by Kit Pharo | Dec 6, 2017 | PCC™ Update
This is a story I used to share in several of my presentations. It makes a point that most cattlemen need to hear. First, you start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a...
by Kit Pharo | Nov 29, 2017 | PCC™ Update
10. To cull her, you’d have to catch her first. 9. She was your dad’s first 4-H project. 8. If there were an EPD for wrecking mineral feeders, she’d be a trait leader. 7. She’s been in the spring herd and the fall herd several times each — you just can’t buy that...
by Kit Pharo | Nov 29, 2017 | PCC™ Update
Five-year-old Braylee Pharo talked Grammy Deanna into going for a walk in the woods near our mountain cabin. When they returned, they showed me a picture of a track in the snow. In excitement, I exclaimed, “That looks like a bear...
by Kit Pharo | Nov 15, 2017 | PCC™ Update
Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up your present. What others think of you is none of your business. Time heals almost everything; give it time. Don’t judge or compare yourself to others; you have no idea what their journey is all about. Stop thinking too...
by Kit Pharo | Nov 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have visited with thousands of cow-calf producers all over North America. With very few exceptions, these producers are all looking for the same type of momma cow. They say they want an efficient, 1100-pound cow that can wean at least 50% of her own weight for...