Already Dead –

Henry Ford once said, “The man who is too set to change is dead already.   The funeral is a mere detail.”   I had to read that quote a couple of times before I fully understood how powerful it is – and how appropriate it is to the current beef...

Time to Change Horses

Visualize, if you will, an old cowpoke riding an old plug horse that stumbles along with its head just a foot off the ground.   The cowpoke represents a lot of today’s cow-calf producers — perhaps most of today’s cow-calf producers.   The old horse...

Reaching Your Destination –

Imagine, if you will, that you are driving east on a highway with plans to meet up with a friend in a certain town.   You come to a Y in the road.   To continue traveling east toward your destination, you should have taken the left-hand fork – but you mistakenly chose...

Solving Problems –

Problems are unavoidable.   They are a part of life and a part of business.   Each and every one of us will eventually have problems to solve.   How do you solve your problems?   Where do you look for solutions? Most people...

The Hottest Topic –

This time of year, the hottest topic within the beef industry is fly control. Everyone is talking about fly control! Since flies have become resistant to nearly all of the toxic chemicals that were created to control them, fly problems have done nothing but get worse...