“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” ~ W. Edwards Deming
Had a dairy producer tell me they’d rather fail with the 25,000 lb RHA, than succeed with a 17,000 lb average on grass. There’s a huge amount of pride in what they can get cows to milk. Of being a better dairyman than their parent.
If they fail doing what everyone else is doing, (following the herd) it a systems failure. If they do something different (grazing) and succeed it was luck, if they fail it was because the left the safety of the herd.
“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” ~ W. Edwards Deming
Had a dairy producer tell me they’d rather fail with the 25,000 lb RHA, than succeed with a 17,000 lb average on grass. There’s a huge amount of pride in what they can get cows to milk. Of being a better dairyman than their parent.
If they fail doing what everyone else is doing, (following the herd) it a systems failure. If they do something different (grazing) and succeed it was luck, if they fail it was because the left the safety of the herd.