Brockett*s Ag Advice
IjM By John E. Brockett
W Farm Management Agent
Jj* Lewistown Extension Office
Take A Look
Most farmers hre not yet at the
disaster level. Unfortunately many
farmers are heading in that
direction. What about you? When
did you last really take a look at
your business?. Yes I know that this
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is a poor time of the year to ask
that question. Most of you are up
over your head in planting and
harvesting. You really don’t feel
you have the time to analyze or
look at your business. That is one
of the '•oblems. When is it ever
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convenient to sit down and really
analyze your business? Why not
right now? What better time is
there than when your planting
problems, harvest problems, and
bill paying problems are all fresh
in your mind?
Did you ever stop to think that
you may be working your way
right out of existence? Did you
ever pause to wonder if there was a
better way to do something? Did
you ever develop a plan of action or
as some would say set some goals?
Sometimes farmers work so hard
that they only get half as much
done as they could have “if they
had a plan of action then followed
it”. Some of the work some far
mers do is like feeding grain in the
mud to a bunch of pigs. They get
some good out of it but the work
they put out getting it is out of
proportion to the feed they get.
I heard a young athlete repeat
some wise old words recently. He
told a group of graduating seniors
to set goals. He said “you need
both long term and short term
goals”. The long term goals are
what you hope to accomplish in a
year or a life time. They may
change along the way due to cir
cumstances or changes in yourself
but then new goals should take
place of the old ones. Short term
goals should be set so you can work
towards the long term goal.
Sometimes the short term goals
are self disciplinary in nature.
Things such as I am going to do
May’s records on June 4 or I am
going to write down the yields from
each field each day. One of the best
ideas he proposed was that all
goals, both short term and long
term, should be put in writing.
One goal you might set would be
to properly maintain equipment.
Perhaps a calendar for changing
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etc. would help you do this on a
more regular basis. Perhaps this
would save time and repair bills in
the future. Another goal would be
to maximize profits on your cows.
Short term goals for this would be
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better monitoring of your DHIA
records so you can reduce grain
feed more systematically, (5)
better use of available resources -
more feeding times or division of
animals, etc.
Once you have set some goals
and put them in writing, read them
fairly often. Check off those you
have completed. Believe it or not I
do this with my schedule. That is
the only way I get my news
columns done on time. Recently I
wrote these goals down (1) news
column, (2) partnership
agreement, (3) joint venture
agreement, (4) letter aboig a
credit problem, (5) report on a
farm visit, (6) clean off desk. I got
the first 5 done but set a low
priority on number 6 which I guess
is why I always have such a messy
desk.
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