Sissy Bulls and Fat Dry Cows

Sissy Bulls and Fat Dry Cows

On my most recent trip to and from our mountain cabin, I saw a few cowherds up close. All of these cowherds were running with bulls. Most herds had two or three times more bulls than they needed. I saw 25 to 30 cows in one herd with four young bulls. At least one was...
Sissy Bulls and Fat Dry Cows

Where’s the Beef?

The status quo beef industry’s incessant selection for more frame, more growth and more milk has created tall, slab-sided, flat-muscled, hard-keeping bulls that resemble solid-colored Holstein steers. Where’s the BEEF? Pharo Cattle Company® has thick,...
Sissy Bulls and Fat Dry Cows

Twice as Long…

This is an email sent to us by Wendell Giesbrecht from Mississippi. I bought my first bull from you in April of 2016. He lasted for 10 breeding seasons, counting this one. We never pulled any of his calves. He had 20 to 40 cows to take care of every year. I’m gonna...
Sissy Bulls and Fat Dry Cows

Green-Grass Ranching

In our June 11th PCC Update, I said we had been blessed with some very timely small rains. Those timely rains have continued – and increased in size. When I was at the bluegrass festival two weeks ago, we received over two inches of rain from one end of the ranch to...