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Unlike the animated “Wile E. Coyote” who is often outsmarted by his target, the flesh-and-blood version is a real threat to vulnerable and weakened prey, including livestock.

Farmer and rancher success is based on the extent to which they can maintain ecosystem balance on their properties. Plants, animals and soil microorganisms must perform in concert for each other’s benefit to obtain optimal production from the land.

Editor’s note: This is the final article in a three-part series.

Stocker cattle operators have been described as the cattle industry’s shock absorber between cow-calf producers and feedlot managers.

My entrance into the farm business world came by a rather unexpected job offer my senior year of college to work for our regional farm credit association.

We encounter contracts on almost a daily basis. While handshakes and oral agreements are still very prevalent today, written contracts are an important way to memorialize agreements and hopefully help mitigate future conflicts.