Got a video coming out on the sheep this week. Their doing fine, finished lambing 2 weeks ago.

They certainly are. Great passionate grazing manager.

You should be fine, don’t replace it.

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thanks so much Mr. Judy. I’ve learned a lot by watching your videos. I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

You've got an excellent protein source in those mulberry leaves. And they aren't just for ruminants....hogs thrive on them as well.

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It worked for me. You can’t spend it if you don’t have it with you. Absolutely no credit cards either.

In the end all any of us have is an illusion of ownership. If a person does not pay their taxes they find out quickly who owns the land and home. I learned something from an old grave yard. Some folks have big old fancy expensive stones. Some just had a rock that sinks into the earth and forgotten. We are all going to end up the same dead no matter what we leave thinking we own. You know what I have NEVER seen.... i have never seen a family torn apart fighting when they were left with nothing to fight over.... but I have seen families torn apart for life fighting over assets left behind. Weird how that works.

Took the words right outta my head. We'll put.👏

Grazing grows healthy soil.

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Well said.

Get a second job, that’s what I did until I got my debt paid off and then everything went into savings. Nothing wrong with working hard until you don’t need to anymore because you placed yourself in better financial shape. Heck I drove a 30 year old truck to work for 30 years. Folks laughed at me, but I got the last laugh. No new truck payments, everything went into a savings account. Government welfare and blaming companies for not having enough money will ruin your life. Stop doing that and get to work on improving your own life.

Absolutely. Rule #1 live on less than you make.

Greg and Jan sell cattle and sheep for breeding stock and for meat, he is author and sells books, an educator and sells training and consulting, they raise train and sell livestock guardian dogs, have a business growing and selling mushrooms, and probably more as well. They are a busy couple and share so much of their wisdom with others.

Yep. When rent is north of 50% of your income and food is about 30% there's only pennies left. Of course an $800 ticket is more in reach than a 20% down on 400K ($80,000) I fear for the kids coming up. A radical redistribution o wealth needs to happen or things will collapse. You should at the economics of Rome, the Senators all had huge slave run farms and out competed the free landowners. so they had to feed all the poor romans so they wouldn't riot and topple the system. Looks pretty similar to today.

Very well said @MistressOP. I follow the positive union news of strikes and strengthening unions that are getting the working people a more fair share. Farmer co-ops and non-corporate held farms are part of this trend. Meanwhile, Hedgefunds/private equity (the predatory wallstreet robber-barons), have taken out another favorite franchise amd are squeezing the workers to the point of homelessness. Everyone remembers what the private equity did to Toys-R-Us (while blaming it on "online shopping"), now we see such examples of businesses squeezed to death like Red Lobster, Cheesecake Factory, Shake Shack, and now Alamo Drafthouse. Behind every failure you can find a successful franchise bought up by private equity then made to pay off the loan that bought them plus pay profits and premiums to the private equity owners. This trend began in the late 70s and over the years regulations were stripped from corporations and banks that enable these vampires on society to thrive. Robert Reich even put his college class online to help more people get educated to where these things began. I also support Allan Savory and Dr. Allan Williams in their efforts to improve the soil and health of the farmer. Someone has to work in the factories, but zero people working 40hrs a week should be homeless because their pay doesn't cover basic housing, transportation, food, and healthcare.

check out the ChooseFI podcast. can’t tell you how many times i’ve heard stories of people retiring in their 30s and 40s on a teacher’s or walmart manager’s salary by frugal spending and savvy saving. yes, the system is making it harder, but it’s much much more achievable than you think. it’s limiting beliefs and cultural barriers that keep you down.

There does not need to be federal child care subsidies, where do you think that comes from? Taxes Where does low income housing come from? Taxes As Greg said, gotta save money and work hard. Check out Dave Ramsey.

​@@danielb1877 One, if you have a system where you are not paying a living wage to people producing labor 40% greater than there great grandparents causing both parents to work. Then on top of that it pushes both parents to work making them get child care now. And every other country (western democracy gov) offers some type of child care (on top of paying a living wage in acordance with labor output) Then you got a problem. That's real math aspirational quick speak. Yes, you should be able to go to that concert. If you were being paid living wage or inline with your labor output. It would be an easy buy from time to time. God, knows people use to go on vacations in the 60s, 70s, 80s, almost all the way into the 90s until the stock by back came into play. Like, good lord yes you should be able to save but I'm not gonna beat a horse that's working 2 jobs surving like so many Americans are just because of poor voting habits of the few and not even the majority. MY guy, Yes, you should have time off with your kids. Yes you should have paid leave (international it's common even Micky'd workers have it in western nations except here) Yes you should go on vacation, and yes you should have money save because your being paid correct. The saddest part about all this is it's public information easy to look up but you got folks making an augerment for saving which I'm not even against but the problem is the amount of things so many have to go through to save is horrendous in this market. Most people aren't going to the concert, most folks aren't going to that vacation. It's whats hurts Florida, Cali, NV and so many other states right now. It's actually activily hurting America that you don't have fed childcare, fed free pre-k, fed low income housing, fed so many basic programs that have been attack. It's actually a huge deal to Rural America as well as City America. Straight up destroying this country. Do you know how many farmers would LOVe LOVe LOve for you to go on vacation at there farm in there extra housing. Watching wind or hops/ or cattle and taking it easy. You know how much the local farmers market would LOVE for you to have that vacation and check it out while your in town. Buy some local Jam. Economies just like farms are ECOsystems.