by PJ Budler | Aug 12, 2026 | Bull Workdays, PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
With the Pharo Cattle Company® Bull Workdays just around the corner, here are some reasons as to why this is such an important exercise and service to PCC® customers. A bull should be able to lift his head and see into the next county. Skeletal structure is paramount...
by PJ Budler | Aug 5, 2026 | PCC® Update
If you’re located in the tropics or subtropics, and if humidity and insects are a challenge, then it’s absolutely essential for cattle to be tropically adaptable. Adaptability is the gateway trait into profitability through functional efficiency. There is a...
by PJ Budler | Jul 29, 2026 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
Muscle is the product beef producers produce! However, muscle expression is uniquely different in bulls, steers, and females. In hormonally balanced cattle this trait is expressed differently due to sex hormones. Testosterone makes muscle. A masculine, hormonally...
by PJ Budler | Jul 23, 2026 | PCC® Update
Skull shape is of absolute importance when evaluating cattle. An animal’s head is the preview of what’s to come in the rest of the body. Length of skull, width of muzzle, strength of jaw, positioning of the eyes, shape of the ridge/poll, width between the eyes,...
by PJ Budler | Jul 15, 2026 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
Efficiency isn’t good or bad – it’s just efficiency. Culture ascribes value and privilege to certain words and phrases, and “efficiency” is currently enjoying that privilege. I will argue why that value needs to be stripped from the word. I’ll also show how efficiency...
