by Kit Pharo | Aug 12, 2026 | Bull Workdays, PCC® Update
We will start working and evaluating 680 grass-developed bulls in preparation for our upcoming fall bull sales NEXT WEEK. You are invited to join us. We will have bull workdays in Colorado, Nebraska, Montana, Canada, and Texas – in that order. If you would like to...
by PJ Budler | Aug 12, 2026 | Bull Workdays, PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
With the Pharo Cattle Company® Bull Workdays just around the corner, here are some reasons as to why this is such an important exercise and service to PCC® customers. A bull should be able to lift his head and see into the next county. Skeletal structure is paramount...
by Kit Pharo | Aug 12, 2026 | PCC® Update
As discussed in a previous PCC Update, cattle prices started dropping from their all-time record highs six weeks ago. This caused some cattle economists to think the highs for this cycle are behind us. They could be right, but the fundamentals have not changed. Cattle...
by Kit Pharo | Aug 12, 2026 | PCC® Update
When I first started ranching forty years ago, my biggest pet peeve was bulls that sired cows with horrible udders. I remember using a couple of very popular AI sires that consistently produced bad-uddered first-calf heifers. Unfortunately, it takes at least three...
by Kit Pharo | Aug 12, 2026 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting, We Believe
Maternal genetics should be tested for the ability to perform on grass – NOT grain. Most beef cows spend their entire lives on grass – NOT in a feedlot. With enough high-energy feed, even the most mediocre of bulls will look good — for a while. The trouble with...
by Bobby Thoman | Aug 5, 2026 | PCC® Update
The Bovine Congestive Heart Failure (BCHF) test was developed recently by the USDA research center in Clay Center, Nebraska, to identify cattle that are at risk of congestive heart failure. Congestive heart failure is responsible for around 7% of the deaths in...
