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Pete Ferrell

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Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

And I went shopping for another developer, and I had five or six on my desk, and then – sometime in 2001, the first wind farm was built in Western Kansas at Spearville. And I decided I'm going to go tour this thing. And I'm literally on a school bus with a bunch of people that are, and here's this green horn behind me.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

And I went shopping for another developer, and I had five or six on my desk, and then – sometime in 2001, the first wind farm was built in Western Kansas at Spearville. And I decided I'm going to go tour this thing. And I'm literally on a school bus with a bunch of people that are, and here's this green horn behind me.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

He's all dressed in a suit and, uh, say, well, I've got this ranch in Eastern Kansas and I've got, I got a five year data, six year data collection. And he perks up. He goes, well, I'm a wind farm developer. Uh, And I eventually do business with this guy. He, he is now an extremely successful. In fact, this was his, his flagship thing.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

He's all dressed in a suit and, uh, say, well, I've got this ranch in Eastern Kansas and I've got, I got a five year data, six year data collection. And he perks up. He goes, well, I'm a wind farm developer. Uh, And I eventually do business with this guy. He, he is now an extremely successful. In fact, this was his, his flagship thing.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

He's all dressed in a suit and, uh, say, well, I've got this ranch in Eastern Kansas and I've got, I got a five year data, six year data collection. And he perks up. He goes, well, I'm a wind farm developer. Uh, And I eventually do business with this guy. He, he is now an extremely successful. In fact, this was his, his flagship thing.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

I had, I had five operas on my desk from corporations, but I decided to do business with Sandy Reiske because he had real, he was a person. He wasn't a corporation. And, uh, uh, Anyway, it's a great story. Four years later, the wind farm was built on this ranch due to his work. And boy, Tanner, it's been it's been so well going back to this succession issue.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

I had, I had five operas on my desk from corporations, but I decided to do business with Sandy Reiske because he had real, he was a person. He wasn't a corporation. And, uh, uh, Anyway, it's a great story. Four years later, the wind farm was built on this ranch due to his work. And boy, Tanner, it's been it's been so well going back to this succession issue.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

I had, I had five operas on my desk from corporations, but I decided to do business with Sandy Reiske because he had real, he was a person. He wasn't a corporation. And, uh, uh, Anyway, it's a great story. Four years later, the wind farm was built on this ranch due to his work. And boy, Tanner, it's been it's been so well going back to this succession issue.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

It's been very helpful for me to have this other form of income to support me. Because then I don't need the ranch income as much. I still collect rent. But it's allowed me a lot of financial freedom. It's just the truth of the matter.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

It's been very helpful for me to have this other form of income to support me. Because then I don't need the ranch income as much. I still collect rent. But it's allowed me a lot of financial freedom. It's just the truth of the matter.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

It's been very helpful for me to have this other form of income to support me. Because then I don't need the ranch income as much. I still collect rent. But it's allowed me a lot of financial freedom. It's just the truth of the matter.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

Yeah, it was completed in the fall of 2005. So what is that, 18, 19 years it's been going? Yeah.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

Yeah, it was completed in the fall of 2005. So what is that, 18, 19 years it's been going? Yeah.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

Yeah, it was completed in the fall of 2005. So what is that, 18, 19 years it's been going? Yeah.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

Uh, that was a 30 year agreement. So that will expire in 35.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

Uh, that was a 30 year agreement. So that will expire in 35.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

Uh, that was a 30 year agreement. So that will expire in 35.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

Oh yeah. Yeah. We're still, we're 20, 19 years into that 30 year agreement. And that's what, you know, I mean, we get, no, these, these machines are really expensive. Um, This was a $190 million project they put on the feral ranch, and they need time to recover that investment. That was explained to me. Why do I have to commit so much time?

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

Oh yeah. Yeah. We're still, we're 20, 19 years into that 30 year agreement. And that's what, you know, I mean, we get, no, these, these machines are really expensive. Um, This was a $190 million project they put on the feral ranch, and they need time to recover that investment. That was explained to me. Why do I have to commit so much time?

Farm4Profit Podcast
Wind Energy and Ranching: Perspective from a Farm Transition Story

Oh yeah. Yeah. We're still, we're 20, 19 years into that 30 year agreement. And that's what, you know, I mean, we get, no, these, these machines are really expensive. Um, This was a $190 million project they put on the feral ranch, and they need time to recover that investment. That was explained to me. Why do I have to commit so much time?