J Schanbacher has milked in his fair share of milking systems, but there is one design that has met all his expectations as a dairy producer.  

For your operation to survive the lean times and grow in the good times, you need a quality relationship with your lender – not a transactional one.

For ranching families, it is common for their household expenditures to be included in their operating budget and loan. With that, household budgets need to be managed differently for ranch families than for families who don’t utilize operating loans.

It feels like these days we are inundated with information about automated milking systems. We have learned how these new innovative systems can increase productivity and improve efficiencies.

Purchasing a bull is one of the most consequential decisions a cow-calf operation can make. Bulls play an outsized role in the long-term genetic progress of our herds, especially when females are retained.

Budgets help ranchers plan ahead so they can meet financial obligations such as loan payments and monthly bills. 

Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of Allied forces, once said,“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”