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Just a scoop fullBy Jerry Nine A rancher called me this morning to ask a question. He said, "Don't you feel like the feeder cattle futures for August should be sold as they were a little over $154 per hundredweight?" I said yes, that seems high to me but I would also say the last time I thought that about a year ago when I sold the futures market, I sent someone a lot of money. But I can actually say that this is the first time in the cattle business that I have actually felt like cattle were selling accordingly with a lot of my other expenses. In these times when cattle and hay have both gotten a lot higher, these times separate ranchers that are honest from the ones that let the almighty dollar keep them from being totally honest. A person can justify himself in a lot of ways but once you give someone else your word and then you do the opposite, then you are being dishonest! Some people cannot admit to themselves that they did not make a perfect decision every time. As for me I make a lot of mistakes but I am not one to dwell over what I did wrong but would rather concentrate on the next move to make that money back. One individual had spoken for 600 bales of grass hay for me in Nebraska. These were 3 x 4 bales that fit in a few hay racks better than other hay for the sale barn. After this individual took his truck up to load the hay the farmer said, "I changed my mind and sold it to a neighbor." It's not that big of a deal. We will find more hay, but I am just amazed when someone's word is no good. If your word is no good, then you are no good. At the coffee shop this morning my brother-in-law had ordered breakfast. And naturally he had quite a lot of other ranchers trying to help him doctor up his food with hot sauce as they know he does not like hot sauce. As he reached for a couple of napkins, one rancher said, "You are going to need more than two napkins for that hot sauce." He said, "No, it's not that I think you are going to spill it. You will need the extra napkins for all those tears coming out of your eyes after you eat that hot sauce." We cover a lot of topics at the coffee shop. One older rancher was trying to embarrass this middle-aged man. He said, "My advice is on Viagra: Better have it and not need it than need it and not have it." I'm so young that I didn't hardly understand the joke. Another man said, "Drink till she's cute but quit right before the wedding."
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