossible to “do things the way they have always been done” A chance meeting with Dave Pratt and attending the Ranching for Profit School, as well as joining RMC’s Executive Link program, created a different lens to look into the business through and ultimately led to many positive life and business changes.
Working side by side with his father Coleman in the day-to-day management of their division, Locke also has been blessed to have been selected and trained as an Instructor of the Ranching for Profit School.
Apart from the ranch and family commitments which include the activities of his three beautiful daughters Lauryn, Lyndsey, Lylee, and wife Salina, John teaches several of the week long RFP schools a year, helps to facilitate Executive Link meetings, and often guides client families across the US through difficult conversations and situations.
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Emilie Hopson
Agri-Culture
Agri-Culture founder helping ranchers, farmers and ag businesses lead better, hire smarter, and build teams that actually work.
Frequently Asked Questions:
There will be childcare available during both the Friday night session and all day Saturday for a fee. Please make sure to indicate on your registration form how many children you will be needing childcare for.
If you have an infant and would like to keep them with you, no problem! I am a family friendly advocate!
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It is absolutely worth coming even if the rest of your family won’t. You will walk away with practical tools and fresh perspective that will help you navigate family dynamics and strengthen your role in the business. You may also discover clarity about whether it’s time to move on and build your own path, and tools and strategies for how to do that. Either way, you’ll leave with solid information, new skills, and a clearer direction for your future.
I really get this, but the answer is a hard, fast, resounding YES.
We have a book of rooms reserved for $_____ per night. Tell them you are with the Ranch Leadership conference.
I recommend the Sleep Inn and Suites.
Friday night: Light snacks and refreshments will be available.
Saturday: Coffee will be available in the morning. Lunch will be provided at noon. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided during the afternoon.Yes
Tickets are non-refundable. We encourage you to think of it as an investment: whether you’re able to attend yourself or you send another family member or business partner in your place, the information and tools shared at this conference will not go to waste.
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