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Missouri is the home of my friend Harry Cope. It is also the home of several other cattle guys that I believe see the world much as I do, including Doug Peterson, Greg Judy, Robert Kincaid and formerly, Jim Gerrish.
Harry has been down here to my ranch for three visits in the past five years and I’ve certainly enjoyed the opportunities to interact with him, both here and on the phone. The other day his topic was mostly concerning drought and much of that was money-making considerations. Note that I said money-making, not money-saving considerations. Truth is that extended dry spells offer income increases for sure enough planned grazing beef producers. The masses might be hollering “the sky is falling,” but there should be real opportunities.
Missouri is the No. 2 cattle state, by numbers. Much of that state was dry for most of 2018’s growing season. This is not anything new as the facts are that lots of Missouri is dry or very dry four to six out of every 10 growing seasons and...