# Both Fly

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Podcast: [I Believe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-believe-6610011)
Published: 2026-02-10T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://joelkdouglas.substack.com/p/both-fly
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Blue sky, golden grass, tall sagebrush, mountains capped white behind. Chores done. Coffee in the sun room. He looks out across the south pasture. The tips of the tall sage quiver. The wind picks up the flags along the fence line, tugging at the screw lock chain links that hold them to the wire. The Stars and Stripes is up all the time, frayed at the edge. And the other. It’s been up since the election. Inside, a catalog open on the table. Maybe he’ll buy a new bull this year. He needs new genes. The best bulls make small calves that grow fast. Easy on the heifers, good for the pocketbook. Lot 42 has a two-year-old Simmental out of a high-altitude herd near Meeteetse. Good EPDs. Clean trich test. Should sire calves with a good frame and some thickness through the rib. He could go Angus. Tried and true. Good growth, good marbling, the sale barn in Billings knows what to do with a black calf. They’re nervous bulls, though. 2200-lbs and twitchy. His wife likes the Herefords. Red body, white face. She’s the one who has to move them when he’s at work in town, and Herefords are calm. She has made this point before, and she is not wrong. But the Simmental interests him. Supposed to be a good high-altitude cross. He’s never tried Simmental. He takes a sip of coffee. He’ll figure out the bulls later. The books come first. He closes the catalog and pulls the receipts toward him. The manila folder and the stack of printouts from the ranch supply account. He does the books every winter. Coffee, calculator, the table clear of everything except the numbers. He starts with what he knows. What he earned. What he spent. What the government says he owes and what it says it owes him. He’s not fast, but he’s careful. He keeps everything. His wife would tell you he keeps too much. But the…

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