A collection of blogs and other writings
from John Ellsworth
Even More Ways to Achieve Financial Success
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What Does Your Future Hold?December 26, 2024 - 10:30 am
What is the Secret to More Positive Cash Flow?December 6, 2024 - 1:25 pm
Are We Getting Too Comfortable?November 26, 2024 - 6:11 pm
Why Aren’t You Dancing in the Rain?November 12, 2024 - 12:28 pm
What Is Your Next Step?October 30, 2024 - 9:59 pm
Days of the Handshake Are Gone
The savings and loan debacle of the 1980’s changed forever how banks were required to document and monitor loans. 2008’s financial meltdown simply amplified this same effect.
Circumstances You Determine
Do you feel like your lender is being tough on you? Welcome to the new world of dairy finance.
Playing to Win
“Wow! Isn’t that exactly what we are facing in the dairy industry almost every year?”
Building a World Class Team! – Part I
At a Leadership Conference at Duke University several years ago, I enjoyed a keynote address given by Duke University’s head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski entitled “Building a World Class Team.”
Building a World Class Team! – Part II
Set goals for your Team and tell them what’s in it for them. For Coach K, it has been to win multiple gold medals for the United States. For you it might be to increase production per cow to a certain level or to reduce the average days open in your herd and shorten your calving interval. You decide. You might be surprised how interested your employees are in helping you reach your goals.
Dealing with Adversity!
Since early 2015, the dairy industry has been a difficult place to operate. Despite feed costs dropping considerably these past two years, the decrease in this expense area pales in comparison to the precipitous drop we have seen in milk prices since the end of 2014.