Forgot to mention the tax advantages I get to enjoy on a cattle operation versus a farm operation.  I check my cattle from my airplane and sometimes from my boat, depends which pasture they are in.  Wink wink.  I also keep over abundant replacement heifers till the new year depending on how my year is going.  Kind of helps balance the years.  Supplement my blunders selling wheat sometimes.  Lol.  Cow/calf operations are very forgiving from a tax standpoint is what I have noticed.