by PJ Budler | Jul 8, 2026 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
Livestock thinker and philosopher, Johann Zietsman, eloquently stated: “Fat is an essential component of sustainable profitability. You can either breed fat into cattle or feed fat into cattle. If you breed cattle to feed them, you will have to feed cattle to breed...
by Kit Pharo | Jul 8, 2026 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
I recently heard that 99% of the animal species have gone extinct. When I heard that, I immediately thought, “How do they know that to be true?” When I did a Google search, I was told that there are written descriptions for 1.5 million animal species. That’s good...
by Bobby Thoman | Jul 8, 2026 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
Some people drag themselves through life. They are stuck in the same routine, day-in and day-out. They live for some future point in time when things will change, like retirement. We start these habits young, always looking forward to when we are older. First, it’s 16...
by Kit Pharo | Jul 8, 2026 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
In last week’s PCC® Update, we discussed how cows and bulls should be Wedge Shaped – but in opposite directions. Unfortunately, most mainstream cows and bulls are rectangular shaped. Back in the 1980s, Jan Bonsma said, “In most breeds, the show standards for bulls and...
by Bobby Thoman | Jul 1, 2026 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
Self-pity is one of the most debilitating emotions we can succumb to. Shane Parrish shared his views on self-pity in his weekly blog: “Self-pity feels like medicine and works like poison.” Self-pity is often a reaction to suffering or misfortune. It is characterized...
by PJ Budler | Jul 1, 2026 | PCC® Update, Quote Worth Re-Quoting
The United States of America is an exceptional nation. It is the motherlode of beef genetics, technology, science, and innovation for a large part of the world. As an exceptional nation, it is home to the very best and the very worst of just about every discipline –...
