Beef prices are high but Texas ranchers deserve a break

“So, you want to be a cow man?” This was the question posed to me by LC Young, prominent rancher and large stocker operator. At the tender age of 17, I had been nervously sitting in a small chair across from a seasoned loan officer (in a taller chair) requesting money for my first cattle loan. I had experience in procuring and showing individual animals for livestock shows, but this was my first commercial venture. The loan officer had corralled Young, who was there taking care of banking business, to provide me with some sage advice before I partnered with…