I went from hoping things would improve, to wondering why they didn t improve, to now where they have improved. Most people on the farm don t understand why if they spend a lot on a new building, why didn t they make more money. You have to quit investing so much money in things. He has time to analyze his main feed source his pastures and time to be flexible about things he can t control, like the weather. In grazing, you have a dry year, and then a wet year.
Every year is so different.
You re relying on your own feed, and after ten years you ve seen so many different years, you think, you ll do this for dry weather, you ll do this for wet weather. You figure it so close. For a wet season such as the spring and summer of 1999, Molitor keeps the cows moving quickly through the pastures to avoid damage. Keep them moving, supply them with dry feed a little more, he advises. He keeps the soil a lot more alive with calcium, and depends on earthworms to keep the ground from packing.