by Robert Pulliam | Dec 12, 2023 | Herd Quitter® Minute
This is the time of year ranchers tally up the balance sheet. If you made money, your tax man may encourage you to buy something to avoid paying excessive taxes. Here’s a suggestion. Why not visit the PCC® Classifieds?...
by Jared Luhman | Dec 11, 2023 | Ranching Returns Podcast
Podcast Episode #149 Episode #149 Chad Peterson boasts a wealth of experience in various grazing-based enterprises spanning multiple states. In our conversation, we delve into many of his learning experiences throughout the years and explore the reasons behind his...
by Jared Luhman | Dec 4, 2023 | Ranching Returns Podcast
Podcast Episode #148 Episode #148 Logan Mannix, along with his father, uncles, and several cousins, runs Mannix Family Beef in Montana. They operate a diversified, large-scale, vertically integrated beef operation. Currently, they manage 1,250 cows, background calves,...
by Robert Pulliam | Nov 28, 2023 | Herd Quitter® Minute
If you raise your own replacement heifers, one of the most important economic traits to look for in a herd sire is fleshing ability. Cattle with good fleshing ability will gain condition quickly, maintain it longer, breed more reliably, and do more with lesser quality...
by Jared Luhman | Nov 27, 2023 | Ranching Returns Podcast
Podcast Episode #147 Episode #147 Amos and his wife, Tina, have a diversified business in Northeast Iowa where they crop farm, run livestock, sell cover crop seed, and offer custom seeding as a service. In this episode, we discuss how cover crops can be used on...
by Robert Pulliam | Nov 21, 2023 | Herd Quitter® Minute
As cooperative producers for PCC®, our duty is to keep fine tuning our cow herd with the benefit of our bull customers in mind. We are continually striving for optimum levels of frame size, fertility, fleshing ability, calving ease, disposition, and grass...
