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WildRoseBeef
Range nerd & bovine enthusiast
Yep. 
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WildRoseBeef
Range nerd & bovine enthusiast
Oh I know!!BarredRockMomma said:
Now here's the funniest (not as in humorous) and totally unexpected thing that happened yesterday, on just my second day of work: the guy that is second-in-command to the manager (the Boss) of the store was talking to me about my university, what I took and that, but then dropped a big freaking bomb shell (which didn't hit me till I got home and told Mom about it) and asked me if I was interested in maybe working as a crop pesticide specialist, or something along those lines, under the same company I'm working for now. Holy crapola!!
Now I've gotta siddown and really think about that, maybe get some more info on that when I go back in tomorrow....- Thread starter
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WildRoseBeef
Range nerd & bovine enthusiast
I didn't tell you the whole story, lol.
On Saturday me and mom thought we'd go in to town (the "other" town that's a half-hours drive from home) to do some more plant/garden shopping, since it was a lovely day and a nice day to get out of the house and shop around a bit. Mom wanted to go to the farm supply store there (got two in town there: Peavey Mart and UFA...she went to the latter) to get some potatoes and she noticed there was a job ad up on the bulletin board there for a display clerk needed in that store. So she asked for a job application for me and brought it out explaining what it was and asked what I thought of it. I figured that was a job that was something I could handle quite easily and quite well, even if it was for part-time. So I had to go back in to look at the ad and write some stuff down, and of course think about it over Sunday before I decided to write up the application.
And of course I did.
So I drive in to the UFA on Monday and go in to submit my application. The fella there (the same one who approached me with the crop pesticide specialist job opportunity), accepted it, and looked it over with the manager there. Then he came back and asked what would be a good pay and if I'd like to come in tomorrow to start work.
Needless to say I did not expect that!! I thought that maybe he'd say yeah you can come in for an interview in a few days and yaddi yaddi yadda, but noooo, he literally said I could come to work and start working tomorrow!!!
Heck I just about did the happy-dance right there. So I accepted the offer and really liked the job (and the people I work with) since.
But the other offer for a crop specialist with pesticides that came on my second day of work....now THAT I didn't expect either!
On Saturday me and mom thought we'd go in to town (the "other" town that's a half-hours drive from home) to do some more plant/garden shopping, since it was a lovely day and a nice day to get out of the house and shop around a bit. Mom wanted to go to the farm supply store there (got two in town there: Peavey Mart and UFA...she went to the latter) to get some potatoes and she noticed there was a job ad up on the bulletin board there for a display clerk needed in that store. So she asked for a job application for me and brought it out explaining what it was and asked what I thought of it. I figured that was a job that was something I could handle quite easily and quite well, even if it was for part-time. So I had to go back in to look at the ad and write some stuff down, and of course think about it over Sunday before I decided to write up the application.
And of course I did.
So I drive in to the UFA on Monday and go in to submit my application. The fella there (the same one who approached me with the crop pesticide specialist job opportunity), accepted it, and looked it over with the manager there. Then he came back and asked what would be a good pay and if I'd like to come in tomorrow to start work.
Needless to say I did not expect that!! I thought that maybe he'd say yeah you can come in for an interview in a few days and yaddi yaddi yadda, but noooo, he literally said I could come to work and start working tomorrow!!!Heck I just about did the happy-dance right there. So I accepted the offer and really liked the job (and the people I work with) since.
But the other offer for a crop specialist with pesticides that came on my second day of work....now THAT I didn't expect either!
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WildRoseBeef
Range nerd & bovine enthusiast
Oi I've been BUSY these last couple weeks, too busy to post anything to my journal here. Been a real learning curve with this new job, but it's more hard physical work than mental. Although, I still get a bit of a mental work out reading numbers and showing customers where certain merchandise/products are.
But now, the second day I started work I was offered an opportunity to work as a crop input inside sales rep, and decided to take it. I'm working as my initial display clerk position until the couple guys I have to talk to get enough time to talk to me more about the job and get me started on some crop input stuff they would have me to do. As a change, it's a full-time job, and I do more computer/paper work than physical work, but it's a job that allows me to work more where I'm putting my crop/forage/pasture management courses I took at university to work than my physical being. The colleagues literally told me I am more qualified for that job than anybody else there because of the amount of education I have.
So anyway, I'm exhausted tonight, been really busy putting away stock and working with nuts, bolts and washers today and yesterday. Be kinda nice to sleep in and relax tomorrow.
But now, the second day I started work I was offered an opportunity to work as a crop input inside sales rep, and decided to take it. I'm working as my initial display clerk position until the couple guys I have to talk to get enough time to talk to me more about the job and get me started on some crop input stuff they would have me to do. As a change, it's a full-time job, and I do more computer/paper work than physical work, but it's a job that allows me to work more where I'm putting my crop/forage/pasture management courses I took at university to work than my physical being. The colleagues literally told me I am more qualified for that job than anybody else there because of the amount of education I have.
So anyway, I'm exhausted tonight, been really busy putting away stock and working with nuts, bolts and washers today and yesterday. Be kinda nice to sleep in and relax tomorrow.
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WildRoseBeef
Range nerd & bovine enthusiast
I recently got an email from my brother asking if it would be good to start doing some MIG grazing with a few heifers in the corrals we have currently, since I had talked to him and Mom about it last weekend and they both understand that it's not only a dream for me to own cattle, but an actual intention. I think you all know that dreams and intentions are two similar, but very different things. Anyway he said he could sponsor me with a loan, rent a squeeze to do the needling, etc.
Unfortunately I had to tell him that I'm not quite ready yet, though the offer is highly appreciated no doubt, and certainly took me by surprise!!
The thing was and the reasons I wasn't ready yet was due to several things: a) I didn't have a real, down-set plan to know what to do, how to graze (as in stocking density, paddock size, rest period, etc.), how many animals are needed to graze from now to possibly October or November, where to buy from and who to sell to, whether to purchase weaned heifers or yearlings, what breeds, and the whole costs of how this would work out; b) I really do not like to start with another loan, no matter if it's another family member's or my own; c) the current fencing arrangements are not to my liking, and probably not the best to work around with MIG grazing, and d) I don't want to have my bro have to feel to come out all the time to help me with this; I'd rather do the majority, if not all, of the work and planning myself, and that includes doing vaccinations and deworming. The other issue, being part e), was that I do not want to start having cattle and have to work them with the crap handling facilities that are currently there. I need to, first and foremost, get rid of the handling facilities that are there and start on a fresh page and build something that is FAR better, safer and less of a headache to work with than what's there now.
And I KNOW I can do all this, I just need to generate enough income to get started and have enough income to make an excuse that I do not need to take out a $20,000 or $40,000 loan. I mean, that's the worse thing you can do when starting out in such a high-risk hobby or business opportunity; though sometimes it's unavoidable. If I do have to take out a loan, I just hope that the job that I have or will have (I know I won't be at this display-clerk job forever, since I will be getting into this crop-input sales rep job within a few weeks or so) will be enough to help pay off the loan, and the cattle I sell will also help pay off the loan.
Besides, I AM one step closer to this dream of raising cattle someday!
Anyway he said he could sponsor me with a loan, rent a squeeze to do the needling, etc. Unfortunately I had to tell him that I'm not quite ready yet, though the offer is highly appreciated no doubt, and certainly took me by surprise!!
The thing was and the reasons I wasn't ready yet was due to several things: a) I didn't have a real, down-set plan to know what to do, how to graze (as in stocking density, paddock size, rest period, etc.), how many animals are needed to graze from now to possibly October or November, where to buy from and who to sell to, whether to purchase weaned heifers or yearlings, what breeds, and the whole costs of how this would work out; b) I really do not like to start with another loan, no matter if it's another family member's or my own; c) the current fencing arrangements are not to my liking, and probably not the best to work around with MIG grazing, and d) I don't want to have my bro have to feel to come out all the time to help me with this; I'd rather do the majority, if not all, of the work and planning myself, and that includes doing vaccinations and deworming. The other issue, being part e), was that I do not want to start having cattle and have to work them with the crap handling facilities that are currently there. I need to, first and foremost, get rid of the handling facilities that are there and start on a fresh page and build something that is FAR better, safer and less of a headache to work with than what's there now.
And I KNOW I can do all this, I just need to generate enough income to get started and have enough income to make an excuse that I do not need to take out a $20,000 or $40,000 loan. I mean, that's the worse thing you can do when starting out in such a high-risk hobby or business opportunity; though sometimes it's unavoidable. If I do have to take out a loan, I just hope that the job that I have or will have (I know I won't be at this display-clerk job forever, since I will be getting into this crop-input sales rep job within a few weeks or so) will be enough to help pay off the loan, and the cattle I sell will also help pay off the loan.
Besides, I AM one step closer to this dream of raising cattle someday!
