by Kit Pharo | Dec 6, 2017 | PCC™ Update
This is a story I used to share in several of my presentations. It makes a point that most cattlemen need to hear. First, you start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a...
by Kit Pharo | Nov 29, 2017 | PCC™ Update
10. To cull her, you’d have to catch her first. 9. She was your dad’s first 4-H project. 8. If there were an EPD for wrecking mineral feeders, she’d be a trait leader. 7. She’s been in the spring herd and the fall herd several times each — you just can’t buy that...
by Kit Pharo | Nov 29, 2017 | PCC™ Update
Five-year-old Braylee Pharo talked Grammy Deanna into going for a walk in the woods near our mountain cabin. When they returned, they showed me a picture of a track in the snow. In excitement, I exclaimed, “That looks like a bear...
by Kit Pharo | Nov 15, 2017 | PCC™ Update
Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up your present. What others think of you is none of your business. Time heals almost everything; give it time. Don’t judge or compare yourself to others; you have no idea what their journey is all about. Stop thinking too...
by Kit Pharo | Nov 4, 2017 | PCC™ Update
A periscope is a very handy instrument used to observe activity above the water’s surface from a submerged submarine. When the command “up periscope” is given the periscope is raised for use. Once in place, it has the ability to swivel around for surveillance in...
by Kit Pharo | Nov 4, 2017 | PCC™ Update
A few days ago, I shared an article with the PCC Discussion Group that summarized a recent survey of agricultural bank presidents and CEOs. Those bankers expect a substantial increase in foreclosures for the next five years – due to what they refer to as a “slumping...
