Cattleman U Business Management Resources

Business Management Resources

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Loan Deep Dive

With Joshua Coleman

“FSA Loans are intended to be temporary in nature. Our goal is to help producers graduate to commercial credit. Our farm loan staff across the nation are available to help borrowers through training and credit counseling.”

Whether you are wanting to start up an operation or maybe need some assistance to help maintain business stability, FSA is there to help. Joshua breaks down the disaster, price support, and conservation safety net programs, as well as the numerous loan programs in an easily understandable way.

Cattle Market Overview

With ShayLe Stewart

“We can take all the fundamentals of the marketplace - imports, exports, boxed beef prices, cost of gains, our cow herd numbers, but at the end of the day, [attitude and morale affect so much of the marketplace]. The markets are people, and people react emotionally.”

Karoline and ShayLe discuss the nitty gritty that is the Cattle Market. Together, they break down the moving pieces. They start with the Cow-Calf Sector, discuss Feedlots, the Backgrounders and Stockers, and finally, the Packers. Ultimately we see that you cannot have one sector of the Cattle Market without the other.

Quickbooks Tips & Tricks

With Janet Rippe

“The more people that I work with, the more that I realize that, honestly, 90% of the struggles and the frustrations come down to the system that they’re using.”

Business Consultant, Software Developer, and owner of Rippe Solutions Janet Rippe targets general record keeping for American farms and ranches. Her motivating expertise helps develop systems that increase communication and ultimately helps make our unique lifestyle that much easier

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Importance of Business Planning

With Karen Lum

“I often say, does my passion, and my excitement for my idea, match the data that I’m uncovering in numbers? Because we can have excitement for our business, but if the numbers don’t pencil, we need to be careful. We need to have a model that can work. So that’s testing feasibility.”

Karoline and Karen break down barriers to understand what makes a business a sustainable one. The tips and tricks shared in this discussion makes business planning feel a little less overwhelming. 

Starting New Income Streams

With Wren Pacheco

“That’s the coolest thing about entrepreneurship, I think, is that you get to control what you do, how much time you put into it, but you can also fall into the crack of putting all your efforts into things that work and [move product].”

Together, Karoline and Wren tackle the ins and the outs of working for yourself, and the benefits of providing beef for the public. They discuss 10 Lessons that Wren developed in starting her Direct to Consumer Business. This discussion boils down to making the business what you want it to be.