Double Your Profits –

We continue to believe most cow-calf producers can double their profits once they STOP focusing on increasing pounds per individual calf and START focusing on increasing pounds per acre.   There is a BIG difference!   We know ranchers who have more...

What Have We Learned?

The panic created by the coronavirus pandemic seems to be relaxing its grip on most people around the world.   It’s time to crawl out from under the bed and get back to living our lives again.   It’s time to get back to work and play....

Is it Time to Change Horses?

Your survival in the cow-calf business will be dependent on your ability to switch paradigms (horses). The old-horse paradigm is the result of a time when land was unbelievably cheap – at least by today’s standards. It is also the result of cheap feed and cheap fuel....

Winter Coat –

Most of us have one or two winter coats.   Sometimes we wear more than one coat at the same time.   Winter is a time of shorter days and colder temperatures.   Unless you live in the tropics, you need to wear a coat most of the time...

Tagging Calves –

Many cow-calf producers think it is sacrilegious to not ear tag calves at birth.   Most do it because they have always done it.   Several years ago, the PCC Discussion Group came up with several “Kooky Notions” that the members used to...
Does Justification Make It Right?

Does Justification Make It Right?

I continue to get emails and phone calls from ranchers who do their best to justify what they are doing.  The fact that they call me makes me think they are beginning to question some of the things they have been doing.  They tell me why they have big,...