JEAN JOHNSON
Member: AgIndustry Leadership Council
Jean Johnson
Ranch Manager
Flying Diamond Ranch
Jean and her husband, Scott (both CSU Alums), own the Flying Diamond Ranch which operates cattle ranches in eight Colorado counties. All four of their fifth generation children and their families are involved in the business, two full time and two part time. The Flying Diamond’s ranching enterprises include a cow/calf operation, seed stock marketing, and a GAP 4 stocker program.
The Ranch has been practicing Holistic Resource Management for over 35 years and through intensive grazing and a variety of regenerative programs involving of water pipelines and hundreds of miles of fencing, the business has seen measurable advances in rangeland health (biodiversity) and wildlife habitat.
The Flying Diamond Ranch won the prestigious Leopold Conservation Award in 2015 and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Land Stewardship award in 2018. Jean and the family are continually looking for innovative way.