 Nine and 18 months to complete. With the Dakota Farm and Ranch Report, I'm Scott Bachmeier. Ranching is tough. What an understatement. Through bitter cold, blistering heat, floods, and drought, the odds are stacked against you. And most people have no idea. Most people don't even know you exist. But you're not most people. Some people wonder if you're crazy. Heck, you wonder the same thing yourself.