@SchlimSam55413@silagechopper Flipping a coin would be just as good. Heads it’s higher, tails it’s lower. Except as cattle feeders, when the coin lands tails we just keep flipping it until it lands heads. Problem solvers.
@jasonlbritt Some would say money is flowing into commodities. But where is it flowing from? Where is money leaving? Or is there just that much on the sidelines.
@ethankoehler14 Early this morning. I wondered if this is what morning looked like after the stone was rolled away. This wasn’t the sun. Just the moon reflecting the sun. I guess that’s what we’re supposed to do. Be the moon.
@amandaa_fuller That’s tough to navigate. Jan feeders have had 3- 60+ dollar moves since July 1. So we are talking 3- $500/hd +|- swings. Stressful on everyone. Everyone wants to be on the right side of every move. They say it takes a steady hand, but you better hold on with the other one.
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Dear @SecRollins
If you want to regain positive public relations with farmers and ranchers, try visiting with actual farmers and ranchers. Not the ones NCBA, Farm Bureau, or a number of other lobbying groups refer you to, but actual producers who work too hard on their own farms and ranches to have time to be part of a lobby. It’ll change your perspective about the needs of the agricultural industry and they’ll have some solutions to the problems plaguing agriculture that will actually do some good.
I wanted to keep this moment to myself, but then I thought about how these things can really connect with people. (This story isn’t to say I’m a good person, just that I truly believe in Gods timing and prayer)
So I had a little God driven moment earlier this week.
I went to mow at our processing plant, great thinking time.
Opened up the shed…looked at the mower, I acknowledged in my head I was going to run out of gas. For some reason I decided that was ok. Mowed for about 25 minutes, ran out of gas.
I run down to the truck stop. I’m on the phone pumping gas, but I locked eyes with a woman who looked like she just hit rock bottom. She said “sir, sir”…I hang up…she starts sobbing, “can you look at some of these things I have to sell, I’m completely out of money. I’m trying to get my son back to Florida” (he was 6 or 7) - I can’t imagine the humility it took to ask this. I could tell she wasn’t lying, I could tell she couldn’t believe she was in this situation.
I said wait 5 minutes, I don’t have anything on me I’ll be back. I ran to the plant, got some snacks and what cash I had available.
I came back and told her God has bailed me out so many times and blessed my family, and given me peace and calm through a lot. This is from him, that’s why I was here right that moment. I feel lucky I got to help. She just erupted, you could tell by her reaction she had just prayed. She’s crying Thank You, Thank God. I said what are your names, I’ll pray for you.. and I left.
I pulled around the back side of her car and to boot she had one of those Jesus stickers that says “I saw that.” 😂
So many of us are so fortunate to get to focus on business problems or growth problems, not the basics of life. When I was young and dumb and talked to God a lot less I think I would have thought “you got yourself into this situation..” but I have been sufficiently humbled. I have worked hard and came up backwards and I have had things fall in my lap that could only be from the lord himself. Anyway, I genuinely felt like I got used by him in that moment…and it was the best part of my week. And to boot I have no doubt it mega strengthened her faith, and it certainly did mine.