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Jul 22

Those Calves are Also Too Expensive

By Jordan Steele Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Production 10 Comments

I am writing this article as a 1-2 punch with my June 2026 article: Those Cows are Too Expensive. This week, let’s look at the calf that she produces. The…

Jun 24

Those Cows are Too Expensive

By Jordan Steele Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Production 2 Comments

In my opinion, the cattle market is still pretty hot. Depending on what market report you are looking at, it may have flattened out recently, but there is still money…

Apr 08

Who’s Doing the Calving on Your Ranch?

By Dallas Mount Ecology & Grazing, Labor Effectiveness, Production No Comments

Calving season is here. Across cow country, green grass is pushing through, and newborn calves are bouncing next to their mothers. There's a familiar energy on the ranch: part excitement,…

Feb 11

Gross margin per unit measures the economic efficiency of the enterprise.

Knowing Your Gross Margin Per Unit

By Dallas Mount Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Production One Comment

At Ranching for Profit we teach the Three Secrets for Increasing Profit. Obviously, they aren’t really secrets. But considering the lack of understanding of them by most agricultural businesses, many…

Jan 28

The 3 Secrets Still Apply

By Jordan Steele Economics & Finance, Planning & Management, Production No Comments

“We overcomplicate economics enormously, we can in fact look at it much simpler. We can improve the gross margin per unit, increase the number of units in the business, or…

Oct 08

Ranch Technologies

By Dallas Mount Labor Effectiveness, Planning & Management, Production No Comments

Tech is rapidly changing the ranching world. In my experience I don’t think I’ve seen technologies that have the likelihood of such fundamental changes, as the technologies being rolled out…

Jun 11

Improve Your Stockmanship

By Jordan Steele Economics & Finance, Planning & Management, Production No Comments

Last month I attended Dawn Hnatow’s stockmanship school in Virginia with my wife and father-in-law. It was an incredibly long road trip from Wyoming with our horses, but we were…

Jan 08

Advice from One Humbled Rancher

By Jordan Steele Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Production 3 Comments

During our last RFP Bookshelf Discussion (our monthly book club for alumni) an old copy of a ProfitTips article written by Wally Olson fell out of my Knowledge Rich Ranching…

Jan 10

Grazing Planning

By Dallas Mount Ecology & Grazing, Planning & Management, Production 2 Comments

Here in Wheatland, Wyoming it is a cold, snowy, and windy day. Perfect for planning out your grazing for the coming year! A grazing plan is where you think through…

Aug 10

Productive But Not Profitable

By Dallas Mount Economics & Finance, Planning & Management, Production 2 Comments

North American agriculture could be described in one statement. “Productive but not profitable.” For decades the primary messaging to farmers and ranchers has been to become more productive. You see…

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