Dud Bulls and Shy Bulls

Dud Bulls and Shy Bulls

I often have customers call me up to tell me they have a dud bull. A dud bull is a bull that is not interested in breeding cows. While cows are riding one another and at least one cow is obviously in standing heat, the bull will be lying down calmly chewing his cud –...
Dud Bulls and Shy Bulls

Cow Size and Profitability

I recently read a great article by Kim Ricardo from South Dakota State University. I must say it is very refreshing to see that more and more people in academics are finally able to understand the truth about cow size. For the past 40 years, Pharo Cattle Company® has...
Dud Bulls and Shy Bulls

We Believe

It is possible to make a very good living as a rancher – in good times and in not-so-good times. The key is to focus on increasing pounds per acre – instead of on increasing pounds per cow. They are NOT the same thing! The status quo beef industry has been focused on...
Dud Bulls and Shy Bulls

PCC® Bull Workdays

These workdays won’t be anything fancy. We just want to provide you with an opportunity to get a first-hand look at what goes on at Pharo Cattle Company®. We want you to see our grass-developed bulls and meet our bull producers and bull developers. To...
Dud Bulls and Shy Bulls

Wholly Cow

I had a speaking engagement in Enid, Oklahoma, last Wednesday. On our way home, we zig-zagged across the southwest corner of Kansas. It was past lunch time and we were getting hungry, so we slowed down at a small town called Johnson City. We turned onto Main Street...