At the end of each year I like to take some time to look back and reflect on what we lost, what we gained, what we accomplished, and where there is room for improvement. As I look back on 2025, we had our share of losses and challenges to overcome, but overall, this was a pretty good year.

When the pandemic hit in early 2020 it didn’t touch us much on our ranch. We were already in the habit of buying food in bulk so we...