by Bobby Thoman | Apr 3, 2024 | Bull Sales, PCC Update
We all make poor decisions. Some are minor, like eating that second donut for breakfast. Some are major, like losing all your money in the stock market. Even worse, sometimes the fear of making the wrong decision paralyzes us and keeps us from making any decision....
by Kit Pharo | Feb 28, 2024 | Bull Sales, PCC Update
Recently, I have had several phone conversations with customers and potential customers about how many cows you should run with a bull during breeding season. As you might expect, there is a big difference between what status quo bull producers recommend and what...
by Kit Pharo | Mar 26, 2021 | Bull Sales, Kit Pharo
Dollars to Donuts As a form of entertainment, I like to thumb through beef publications looking at bull sale advertisements. With almost no exceptions, bull suppliers continue to be focused on nothing but helping you increase pounds per cow (bragging rights). ...
by Kit Pharo | Feb 23, 2021 | Bull Sales, Kit Pharo, We Believe
Over the years, the illustration below provided the “Aha Moment” hundreds of cow-calf producers needed to STOP focusing on increasing pounds per animal (bragging rights) and START focusing on increasing pounds per acre (profit). Year in and year...
by Kit Pharo | Feb 22, 2021 | Bull Sales, Kit Pharo, Sale, We Believe
No, this is not an ailment that affects big calves. This is an ailment that affects ranchers who believe they must produce big calves to be profitable. Big calves are not always profitable. In fact, small calves are almost always...
by Kit Pharo | Feb 22, 2021 | Bull Sales, Bull Workdays, Kit Pharo, Sale
Crazy Times in a Crazy World — By Kit Pharo I have inhabited this world for most of seven decades — and I do not remember a time as crazy as the current times! Just when I think the world can’t get any crazier, it does! I wonder what my grandparents would think if...
