by Kit Pharo | Aug 21, 2024 | PCC™ Update, Uncategorized
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...
by Kit Pharo | Aug 21, 2024 | PCC™ Update
✔ 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? ✔...
by Kit Pharo | Aug 14, 2024 | Herd Quitter™, PCC™ Update
I’m sure some of our subscribers thought I made up the Monkey Story that I shared in last week’s PCC Update. I didn’t! The Monkey Story is based on a scientific experiment that was conducted in 1967. This experiment involved ten adult rhesus monkeys. Scientists and...
by Kit Pharo | Aug 7, 2024 | PCC™ Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
This is a story I used to share in many of my presentations 20 years ago. It made a very good point most cattlemen needed to hear. Since many of today’s cattlemen still need to hear this message, I decided to share it in on the Herd Quitter Blog. First… you start with...
by Kit Pharo | Aug 7, 2024 | PCC™ Update
If a cow or bull has bad feet, it doesn’t matter what the rest of the animal looks like – and it doesn’t matter what the pedigree or EPDs look like. A cow or bull must have a good foundation to stand on to stay in production for more than just a few years....
