The Ranching for Profit School (US-based) is a streamlined 6-day format, delivering innovative, principle-based curriculum with focus and efficiency. We've optimized the schedule to maximize learning while reducing your time away from your business!

Format:
📍Starts: Monday at 8 AM
📍Adjourns: Saturday at NOON (with a class banquet Friday evening)


Our expert instructors will help you find the breakthroughs you’ve been looking for to increase profit, improve the health of the land, improve the relationships in your business and increase your satisfaction with your ranch.

Instructors

Melinda Sims RFP Instructor

Melinda Sims graduated from the University of Wyoming in 2000 with a degree in Animal Science, focusing on production. While at UW she met and married her husband, Shanon. After college they began working for the family business, Sims Cattle Company, in McFadden, Wyoming. They have two children, a son, Kagan, and a daughter, Jentry, who are the fifth generation on the ranch. Throughout her many years on the ranch, Melinda has become very involved in every aspect of ranching, from daily management of animals and land to long term planning and business management. She attended Ranching For Profit in 2020 and 2021, and was an Executive Link member for 2 years. Melinda strives to understand holism, how it applies to Sims Cattle Company. She has worked diligently with Shanon and his family to breed profitable cattle that work in their environment using Ranching for Profit principles.

Shanon Sims RFP Instructor

Shanon Sims was born and raised on a holistically managed, family owned cow/calf and stocker operation in southeastern Wyoming. The Sims family motto is “never stop learning” and he has fully embraced that philosophy, earning a BS in Animal Science from the University of Wyoming, completing Ranching for Profit School twice, Holistic Management training twice, the High Plains Ranch Practicum once, along with many workshops and hosted educational opportunities. Through all of this, he has learned that the best way to learn is to share experiences (especially failures), ideas, and theories. He operates Sims Cattle Company, LLC along with two other generations currently active (though in varying degrees!) in the business. Shanon and his wife, Melinda, were active in Executive Link for two years and used that time to create a business that is attractive to their children, Kagan and Jentry.

Location Information

  • Billings Hotel & Convention Center
  • 1223 Mullowney Lane, Billings, MT, 59101 US
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The hotel and lodging costs are separate and vary from location to location.

CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellation of a registration does not affect a registrant’s financial liability. The deposit is non-refundable, but is 100% transferable toward any school held within 13 months of the school in which you originally enrolled.

*Click here to read our refund policy

Save $300 on your registration by taking advantage of our early bird pricing. Secure your spot and save! Early bird pricing ends December 23, 2026

Registrations require a deposit:
$500 per person for new students or RFP alumni rate paid in full.

  • Total school fee is $3,000 ($3,300 after 12/23/26). Deposit of $500 required to enroll. You will be billed for the balance due after registration is processed. Balance is due 2 weeks prior to start of class.

  • Total school fee is $2,500 ($2,800 after 12/23/26) for each additional person from the same business. Deposit of $500 required to enroll. You will be billed for the balance due after registration is processed. Balance is due 2 weeks prior to start of class.

  • Persons that have attended the RFP School in the past. Full amount of $1,000 ($1,300 after 12/23/26) per person is due at time of registration.

Students must be at least 18 years of age or older to attend.

$500.00

Add Ons

  • Large Grazing & or Stockflow Charts

    3'X5' Laminated Grazing and or Stockflow Charts - use to plan grazing and flow of livestock and record actuals. Graduates of the school find these both to be extremely useful in planning and communication.
    If you order with your school registration we will deliver the chart(s) to you at the school with zero shipping charge.

  • Healthy Lands, Happy Families, Profitable Businesses

    Dave Pratt's first book and still a favorite. According to Stan Parsons, Healthy Land, Happy Families and Profitable Businesses, is “the best book ever written about ranching.” Joel Salatin calls Dave Pratt’s collection of essays, “a delightful, wisdom-dense read.” It is a terrific introduction to Ranching For Profit principles and a great refresher for RFP graduates.
    If ordered with your school registration we will ship with your registration packet with no additional shipping charge.

    $25.00 ea.
Terms of Service:
The Services are for your private use only, with no transfer of title. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, sell, or make any other non-private use of any of the content obtained from the Services.

RFP instructors have the authority to expel students who interfere with the learning of others.

Cancellation Policy:
When enrolling in the school, a $500 non-refundable deposit for first time RFP participants and $1,000 tuition for repeating participants is due at time of enrolling. If you decide you wish to enroll in an RFP school different from the one you originally enrolled for, the $500 deposit or $1,000 tuition can be transferred to any RFP school within 13 months of the original school. After 13 months, or if you cancel your school attendance seven days from the start of the school, the total deposit/tuition is forfeited.

The balance of the tuition is due 2 weeks prior to the start of the school. If, during the 13-month transfer period, tuition for the school increases before you re-enroll in the school you will be billed for the difference between what you paid and the new tuition. If you don’t want to pay the higher tuition, all but the deposit will be refunded.

Retained funds can only be applied to schools hosted by Ranch Management Consultants. Schools hosted by partnering entities are not eligible for use of retained funds.

Refund Policy:
RMC offers a money-back guarantee for the Ranching For Profit School. If someone attending the school is dissatisfied with the value, they can receive a full refund, including their deposit. To receive the refund they must:
1. Make the request within 6 days after the last day of the school.
2. Have attended at least the first 5 days of the school.
3. Have expressed dissatisfaction to the instructor at the school.
4. Communicate to RMC in writing why they believe the school failed to deliver value.

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