skyhightree1
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One of my cattle friends came to my office today with a family member of his and he has told his family member about cattle business and he has decided to get into business. The family member has bought a new NH cabbed tractor 4wd with loader and a new 3 axle trailer to tow it and haul hay on new diesel f-250 so far. I said man I am happy for you thats good he was bragging to me in a way. He proceeds to tell me he will be buying all new haying equip this week. I said oh ok. He said he doesnt have a farm yet but he will be buying one and about 40 cow calf pairs from another friend I buy mine from. He asked what kind of haying equip I had and stuff and I told him my stuff is old and I will upgrade one day but now the cattle funds are not such that I can buy all new haying equip. He was like oh well im gonna do my cattle business right and have all new stuff and get all new stuff every 3 years I said thats good but let me explain something to you. I told him thats all fine and good but cattle prices go up and down and to maximize your profits you need to not have so much overhead and find shortcuts to save $$ he looked at me like I had 3 heads. He went outside to smoke i told my friend you are setting him up for failure he told me he wont listen i figured if he heard 2 cattle farmers say the same stuff he would chill out and listen... WRONG.... I wish him well its going to be a while to recoop all the money hes spending. :tiphat: