Full Verbatim Transcript: Making a Waste Product into an Easily Absorbed Feed Source (WCP 510) – Working Cows Podcast
Podcast: Working Cows – Regenerative Ranching to Maximize Profitability and Soil Health
Episode: Making a Waste Product into an Easily Absorbed Feed Source (WCP 510)
Host: Clay Conry
Guests: Marc Walther & Trey Schmidt
Date: May 1, 2026
Length: 52 minutes
Full Speaker-Labeled Verbatim Transcript
Marc Walther (cold open): What really matters when it comes to animal nutrition is that the first question what’s the crude protein? Well, you know what? That’s really not the question. Question is what is your cow absorbing? Probably not much. And what do they do at feedlots? They feed them crap and corn. Uh chickens they feed they feed that the chicken crap to the to the cows. And so it’s really about what you absorb. So our motto was always it’s not what you eat, it’s what you absorb. And then my scientist said to me said, you know what? You’re lying to your customers. I said, why is that? I don’t lie to my customers. He said, no. He said, it is what you eat. And then it’s how you absorb it. And how do we help those animals be able to absorb everything that we are putting in front of them? Intact is actually a medical term. It means that your body’s intact. So when I go give speeches for the different health food stores that handle our product or anybody, I’ll talk to them about it and say, you know what? All that stuff in your store, none of it will work unless your body’s intact. And what does that mean? Everything’s processing properly. I mean, can you imagine going to a slaughterhouse and they can’t sell the livers of the cows for even dog food? That’s a shame. All that and more on this episode 510 of the Working Cows Podcast.
Clay Conry (intro): Welcome to the podcast that gives producers a platform to discuss and share paradigm challenging practices. Practices that have increased the effectiveness of their operation and the joy that their families have received from this lifestyle. Howdy everybody, it’s Clay Conry, host of the Working Cows Podcast. I’m going to share with you today a conversation that I had with Marc Walther and Trey Schmidt. And we talked to them about the way that they’re taking some byproducts from other agricultural sectors and turning them into beneficial nutrient dense supplements for cattle, feed for cattle, and uh just a seems like an option, a low-cost option maybe to get some more nutrients into the animals, up their absorption as we talked about there in the cold open, and some other things. So I’m just learning about it as with most things on the Working Cows Podcast, I’m just learning about it along with you. And uh I’m looking forward to sharing this conversation with you right now. Marc, Trey, thanks for joining me today on the Working Cows Podcast.
Marc Walther: It’s a pleasure.
Trey Schmidt: Hey, good afternoon. How are you? Doing pretty good.
Clay Conry (outro): Mark, Trey, thanks for your time today. Thank you. Have a good day. Really appreciate Mark and Trey taking the time to share about the what they’ve been seeing as results and the test ranch that Trey is a part of there and all of the different benefits that they’ve been seeing on their product.
End of episode. Full audio: https://player.blubrry.com/id/153850303 | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InSgJsRcv7U
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