Oh wait... I Forgot.....

I completely forgot to mention this Years performance on the market. 

Well if you want to know, we did outstandingly well despite all of the setbacks. There were many problems, but the trick to overcoming the mess that it was in January was simple, find out what was going well and stick to it.

Here is a list of stumbling blocks:

~High cattle prices

~Diminishing Feeder cattle supply (of the appropriate breed).

~Worker shortages

~Annual drought

~Grass shortages 

~High feed Prices

~Increasing utility/fuel prices

~Fixed ceiling prices or Maximum seasonal prices

~Limited stocks and unlimited demand for that same stock.

~Workers dissatisfaction.

and lastly

~Increasing levels of manpower fatigue and exhaustion.

Sounds bad doesm't it.

Well not really, we did what we could of course.

There was a niche and we filled it. We nearly died in the process, but overall it was a lot of fun.

Next year we will move to dairy. As mentioned in my previous post, were getting out, because supply is drying up and prices are going through the roof.