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<blockquote data-quote="rocfarm" data-source="post: 1840967" data-attributes="member: 42715"><p>This is true until it's not. The way I do things is very different from my forbearers. In fact, I spent a lot of time studying the mistakes they made, both economically/budget wise and on the cattle management side. As I downloaded PDF after PDF of free fact sheets off the internet, I was surprised at how much of the information has been FREELY available for a LONG time, but also how many people that actually owned land and cattle knew little about some of this information. </p><p></p><p>There are A LOT of people that don't study land/soil types, cattle husbandry/stocking rates/efficiency metrics, or the financial side of this market. I think and eye opener was when a sale barn OWNER told me that my heifer with a BCS of 6.5 might not breed back and she should be in a condition of 9 or 10. Then I realized he didn't know the standard terms for the industry.</p><p></p><p>The point: Some of us are quite progressive. We just want an even playing field.</p><p></p><p>Control over our information is part of it. Not wanting to upgrade in this area does not mean we are 'sticks in the mud'. When change comes, we ask, "Good or bad for who?" If it ain't good for us, then the next question should be, "Is it bad for us? Who does it benefit?" If it's not really for the greater good but for another group that doesn't have our best interests at heart, shouldn't we resist?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocfarm, post: 1840967, member: 42715"] This is true until it’s not. The way I do things is very different from my forbearers. In fact, I spent a lot of time studying the mistakes they made, both economically/budget wise and on the cattle management side. As I downloaded PDF after PDF of free fact sheets off the internet, I was surprised at how much of the information has been FREELY available for a LONG time, but also how many people that actually owned land and cattle knew little about some of this information. There are A LOT of people that don’t study land/soil types, cattle husbandry/stocking rates/efficiency metrics, or the financial side of this market. I think and eye opener was when a sale barn OWNER told me that my heifer with a BCS of 6.5 might not breed back and she should be in a condition of 9 or 10. Then I realized he didn’t know the standard terms for the industry. The point: Some of us are quite progressive. We just want an even playing field. Control over our information is part of it. Not wanting to upgrade in this area does not mean we are ‘sticks in the mud’. When change comes, we ask, “Good or bad for who?” If it ain’t good for us, then the next question should be, “Is it bad for us? Who does it benefit?” If it’s not really for the greater good but for another group that doesn’t have our best interests at heart, shouldn’t we resist? [/QUOTE]
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