Holy Smokes Tau, you have hit a whole new tax bracket! Congrats! lol Seriously now...

1) I can't charge more for my cattle. When we drop them off at the auction, we take what is given to us. We can refuse the price and haul 'em home, but then we have to feed them etc and cattle stay up all night dreaming up new ways of dying on you, and they are worth zip then!

2)I hate taxes, but understand the necessity. I always wish our gov't could spend more efficiently, and tax in a more... humane(?) way. Depending on spending on capital expenditures (I am not incorporated) and the way depreciation is written off, I have paid more taxes some years than I figured I took home. that is a long discussion.