Stewardship

Farming has always been a conservation minded business. Our grandfathers could use the same piece of baling wire 10 times and still make it last 15 years. Today we are running lighter, leaner, and greener; all in an effort to reduce what we use, protect our environment, and conserve for our future generations.

Some ways that Templeton Family Farms contributes:

Planted over 200 trees in the last 5 years
Our main shop utilizes waste oil as a heating source during the winter months
Swine manure is strategically managed and placed to obtain the best utilization and reduce usage of manufactured fertilizer
The farm has over 7 miles of CRP buffer strips to protect our waterways from runoff, sedimentation, and increase wildlife habitat
All of our chemicals are purchased and transported in reusable/returnable 250 gallon tote containers
All of our seed is purchased in 50 unit reusable/returnable pro-unit containers
Our equipment fleet is 100% equipped with GPS controls and steering which enables us to reduce crop inputs and diesel fuel consumption while increasing product placement accuracy and input efficacy.
Live dynamic records for better business decisions
Installed a tower grain drying system that reclaims the heated air in the drying process conserving tremendous amounts of energy
Installed energy efficient florescent lights in our hog units to reduce energy consumption
Installed automatic motion sensors/switches for the lights in our shop.
Proud members of Pheasants Forever and White Tails Unlimited
Farm and shop utilizes bulk oil for equipment maintenance, saving tremendous amounts of plastic and containers from being discarded.

33501 Kittyhawk Ave.

Templeton, IA 51463

Matt@TempletonFF.com

(712) 210-6230

Stewardship

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

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Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

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The one thing that matters is the effort.

Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.

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A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says "I was beaten," he does not say "My men were beaten".

The details are not the details. They make the design.

The details are details. They make the product. It will in the end be these details that give the product its life.

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Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.

A champion team will always beat a team of champions.

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Hire character. Train skill.

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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

It's Not the Big That Eat the Small...It's the Fast That Eat the Slow.

I do not believe you can do todayâ€™s job with yesterdays methods and be in business tomorrow.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

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Great men talk about ideas; Mediocre men talk about things; Small men talk about people.

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Iâ€™m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

Be yourself, no one can ever tell you youâ€™re doing it wrong.

We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

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Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish one's growth without destroying one's roots.

If you donâ€™t know where youâ€™re going, any road will get you there.

Things turn out best for people who make the best of how things turn out.

Gossip is what no one claims to like, but nearly everybody enjoys.

Whatever we are is determined by whatever we think.

Nothing is so embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldnâ€™t be done.

Temper is what gets us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Trust is one of those things that is much easier to maintain than to repair.

We grow old not so much by living but by losing interest in living.

When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you often learn something.

Even a fish would not be caught if he learned to keep his mouth shut.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving something behind.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable.

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Worry about being better, bigger will take care of itself.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything.

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