Dare To Be A Contrarian

Dare To Be A Contrarian

No matter what the business is, very few in that business will ever have a competitive advantage.   Why is that?   The reason very few people will ever have a competitive advantage is because nearly everyone is essentially doing the same thing everyone else in their...
Dare To Be A Contrarian

Do Small Cows Make More Money?

By Alan Newport ANewport1@gmail.com  For years, indeed decades, the argument over cow size has been bantered about by cattle producers.   Now, adding to the debate, research from Wyoming shows smaller cows can produce more beef per acre, as well as produce more...
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More Drought Thoughts

As expected and as shown in the latest Drought Monitor Map, the northern-plains drought is increasing in intensity and size.   From what I have read and heard, many of the drought-stricken cow-calf producers have procrastinated to the point that they are behind the...
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Drought Thoughts

Other than the terrible drought in California, we have not had much reason to discuss drought in our weekly emails or quarterly newsletters since the spring of 2013.   For twelve years prior to that, however, we spent an inordinate amount of time discussing drought.  ...