Wally Olson is a rancher from Vinita, Oklahoma. He has a profitable cattle trading enterprise based on the Sell/Buy marketing principles popularized by Bud Williams. At the foundation of Wally’s…
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I asked a group of our clients what difference it would make to their operation and their life if they had an extra hour a day of productive time. Most…
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I just read an article written by an ag economist on the value of bred heifers. He wrote that a crossbred heifer producing 9 consecutive calves in her lifetime is…
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Take half - leave half. It is probably the most common advice you’ll hear regarding grazing utilization. In my opinion it is bad advice. It was probably the brainchild of…
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We use a process at RMC to help families and business teams create a shared vision and a plan to achieve it. We start by asking a very basic question:…
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I once heard Bud Williams say, “Ranchers love their cows and hate their grass.” Bud thought they had it backwards. They should love their grass and hate their cattle. I…
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In an earlier ProfitTips column I wrote about a young couple who, after attending a Ranching For Profit School, came home to meet a brick wall of resistance from the…
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A Ranching For Profit School alumni sent me a paper published by the Society for Range Management on calculating the optimum stocking rate. The authors crunched 14 variables through 1o…
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When my kids were young they played in a youth soccer league. At the end of the season all of the players were given a participation trophy. I sat there…
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Many of us hope and fear that the next generation will want to be part of the family business. We hope because we feel validated that we must have done…
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