I was hanging around some beef guys last week and I have to say, it was a great time. The people involved in animal production in this country (and around the world that I have traveled) are some of the most genuine, thoughtful, fun-loving and creative human beings I have ever met. A lot of them are suffering now of course both financially and psychically as they face the daunting uncertainty of low prices and record input costs.
One of the guys I was talking to reacted genuinely surprised and intrigued when I shared with him the inevitability of his business shrinking over the next 10 years. I told him he had to read a little bit wider than his trade magazines if he wanted to see the future more clearly.
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