A collection of blogs and other writings
from John Ellsworth
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What Do I Do Now?
So, “what do I do now” is a question many producers are asking today. Should I sell out while asset values are elevated to new highs? Will there ever be a better time to exit?
How Do You Spell Relief?
The last few years have been fairly challenging in terms of inflation, the resulting higher interest rates, considerably higher operating costs and only average revenue streams to offset these higher expenses. It’s been a classic “Cash Flow Squeeze.”
How Do You Prefer to Spell It?
I was recently thinking about two words that are quite similar. Those words are Creative and Reactive. They contain the same letters but have different meanings. In business, as in life, they represent vastly different approaches. Let me provide you with some real-life business examples: As you consider these comparisons, which one best describes you […]
What If They Left?
About five years ago, I suggested that banks were making it more difficult to acquire operating lines of credit, especially in the dairy industry. In fact, I predicted…
What’s in Your Future?
“The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog…”
Are You Caught in the Great Meltdown?
Our entire world is experiencing a “meltdown” in which bad news of high costs of Money, Energy, Labor and Transport (MELT) are wreaking havoc on many operations’ results.