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#186 – Bigger is Not Always Better

#186 – Bigger is Not Always Better

Some of you have been watching for years, but there are many new Herd Quitters who are anxious to learn a better way to operate their business. Here is a re-run of a past episode. The message is still the same: Bigger is Not Always Better....

#185 – Soil Health – Part 2

#185 – Soil Health – Part 2

Here's a real life example of improving soil health through rotational grazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?loop=1&v=1Q_tfg_mYus&list=PLSpP--7TbVItPcvRmNfEugZ0Hu8SfIOay&index=185

#184 – Wild Country

#184 – Wild Country

We run our cows with other PCC® customers in wild country for the summer. It's past the middle of nowhere, but the cattle do great up in the mountains....

#183 – Developing Heifers

#183 – Developing Heifers

It's much easier to work with nature instead of against it. We've proven that in our experience developing heifers. We used to overcomplicate every part of the process — now we let nature do the work....

#182 – Rain is a Good Thing

#182 – Rain is a Good Thing

Rain is usually a welcome sight in my part of the world. We received a half inch yesterday and it sure brightened things up. In a country that relies primarily on irrigation, rain is pure gold....

#181 – Long Days

#181 – Long Days

This time of year requires long days to get all the work done. I'm thankful for good friends and "Vitamin I" (Ibuprofen). This week we worked our yearling heifers and put them out to grass....

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Farmers and ranchers know a little bit about hard work. We are not afraid to get our hands dirty. However, we tend to be not so good at working smarter. Shane Parrish makes the connection between working harder and working smarter in his weekly blog: “Telling someone to ‘work smarter’ is useless because it assumes they already know what smarter looks like. If they did, they’d be doing it. “Work smarter, not harder is often framed as the opposite of hard work, but...

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