Herd Quitter™ Blog
Optimism
Farnam Street shared the following insight in their weekly blog: “Optimism is a performance-enhancing drug that’s both legal and free. While experts predicted failure, Sam Walton opened discount stores in small towns. When critics said ‘too risky,’ FedEx launched...
More Tenet® Talk
This is a guest post written by Frank Hendrix of Callipyge Genetics and Tenet® Beef. I attended a regional cattlemen’s meeting last Wednesday that featured Dr. John Nalivka, a specialist in the cattle industry and marketing. According to Dr. Nalivka, the American...
Perfect Conditions
Farnam Street shared the following insight in their weekly blog: “Waiting for perfect conditions is how otherwise intelligent people keep themselves stuck. Two entrepreneurs spot the same opportunity. One builds elaborate plans; the other tests crude prototypes. The...
The Whiz Kids
In last week’s PCC Update, I confessed to peeking in on a couple of internet discussion sites just to see what the status quo whiz kids are saying and thinking. They’re at it again – and I just couldn’t walk away. One forum member asked the others how they select...
The Problem with Testing Bulls for Feed Efficiency
More and more seedstock producers are using GrowSafe equipment to measure and compare feed efficiency in the bulls they sell. On the surface, this seems like a very simple and accurate way to test and compare animals for feed efficiency. There is one extremely...
Happiness
Pharo Cattle Company™ understands that to be successful in ranching you must be profitable and enjoy what you are doing. Profitable and enjoyable go hand in hand. They feed off each other. One without the other is not sustainable. Similarly, when you have one without...
Counting Your Money
I peek in on a couple of internet discussion sites on a regular basis just to see what the status quo whiz kids are saying and thinking. This is also the reason I subscribe to so many status quo beef publications. This often serves as a form of entertainment. I...
Imagination
We know how to work in agriculture. We can put in long hours with little rest. Whether it’s calving, planting, harvesting, weaning, or haying, we have no problem with hard work. What if I told you there was more to ranching than just hard work and determination?...
More Tenet® Talk
This is a guest post written by Frank Hendrix of Callipyge Genetics and Tenet® Beef. I have a theory about why so many Pharo Cattle Company™ animals are testing positive for Tenet®. We’ve been working on the beef tenderness problem for 38 years. After successfully...
Time Management
There never seems to be enough time to get things done. Like I say, “If it wasn’t for the last minute, nothing would ever get done!” How true, but also how stressful. We all could use better time management, myself included. A quote in Farnam Street this week made me...