I was thumbing through a status quo beef publication earlier this week when I saw an article entitled “Feeding Hay More Efficiently.” The article was promoting the use of some very expensive bale processors. I immediately thought of a favorite Peter Drucker quote that says, “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” It is very difficult to have a profitable cow-calf operation if that operation requires much in the way of feeding hay – no matter how efficient you are at feeding the hay. Let the cow be a cow!
Quote Worth Re-Quoting –
“The more petroleum and iron you put between the sun’s solar energy and your cow’s belly, the less profitable you will be.” ~ Jim Gerrish