Calving Season

Calving Season

It’s finally spring and our cows are just starting to calve. This is my favorite time of year. Yes, I know, summer calving would probably be much easier, but there is a high demand for spring PCC™ yearling bulls and we live in the nice part of Wyoming where the...
Calving Season

Everyone Looks Smart

All cow-calf producers look smart when 500-pound calves are worth $1800 to $2000 per head. They can do many things wrong and still make a profit. How many cow-calf producers are going to look smart when the cattle market crashes? I’m afraid the smart ones will be in...
Calving Season

Curiosity

Successful people set themselves apart because they are willing to learn, they can adapt, and they are genuinely curious. Farnam Street explains the power of curiosity as follows, “Work becomes great when curiosity drives it beyond obligation.” This is not only...
Calving Season

Wedge-Shaped Cows and Bulls

When you look at a cow from the side and from the top, she should get wider and deeper from her head to her rear. This wedge shape is very indicative of fertility, grass efficiency and productivity. When you look at a bull from the side and from the top, he should be...
Calving Season

The Whiz Kids on Fly Control

Every spring, the status quo Whiz Kids start talking about horn fly control. Until this year, these discussions quickly morphed into lengthy comparisons of toxic chemicals. I’m sure that discussion is just around the corner. There has never been and there never will...
Calving Season

Interdependence

Farnam Street shared the following insight in their weekly blog: “Interdependence is the web that ties us all together. It’s the recognition that no person, no company, no country is an island. We’re all connected, all reliant on one another in countless ways, big and...