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23 CALF News • June | July 2021 • www.calfnews.net We Bring Information and Management Together! For more information email sales@turnkeynet.com, or call (800) 999-0049. Turnkey Computer Systems, LLC . 6117 Amarillo Blvd. West . Amarillo, Texas 79106 . Phone: (806) 372-1200 www.turnkeynet.com T he Turnkey Visual Management System is a decision support and analysis tool for feedyard management. INTRODUCING THE VISUAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FROM TURNKEY • Decision Support • Buyer Analysis • Vet/Feed Statistics • Customer Management • Customized Data Views • Multi-Yard Comparison • Customized Data Alerts • Scheduled Reporting out with the rodeo team, “And I kind of started falling into the Western way of life, more than just Wranglers and boots.” He went to the Orr ranch one day to get his hat shaped and asked if they were hiring. He told Ed, “Here’s the deal; hire me for a day. If you like me, keep me. If you don’t, just let me know what I could have done differently.” His first day as a ranch hand, he and two other hands were eating lunch.“After lunch, the three of us got up and the other guys went on their way. I picked up all three plates and set them by the door going into the mudroom. And she looks out the hat shop window and knew that they were going to hire me.” Johnson soon moved in with the Orrs until they built him his own place on the west end of the outfit. He became an apprentice in the hat shop and con- tinued his studies. The story of how he came to own Greeley Hat Works is one of hard work, entrepreneurship and the value of family. He had a lawnmowing busi- ness as a youth and built it to 60 yards and four employees. When he started, however, he wanted to use his dad’s lawnmower. “He goes, ‘I’ll rent it to you, five bucks a yard.’ Darn if I didn’t save every penny and nickel to buy my own stuff so I didn’t have to give the old man any money.” Fast forward to his second senior year in college. He set his sights on owning Greeley Hat Works. The Orrs agreed to finance half the deal. He paid Ed’s secretary to type up a busi- ness plan. “No banks would look at me,” he remembers, so he sent it to his uncle. Continued on page 24  There’s no doubt where you’re at when you walk through the front doors at Greeley Hat Works. Hats and logos adorn every wall and the iconic Greeley Hat Works logo is prominent.