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...

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...

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...

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...

I often have customers call me up to tell me they have a dud bull.   A dud bull is a bull that is not interested in breeding cows.   While cows are riding one another and at least one cow is obviously in standing heat, the bull will be lying down...

Whether you want to believe it or not, your long-term success in the cow-calf business will be dependent on your willingness to make some changes.   We all have the ability to change – but not everyone has the willingness to change.  ...

We continue to believe most cow-calf producers can double their profits once they STOP focusing on increasing pounds per individual calf and START focusing on increasing pounds per acre.   There is a BIG difference!   We know ranchers who have more...

The panic created by the coronavirus pandemic seems to be relaxing its grip on most people around the world.   It’s time to crawl out from under the bed and get back to living our lives again.   It’s time to get back to work and play....

Your survival in the cow-calf business will be dependent on your ability to switch paradigms (horses). The old-horse paradigm is the result of a time when land was unbelievably cheap – at least by today’s standards. It is also the result of cheap feed and cheap fuel....

Most of us have one or two winter coats.   Sometimes we wear more than one coat at the same time.   Winter is a time of shorter days and colder temperatures.   Unless you live in the tropics, you need to wear a coat most of the time...