by Bobby Thoman | Jul 16, 2025 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
It’s summer camp season and we just finished our wrestling camp. It was a great camp put on by Bryce Meredith, a Wyoming-grown wrestler who made it to the NCAA finals twice for the University of Wyoming. Bryce didn’t just show new technique, but spent some time...
by Kit Pharo | Jul 16, 2025 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
Yesterday afternoon, I gave a partial ranch tour to Lilwen Joynson from Wales. Hopefully, we will finish that tour this morning. Lilwen and I had not communicated much prior to her visit, so neither of us knew what to expect. Fortunately, Lilwen asked the right...
by Kit Pharo | Jul 9, 2025 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
Horn flies are costing the cattle industry billions of dollars every year. Controlling flies with chemical insecticides is NEVER going to provide a long-term solution because horn flies have been able to develop a resistance to all of the chemical insecticides that...
by Kit Pharo | Jul 2, 2025 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
For the last four weeks, we have discussed structural correctness and incorrectness in beef animals. Last week, I said, “For the most part, the status quo beef industry has everything wrong!” I just received the latest issue of the Angus Journal. As I was thumbing...
by Bobby Thoman | Jun 25, 2025 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
We are facing a precipice in the beef industry. Cattle prices are at an all-time high while cattle numbers are at an all-time low. This is a good thing for ranchers, but maybe not so good for the “beef industrial complex.” The feeders and packers rely on volume to...
by Kit Pharo | Jun 25, 2025 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
Here is an old adage I have always tried to adhere to: “When everyone else is walking, you should run – and when everyone else is running, you should walk.” In other words, it is almost always beneficial to do the opposite of what most people are doing. When everyone...
