by Kit Pharo | Jul 23, 2025 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
Last week, I gave a ranch tour to Lilwen Joynson from Wales. Lilwen works with farmers and livestock producers in the United Kingdom. She wants to help them be more profitable and sustainable. She is very frustrated that most of the farmers she works with are...
by Kit Pharo | Jul 23, 2025 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
The latest CattleFax Trends had a graph that showed how much cow weights and weaning weights have increased in the last 25 years. Since the year 2000, cow weights have increased 142 pounds – but weaning weights have only increased five pounds. Although status quo...
by Kit Pharo | Jul 16, 2025 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
Yesterday afternoon, I gave a partial ranch tour to Lilwen Joynson from Wales. Hopefully, we will finish that tour this morning. Lilwen and I had not communicated much prior to her visit, so neither of us knew what to expect. Fortunately, Lilwen asked the right...
by Kit Pharo | Jul 9, 2025 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
Horn flies are costing the cattle industry billions of dollars every year. Controlling flies with chemical insecticides is NEVER going to provide a long-term solution because horn flies have been able to develop a resistance to all of the chemical insecticides that...
by Kit Pharo | Jul 9, 2025 | PCC® Update
This is a picture of some Angus and Red Angus heifers at PCC Headquarters in Eastern Colorado. We have not been this green for a long time. Have you noticed that we all look smart when it rains and cattle prices are at record-high levels? These girls will be sorted...
