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Ross Wahlert is 16 years old and is one of our Stockmanship and Marketing students. He entered a National FFA Risk Management Contest with the following essay. Controlled Risks Risk Management is just one crucial part of the agriculture industry that must be understood. There are many risks involved in Agriculture,
Question: I have been working with cattle and working dogs for a major part of my life. However, I do not consider myself accomplished dog trainer. My last dog who just recently broke down (ie snapped archilles tendon) worked well for me and picked up all my commands with limited
I spent the last week on a crew weaning calves. Talk about frustrating and disheartening… The cattle were in groups of 120 to 200 per pasture (largest pasture was only about 4,000 acres). Typical of ranches here . . . . . they spend most of their time in pickups
This is an interview that Grahame Rees conducted in Australia with one of our former Australian students. Many of you folks may remember meeting Grahame at some of our schools here in the U.S. Grahame is now teaching Stockmanship and Marketing in Australia.
Just wanted to share with you some of my experiences this past year. With having you to help me out I figure these are good times to press that limits and good times to try things because we have you as support and advice. This year I started out with
. . . . let you know of our progress in moving the bison. This is our second year to migrate the bison herd down country and across the highway onto the prairie. The crew is doing a great job and meeting with much success. We have crossed 957 head
This story came from Kit Pharo’s 1/12/11 newsletter. Some of you folks who have followed Bud’s teachings will recognize him as the guy who can Sleep While the Wind Blows. . . . . Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic sea coast. He constantly advertised for
Comment from a student: The last 4 months of the year were interesting with respect to the cattle markets and marketing. By focusing on the cornerstone of your marketing method [buy the under valued and sell the over valued and let the market tell you what to do] we were
Just wanting to wish you and Bud a Happy New Year! Still use everything I learned from you that weekend we spent together. The pens we built with the Bud box are wonderful….sooooo easy to use. Didn’t know it could be so consistently easy and smooth. The only problem I
This is from a letter we received from Nancy Lidster (see “Pig Stockmanship” on our Main Homepage). “A year ago I was ready to call it quits on the handling stuff. I told Don I would give it my absolute best for 6 months and if nothing changed I was
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