Second Look: When producers stop three feet from the gold

Getting expert advice and planning a strategy can help you avoid making bad decisions when times get tough

by RICHARD SMELSKI

Napoleon Hill, in his book “Think and Grow Rich,” recalls the following story that would be so appropriate to the pig industry:

An uncle of R.U. Darby was caught by the “gold fever” in the gold-rush days and went to Colorado to dig and grow rich. He had never heard that more gold has been mined from the brains of men than has ever been taken from the Earth. He staked a claim and went to work with pick and shovel.

Better Pork - April 2008