At Ranching for Profit we make a big deal about WITB (working in the business: the day-to-day operational work) and WOTB (working on the business: strategy, planning, and assessment). Most…
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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…
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My phone rang the other evening, and it startled me because I was just about to call it a night. It had been pitch black for hours, and I thought…
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Somewhere along the line Ranching for Profit has gotten a reputation for being the “sell your cows school”. I want to push back against that. I hope that Ranching for…
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In managing through the recent drought covering much of cow country, I hear a lot of discussion around questions like: “How many cows ‘can’ we keep?”; “How much hay do…
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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…
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We just wrapped up a full Ranching for Profit School in Oklahoma City. It was an amazing week where 54 people spent a week exploring the leadership of their businesses…
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There has been quite a bit written about managing cow deprecation over the past few years. In simple terms cow depreciation is the reduction of value of a cow from…
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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,…
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We have a basketball hoop in our dirt driveway (makes dribbling interesting). My daughter, Gracen, a sophomore in high school, plays several sports including basketball. I’ll join in on a…
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