by Kit Pharo | Sep 3, 2025 | PCC® Update, TENET®
We had seven open two and three-year-old heifers that were Certified Tenet®. The three-year-olds had raised one calf. We sent them to a feedlot in northwest Kansas that a PCC® Cooperative Producer (CP) manages. The heifers fed for $0.83 per pound, which is way less...
by Kit Pharo | Sep 3, 2025 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
Even if you are doing everything right, your farm or ranch is not sustainable unless it can be passed on to the next generation. For various reasons, many family farms and ranches are not being passed on to the next generation. Since 2017, we lost a whopping 159,000...
by Kit Pharo | Aug 27, 2025 | PCC® Update
The following is an email from Sean Weinert, a PCC® customer and cooperative producer. Kit, We just sold the first bull we ever purchased from Pharo Cattle Company®. He was a Total Package son called General (pictured below). We purchased him in...
by Kit Pharo | Aug 27, 2025 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
Last week, I read a short article about bull care and management. In it, a university veterinarian said, “A bull may lose anywhere from 100 to 200 pounds during a breeding season.” While I know this is true – I also know it doesn’t have to be this way. Nearly all PCC®...
by Kit Pharo | Aug 27, 2025 | PCC® Update
Your calves are worth nearly three times more than they were worth just five years ago! See the blue line in the Cattle Range chart below. Because calf prices continue to go off the chart, several lines have been added to the top of this chart since January. On...
