All cow-calf producers look smart when 500-pound calves are worth $1800 to $2000 per head. They can do many things wrong and still make a profit. How many cow-calf producers are going to look smart when the cattle market crashes? I’m afraid the smart ones will be in...

Successful people set themselves apart because they are willing to learn, they can adapt, and they are genuinely curious. Farnam Street explains the power of curiosity as follows, “Work becomes great when curiosity drives it beyond obligation.” This is not only...

When you look at a cow from the side and from the top, she should get wider and deeper from her head to her rear. This wedge shape is very indicative of fertility, grass efficiency and productivity. When you look at a bull from the side and from the top, he should be...

Every spring, the status quo Whiz Kids start talking about horn fly control. Until this year, these discussions quickly morphed into lengthy comparisons of toxic chemicals. I’m sure that discussion is just around the corner. There has never been and there never will...

Farnam Street shared the following insight in their weekly blog: “Interdependence is the web that ties us all together. It’s the recognition that no person, no company, no country is an island. We’re all connected, all reliant on one another in countless ways, big and...

The status quo Whiz Kids always have many discussions going on. Most do not interest me. However, one about open cows caught my attention late last week. One forum member said he usually has 15% open cows in a 90-day breeding season. He wanted to know what to...

Bull sales around the country are averaging a lot more this winter than ever before! That shouldn’t surprise us because cattle prices are higher than ever before. Believe it or not, a 500-pound steer is worth a Whopping $1000 More than he was worth just five years...