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Just a scoop full(Oct. 21)--It is Wednesday morning and I am running my windshield wipers. A lot of you are probably saying, "I know where he lives, so he is probably just using washer fluid and trying to get the bugs off." You are wrong. It is raining. I heard one rancher say, "There is no place that I would rather be than at home when it is raining." The wheat pasture has an excellent start and the calf market shows it. Particularly on calves that weigh 500 pounds or less, and even more so if they are long-time weaned, with shots. I hear a lot of talk from farmers who have wheat pasture for lease who do not want a calf weighing over 500 pounds. They also want them fully started. And a good share of them want steers--only they do not want them too fat. All that is fine and they have the right to get what they can. However, by the time you wean them, get the death loss out and also do something with any knock outs, plus if you pay a fairly high cost of gain--if you are not careful pretty soon you put all the gravy on the other guy's plate. Sometimes the farmers who are a little less pushy about getting everything their way actually get a better deal in the long run, mostly because they end up with cattlemen who are more honest and willing to treat the other party fair. Sometimes that real pushy individual has to take someone who has already abused everyone else. I just checked my text messages and one said October live cattle were up $1.30 on the futures. I'm wondering if my phone is messed up. I ate breakfast this morning with the local coffee shop experts. They were full of lots of information. They said oil would soon go to $90 to $100 per barrel. They said gas had just jumped 20 cents at the pump. Some were fixing to get money from an insurance settlement over a fire started on the highway. That is, everyone but one lady, who is known to be strong-willed, and the insurance man said they would see her in court. I know it is all the truth, because I heard it at the coffee shop. Advertisement
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