Systems Approach

Systems Approach

I was reminded last week that, unlike other seedstock producers, Pharo Cattle Company® takes a Systems Approach to the business of producing and marketing bulls to other ranchers. The more I think about it, the more I think this subject needs more discussion. I can...
Systems Approach

Resistance to Change

I believe all people are resistant to change – but some more so than others! Nowhere is this more prevalent than in family-owned cow-calf operations. It often takes over two decades for family-owned cow-calf operations to make simple changes – even when they know the...
Systems Approach

The Sky is Falling

Do you remember the Chicken Little story? Chicken Little was walking through the woods when an acorn fell on her head. She immediately concluded the sky was falling and the world would soon come to an end. She ran around screaming, “The sky is falling! The sky is...
Systems Approach

What Goes Up Must Come Down

You can only throw a rock up so high before it starts falling back to the ground. As you know, this well-established truth also applies to cattle prices. Cattle prices can only go so high before they start falling. As always, the best cure for high prices is high...
Systems Approach

Why Don’t All Bull Producers

✔ Treat their cows tougher than you treat your cows? ✔ Refuse to make an excuse for a cow or give her a second chance? ✔ Focus on increasing pounds per acre (profit) – instead of pounds per cow (bragging rights)? ✔ Develop bulls slowly and naturally on grass? ✔...