Have We Seen the Highs?

Have We Seen the Highs?

Cattle prices have fallen sharply over the past month. Some, including CattleFax, believe the cycle highs are behind us. If so, you better tie a knot in the end of your rope and HANG ON! I don’t know what to think… The fundamentals have not changed. Cattle numbers are...
Have We Seen the Highs?

We Believe

The future belongs to those who are not afraid to change with the times. Unfortunately, that will be a minority, because most people have an aversion to change. The cow-calf segment of the beef industry is at a major turning point. What has worked so well for the last...
Have We Seen the Highs?

Efficiency

Efficiency isn’t good or bad – it’s just efficiency. Culture ascribes value and privilege to certain words and phrases, and “efficiency” is currently enjoying that privilege. I will argue why that value needs to be stripped from the word. I’ll also show how efficiency...
Have We Seen the Highs?

Fat — Good, Bad, or Ugly?

Livestock thinker and philosopher, Johann Zietsman, eloquently stated: “Fat is an essential component of sustainable profitability. You can either breed fat into cattle or feed fat into cattle. If you breed cattle to feed them, you will have to feed cattle to breed...
Have We Seen the Highs?

Faulty Science

I recently heard that 99% of the animal species have gone extinct. When I heard that, I immediately thought, “How do they know that to be true?” When I did a Google search, I was told that there are written descriptions for 1.5 million animal species. That’s good...
Have We Seen the Highs?

Come Alive

Some people drag themselves through life. They are stuck in the same routine, day-in and day-out. They live for some future point in time when things will change, like retirement. We start these habits young, always looking forward to when we are older. First, it’s 16...