Herd Quitter™ Blog
Double Your Profits –
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...
What Have We Learned?
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....
Is it Time to Change Horses?
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....
Winter Coat –
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...
Tagging Calves –
Many cow-calf producers think it is sacrilegious to not ear tag calves at birth. Most do it because they have always done it. Several years ago, the PCC Discussion Group came up with several “Kooky Notions” that the members used to...
The Three Cs –
Circumstances are where you are right now. You had no control over some of your circumstances. Circumstances of your birth and childhood, for example, are not the result of any choices you made. Other circumstances, however, are the...
The Ladder of Success –
If success was easy, everyone would be remarkably successful. Unfortunately, very few people can be classified as remarkably successful. Success, however, does appear to be very easy for some people – but if you look closer, you will...
The Driving Force –
The driving force behind our program is the desire to help cow-calf producers make their business as profitable, enjoyable and sustainable as possible. That’s what wakes us up in the morning. That’s what keeps us going. Once you see...
One Down and Two to Go –
Our first-ever Virtual Bull Sale went off without a hitch. It was strange not to have 200+ people in the seats. Last year, we served lunch to 288 people at our Missouri Bull Sale. Nearly all the seats were full. This year, the entire Missouri Bull Sale took place in...
Time to Change Horses –
Visualize, if you will, an old cowpoke riding an old plug horse that stumbles along at a very slow pace with its head just a foot off the ground. I believe the cowpoke in this image represents a lot of today’s cow-calf producers – perhaps most of today’s...