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Just a scoop fullThe cattle market can be frustrating. Even though cattle feeders seemed to be willing to bet on a better tomorrow, there still is not a lot of support out there, once they run the futures lower. Our overall numbers are definitely lower, as far as cattle in the feedlot and outside. But most are getting wore down mentally, always hoping it will get better. Meanwhile the big corporations are either playing a number game and simply trying to keep their numbers up or, more than likely, are sharing in the profit of the end product. I feel that most cattlemen, particularly the ones who have had a bad habit of feeding cattle, are like myself and are simply trying to figure out how to make some money. While all the time, expenses keep rolling in. I am thankful that several years ago we had several very good years. But, personally, making money is a lot like my love life. I get tired of always referring to it in the past. My kids are getting ready to start school again. Several people have said to me that "I bet you are ready for that." Not really. Whether they are in school or not, it is simply a matter of different places we need to be. To be right honest, I try to help them with their homework some, but I think I am the one that needs the tutor. Some of our area has had moisture, while the other is extremely dry. In this immediate area, the dry weather is going to change the fact of not as much hay being baled as was planned. However, if you get 100 miles away, perhaps we can find some hay. All in all, it could be worse. The preacher from the Slapout community got stung by a wasp and did not survive. It is sometimes hard to understand--to see why bad things have to happen to good people. He was a very ordinary man, but had a lot of qualities that most of us do not. It is easy to look around and say "Why didn't that happen to someone who deserved it?" But, if you are a believer, then you really can't be completely sad, when you know that he was ready to meet his Maker.
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