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<blockquote data-quote="Howdyjabo" data-source="post: 986412" data-attributes="member: 391"><p>Plain and simple vets need to do like DRs are now.</p><p>They do the "complicated" stuff and have a practitioner to do the rest under their supervision.</p><p>they get a % of the practitioners check- and the practitioner doesn't have as much schooling to pay for.</p><p>Secondly most practitioners should be coming from a background of hands on work. So they can relate to the farmers better and actually know more about proper day to day management than most of the vets coming out of school in the last 30 yrs.</p><p></p><p>I think that alot of farmers would use a practitioner to do routine work. Mostly as another needed hand but one that should know how to do it right on top of that.</p><p></p><p>Schooling just costs too much to ever pencil out for a vet in an Agricultural setting-- there just isn't enough money in it.</p><p></p><p>I have a consultant that charges by the minute. He knows what I am doing, he has an extensive background in what I am doing.He understand the business end of what I do(so his recommendations are based on me making more money). He is a whizz at nutrition(a must have for a vet). I can get most answers that I need in 5 minutes or less. Money well spent. </p><p>I also use him to buy my meds. But....... he runs that competitively and I end up paying less than going anywhere else.</p><p>He has 1000's of customers like me. that little bit of money off each of us adds up. </p><p></p><p>He does joke that over the years he works his way out of money- as we pick up on things and don't call him again till something new shows up , over the years theres less new stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Howdyjabo, post: 986412, member: 391"] Plain and simple vets need to do like DRs are now. They do the "complicated" stuff and have a practitioner to do the rest under their supervision. they get a % of the practitioners check- and the practitioner doesn't have as much schooling to pay for. Secondly most practitioners should be coming from a background of hands on work. So they can relate to the farmers better and actually know more about proper day to day management than most of the vets coming out of school in the last 30 yrs. I think that alot of farmers would use a practitioner to do routine work. Mostly as another needed hand but one that should know how to do it right on top of that. Schooling just costs too much to ever pencil out for a vet in an Agricultural setting-- there just isn't enough money in it. I have a consultant that charges by the minute. He knows what I am doing, he has an extensive background in what I am doing.He understand the business end of what I do(so his recommendations are based on me making more money). He is a whizz at nutrition(a must have for a vet). I can get most answers that I need in 5 minutes or less. Money well spent. I also use him to buy my meds. But....... he runs that competitively and I end up paying less than going anywhere else. He has 1000's of customers like me. that little bit of money off each of us adds up. He does joke that over the years he works his way out of money- as we pick up on things and don't call him again till something new shows up , over the years theres less new stuff. [/QUOTE]
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