It Won’t Cost a Dime

It Won’t Cost a Dime

The first step most cow-calf producers need to take to start maximizing their profits and building wealth will not cost them a single dime and it will not require any physical labor. It will require nothing more than a change in thinking. Producers must STOP focusing...
It Won’t Cost a Dime

Motivation

I am a wrestling coach and our season just started. I have noticed that I spend a lot of time talking about motivation. It wasn’t always like this. I don’t remember having a lack of motivation when I played sports. What has changed? Much of the research I did has...
It Won’t Cost a Dime

Visual Appraisal

I was going through a status-quo bull sale catalog with my kids the other night. We enjoy looking at the pictures and practicing our “livestock judging” skills. If something looks decent, we may take a look at the EPDs. My kids are getting pretty good at visual...
It Won’t Cost a Dime

Deanna’s Cat

Deanna’s cat has doubled in size since we took him to our mountain cabin a little over two months ago. I don’t know what his name is, but I call him Walter in honor of Walter the Cat in the Chevy Silverado commercials. For a good laugh, watch the two videos below....
It Won’t Cost a Dime

Bend in the Road

Helen Keller once said, “A bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turn.”   That’s a very simple, yet profound, statement! It applies to all people in all walks of life. It has application for me – and it has application for you! What...
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Bull to Cow Ratio

Bull to Cow Ratio Recently, I have had several phone conversations with customers and potential customers about how many cows you should run with a bull during breeding season. As you might expect, there is a difference between what status quo bull producers recommend...