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Dec 14

Economic Planning

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

Dwight Eisenhower said, “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” Eisenhower might as well have been talking about ranching. Speaking of planning ... How is your…

Nov 09

A Perspective on Gross Margin from Aaron

By Dallas Mount Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Planning & Management 5 Comments

Aaron Helmick is a pain in the rear. Even worse he is a dairy farmer from West Virginia pain in the rear. 😆 Somehow Aaron managed to marry Tara and…

Nov 13

What Price Should I Use?

By Dallas Mount Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Planning & Management No Comments

For the past 3 weeks we have been holding our Executive Link meetings from New England to Texas. We have about 110 businesses that are currently members of Executive Link…

Aug 28

The Unit

By Dave Pratt Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Planning & Management No Comments

Improving gross margin per unit is the second of the Three Secrets For Increasing Profit™. It is also the most misunderstood. Gross margin is the contribution an enterprise makes toward…

Jan 23

How Much Can You Afford To Spend On Feed?

By Dave Pratt Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Production 3 Comments

A midwestern University specialist recently wrote a column for a leading beef industry magazine claiming that winter feeding is the biggest expense in most cow/calf enterprises. That may be true…

Dec 12

4 Reasons Why Increasing Weaning Weights May Not Increase Profit

By Dave Pratt Ecology & Grazing, Labor Effectiveness, Production 4 Comments

I gotta stop reading this stuff. A recent article in a self-proclaimed “progressive” magazine claimed that July deworming was an often-overlooked opportunity to increase weaning weight and therefore profit. …

Nov 14

5 Keys to Quality Cattle

By Dave Pratt Ecology & Grazing, Economics & Finance, Production

A popular industry magazine found its way to my desk this week. An article that described five essential “wisdoms” for producing quality cattle piqued my curiosity. According to the author,…

Sep 26

Game Changer?

By Dave Pratt Economics & Finance, Planning & Management, Production 3 Comments

Income - costs = profit, right? The answer is “sort of.” It’s a little more complicated than that because we need to adjust for inventory changes, consider non-cash costs like…

Aug 22

Is Your Ranch Fire-proof?

By Dave Pratt Ecology & Grazing, Planning & Management, Risk/Drought No Comments

The risk of wildfire has always been a normal part of ranching. But today we are faced with a new normal that includes the increased risk of catastrophic wildfire. The…

Aug 08

Low Hanging Fruit

By Dave Pratt Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Making a Change 2 Comments

Someone called me asking if I was available to do some consulting. I explained that even though our name is Ranch Management Consultants, we actually do very little consulting. After…

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Economic Planning

A Perspective on Gross Margin from Aaron

What Price Should I Use?

The Unit

How Much Can You Afford To Spend On Feed?

4 Reasons Why Increasing Weaning Weights May Not Increase Profit

5 Keys to Quality Cattle

Game Changer?

Is Your Ranch Fire-proof?

Low Hanging Fruit

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