Pointrider,

Not many responded, I think if you had started a seperate thread more would have...Even in a different section...

What are we doing....Well, overall I am looking at things that will let me do more myself. Two largest expenses are Feed and labor...A lot of times the labor is to feed...I own cattle sometimes all th way thru to handing it to the final customer. I am looking to doing more of the feeding, also even considered buying the small USDA plant I send cattle to.

I am always re-evaluting feed and looking for price appropriate ways of doing things, extending grazing is the number one thing.....Next is some new technology to allow me to feed more on my own. I live where there I a lot of food processing, so we are always looking at waste as feed opportunities...

Marketing, I am looking to expand and hold more of the dollars for myself...

Genetics, I think I need cattle that will hit the High Choice more consistently. I want to do this without added backfat, maybe a little larger Ribeye with a bit bigger carcasses. A lot of this will be done thru heterosis, all will be done without sacrificing where I am at with my cows...

Those are the big things, all go back to decreasing my cost per pound and increasing my sales dollar per pound,

PPRM