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Oct 14

Is it a Situation or a Problem?

By Dallas Mount Decision Making, Making a Change, Risk/Drought One Comment

Last week my phone rang, and it was Stan Hayes of Ramsted Ranch in Washington state. When Stan's name pops up on my phone, I know it's going to be…

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.”…

Aug 12

Money and Maths

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

As many of you know, Ranching for Profit has international reach. We have long enjoyed our relationship with our sister company RCS in Australia, Ranching for Profit Mexico and now…

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…

Mar 25

When the Student Becomes the Teacher

By Jordan Steele Communication, Decision Making, Making a Change No Comments

There is always a tipping point in our Ranching for Profit Schools where we can see light bulbs and aha ideas start to show up. We use a teach-to-learn technique…

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…

Sep 10

The Writing On The Wall

By Dave Pratt Decision Making, Planning & Management, Risk/Drought No Comments

Adlai Stevenson was spot on when he noted that most of us “…cannot read the handwriting on the wall until our back is up against it.” It’s easy to get…

management

Is it a Situation or a Problem?

High Gross Margin per Unit Doesn’t Mean No Input

Don’t Confuse Strong Markets with Good Management

Money and Maths

Those Calves are Also Too Expensive

When the Student Becomes the Teacher

Knowing Your Gross Margin Per Unit

The 3 Secrets Still Apply

Ranch Technologies

The Writing On The Wall

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