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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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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The Ranching For Profit School is intended for ranchers. But every year some people who want to get into ranching attend the class to build a business plan to test…
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A lot of ranchers use some kind of grazing rotation. Very few do it in a way that has even a 50/50 chance of improving the health of the land,…
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Legacy is a powerful concept. Perhaps that is because we see our legacy as a form of immortality. In some families it has survived generations now long gone. Many people…
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Most of us hire people to work. We write job descriptions telling them to do this or that. But what people do and how long or hard they work is…
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Ranching For Profit School instructors work with people in the evenings after class to help them apply the tools they learn in the school. A lot of people take advantage…
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