This article is part four in a five-part series. Be sure to read the final installment “When time for termination comes” in the upcoming April issue. Managers and employees often dread the annual process of reviewing employee performance.

Congrats on what may be the most practical/applied beef/ranching industry publication available. I appreciate the timeliness of your articles and in particular the editor’s column on the GMO debate in the April issue. I applaud your encouragement of greater transparency across our industry. Such counsel is spot on.