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Apr 23

The Vital Role of Mothers on the Ranch

By Dallas Mount Communication, Decision Making, Labor Effectiveness One Comment

At our Ranching for Profit School and throughout our Executive Link program, we've seen how critical it is to have mothers and women involved in the leadership of a ranch.…

Mar 26

Dallas Mount teaching Ranching for Profit School

Ranching for Profit School Now 6 Days

By Dallas Mount Decision Making, Labor Effectiveness, Making a Change No Comments

At Ranching for Profit, we are always looking for ways to improve the effectiveness and accessibility of our programs. Over the past year, we’ve tested alternative formats for delivering our…

Oct 23

Beware of the Recipe

By Melinda Sims Decision Making, Making a Change, Planning & Management No Comments

How many of us can honestly say that we follow our cooking or baking recipes to a T? If we do, how many of us can say that the recipe…

Jul 12

Assets, Liabilities and Opportunities

By Dave Pratt Decision Making, Planning & Management, Succession 6 Comments

In a discussion about succession and estate planning at the Ranching For Generations course earlier this year, a woman told me that she believed “we should leave our kids opportunities…

Dec 08

Succession Assets vs Management

By Dallas Mount Communication, Planning & Management, Succession 5 Comments

Succession. When the word succession is used in agriculture circles most think of who gets what and when. Typically when any industry group hosts a panel on succession, they include…

Jun 09

The Ranch Business Time Bomb

By Dallas Mount Decision Making, Planning & Management, Succession 5 Comments

Think of a ranch business you know of, that is no longer in business. Now I want you to think of the underlying cause for that business no longer being…

Apr 22

Is Tagging Calves a Good Idea?

By Dallas Mount Decision Making, Labor Effectiveness, Making a Change 12 Comments

We need to constantly challenge the management practices we do on the ranch, to make sure they still make sense. As business management guru Edwards Demming (who lived in Powell,…

Feb 27

Having a Ranch AND a Life

By Dave Pratt Making a Change, Planning & Management, Risk/Drought 5 Comments

A friend included me in an email chain informing us of a farmer he knew who recently took his life. I don’t pretend to begin to know this man’s pain…

Jan 09

A True Story About A Real Manager

By Dave Pratt Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Labor Effectiveness 7 Comments

About 15 years ago I met an absentee owner who was responsible for a family ranch that was losing money. It had lost between $200,000-$300,000 year after year for a…

Oct 24

What is Sweat Worth?

By Dave Pratt Economics & Finance, Labor Effectiveness, Planning & Management 3 Comments

Most family ranches are subsidized with free, or underpaid, family labor. Sometimes the difference between what family members get and what it would cost to hire someone else to do…

family business

The Vital Role of Mothers on the Ranch

Ranching for Profit School Now 6 Days

Beware of the Recipe

Assets, Liabilities and Opportunities

Succession Assets vs Management

The Ranch Business Time Bomb

Is Tagging Calves a Good Idea?

Having a Ranch AND a Life

A True Story About A Real Manager

What is Sweat Worth?

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