Recent content by MillIron

In my case, the funny thing is that being a rancher is what I always wanted to be. But I was much more realistic about my chances when I was younger, and so I've been a bunch of different things over the years, and a lawyer and part time rancher the last 20. Looking back, my realism was a...

This is an old, old thread I know, but to comment very late, no you don't. I am a lawyer, and once you are a lawyer, you will never be looked at as anything else by anyone else. And don't fool yourself, you work where the work is, and there's not much work in agricultural cases. The only...

Excellent idea, thanks.

It has been a long time since I stopped in here. Last time it was pretty helpful, so hopefully it will be again. It's likely been well over a year since I last posted. Since that time I've been working on building up my heard, paying down debt, and expanding the lease ground I've been...

Thanks!

Depressing. Well, off to an exciting week in my "town job", that all my friends and relatives think I'm lucky to have, as I get to go "on the road". Yippee.

I suppose as part of this I should ask if anyone has run into any really good alternative sources of funding for getting started, or land purchases. Agreeing to conservation easements, etc?

MovinOn, so are you also working a town job?

Northern Rancher. Thanks. No, I don't know the folks at MillIron Livestock, although I note that a few of us use the name "Mill Iron" for one thing or antoher.

HP. Actually, it's a releaf to know that somebody else is thinking along the same lines, although I don't know that that makes things any easier for either of us. It is a frustrating deal. I do have cattle now, which I run on ground leased from my in laws, but in order to make a real go of it...

Hello to everyone, it's been awhile since I've posted. I came into this forum here: http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8963&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=12 This was the thread on land values. At that time, as I noted, I was beginning to suffer from dispair that I'd never be able to...

I thought calling them "auto gates" sounded odd.

Are these called a Wyoming Fence in some places? About the only place I see these here are in the mountains, where Lodgepole pine happens to be available.

Wow, your branding photos look so much like ours, even in location, it's spooky. Except we wont' get to it until next month. Maybe I'll come back and post some of ours then.

I'll confess to a weakness for hats, although now that I'm overstocked in hats, and am trying to save every dime, I resist buying any. I have two hats from the Jackson Hole Hat Company. They're really nice, and are quality hats. But I don't wear them. Rather, I continue to wear my old...