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The Casual Cattle Conversations Podcast: How to Successfully Scale Your Cattle Operation

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How to Successfully Scale Your Cattle Operation

March 24, 2025 |  Written By Shaye Koester


Whether you farm, ranch, feed or own any business; chances are you’ll have an opportunity to scale your business model. Scaling is exciting and exponential growth can lead to exponential results, but it has to be done correctly to work.

Thaddeus Tharp is a cattleman and ag lender in western Illinois. As a blue-collar banker, he has the opportunity to help ag businesses across the country grow and achieve their goals. He says, “So many times growth happens before the financials are ready.” However, there are ways to avoid this and several commonalities between his successful clients that are worth noting.






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