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...
by Kit Pharo | Jul 2, 2025 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
For the last four weeks, we have discussed structural correctness and incorrectness in beef animals. Last week, I said, “For the most part, the status quo beef industry has everything wrong!” I just received the latest issue of the Angus Journal. As I was thumbing...
