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Sep 23

High Gross Margin per Unit Doesn’t Mean No Input

By Dallas Mount Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Planning & Management One Comment

It’s tempting to chase the path of reducing inputs to increase profit. In some cases it works. In other cases it can make the business less profitable. Which can be…

Sep 09

Don’t Confuse Strong Markets with Good Management

By Dallas Mount Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Planning & Management 2 Comments

“I’m really good at this ranching stuff! I’ve been hitting 20% to 40% ROI these past few years, and the management before me could never even crack double digit returns.”…

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…

Jul 08

The Wyoming Buckaroo

By Dallas Mount Decision Making, Making a Change, Planning & Management 4 Comments

I can’t remember where it happened, but a while back at a Ranching for Profit School a participant made a comment about “The Parable of the Mexican Fisherman”. Not being…

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…

May 13

Vacation Planning

By Shanon Sims Labor Effectiveness, Planning & Management, Succession No Comments

As a responsible journalist, Jordan sent me a copy of his previous article for review and approval before releasing it as a ProfitTips, since the ranch he was babysitting was…

Apr 22

Spring Break Isn’t What It Used To Be

By Jordan Steele Communication, Labor Effectiveness, Planning & Management No Comments

Our toddler’s daycare follows the school district calendar so we are getting used to school hours and holidays. For those of you out there with little kids you can understand…

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…

cattle

High Gross Margin per Unit Doesn’t Mean No Input

Don’t Confuse Strong Markets with Good Management

Those Calves are Also Too Expensive

The Wyoming Buckaroo

Those Cows are Too Expensive

Vacation Planning

Spring Break Isn’t What It Used To Be

Who’s Doing the Calving on Your Ranch?

Knowing Your Gross Margin Per Unit

The 3 Secrets Still Apply

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