It’s your job
May 5, 2011
We spend a lot of time trying to prove the value of ranch practices that add more work. We’ll look for studies that show, in dollar amounts, why a cow-calf producer should precondition or wean cattle (on the truck doesn’t count).
It usually comes back to the best way to recoup that investment in full is to retain ownership. One time I was interviewing a producer and I asked why he added the labor if he was just going to sell at the salebarn. He said, “It’s the job of the cow-calf producer to prepare those animals for the next stage of production. Even if they’re not getting paid for that, they should be looking down the road.”
Well, I don’t know any cattlemen or women who like to be accused of not giving it their all, of doing a bad job.
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