This testimonial is from a phone conversation. I took some notes for accuracy. I realize it is not the same if I write it up. I asked her if she would type something up for me, and she declined. She stated that she wants to suppress the memories of what her family went through. HiContinue reading “Like Causes = Like Results”
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Agproud Q. 6 Charity
Question 6. What cause do you care about and how have you supported your favorite charity? My wife and I strongly feel it is important to help kids. Roughly one in seven kids in our area does not have enough food to eat. Over the years we have helped with several fund drives to helpContinue reading “Agproud Q. 6 Charity”
Shoo Fly
Every year there are numerous articles about fly control. All of them revolve around using some kind of gimmick for control. Now it’s no mystery why these freebee publications will only write about gimmicks that siphon money out of the pockets of cattle producers. It helps them sell advertising space. They probably also don’t realizeContinue reading “Shoo Fly”
Pitfalls of Good Stockmanship
I can’t ever stress enough the importance of great stockmanship. Over time as I have improved my skills I have noticed there are a few pitfalls People will get mad. I was helping a registered cattle breeder prepare for his bull sale. He wanted to catch a special cow to have on display for customersContinue reading “Pitfalls of Good Stockmanship”
Light the Furnace
The weather has been very challenging here to say the least. 2015 was the fourth wettest on record. Between Thanksgiving and New Years we’ve had close to a foot of rain. That just is not good since it doesn’t dry out that time of year. When that is coupled with temps that are 50 degreesContinue reading “Light the Furnace”
529 Plan Updated
My 529 plan was originally posted in March of 2013. In my example here, my daughter would have the original 5 head paid off at age 3. As an update of how well this can work, my daughter has 8 head fully paid for and a few hundred dollars left over. The cattle market hasContinue reading “529 Plan Updated”
Cycles
I do not pay very much attention to cycles. I will admit they do exist. I see market cycles within the week, the month, a six month period, and even the year and beyond. The thing is due to the way I market cattle the cycles do not matter at all to me. Before IContinue reading “Cycles”
Action
I’m not really sure how it happened, but I get quite a few people contact me for advice. Not just about cattle either. I have a few that are chronic callers. They call me A LOT, and never do anything. They never buy any cattle to get started. They never pull the trigger to startContinue reading “Action”
Rope Skippers
It almost never seems to fail. I talk to a ton of people who want to start their own business. And as you could guess most of them are people wanting to get into raising cattle. So many of them fall into a category that I call “Rope Skippers” Rope Skippers talk like they areContinue reading “Rope Skippers”
Concept 2
Successful business people don’t just focus on what to do. More importantly they focus on what not to do and they stop doing it. For example my family has been in the cow/calf business for five generations (me being the fifth). I also started a registered Angus herd from scratch, and had that business forContinue reading “Concept 2”
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