Herd Quitter® Blog
Social Pressure
A quote from Shane Parrish on social pressure caught my attention this week: “Stubbornness and flexibility aren't opposites; they're responses to different inputs. Be impenetrable to social pressure and quick to adapt to evidence.” This is great advice for our...
The Diet Factor
What happens to most people when they go on a diet and successfully lose weight? They gain the weight back – and then some. There is a reason for that. It’s called the Diet Factor. In the cave man days, it was extremely important for people to maintain good body...
We Believe
Smaller cows will always produce bigger profits. From 1400-pound mainstream cows down to 1100-pound PCC® cows, down to sheep and down to rabbits, the smaller the animal, the more pounds of meat can be produced per acre. More pounds equal more profit – but who wants to...
Suffering
We are getting ready for post-season in wrestling. Everyone is a little banged up, which is usually the case this late in the season. I use this opportunity to talk about suffering, what it means to suffer, and its benefits. Shane Parrish shared a quote in his recent...
We Believe
It is much better to be prepared a year too early than a day too late. You can apply this belief to any number of things – from a drop in cattle prices to a catastrophic event in your life and/or the world. When the time comes, it won’t be difficult to differentiate...
Bull Workdays
I spent the first part of last week at bull workdays at PCC® headquarters in Colorado. The weather was great, but I still needed my muck boots because the BS was getting deep! This was a great time to look at some of the best bulls in the industry. I always enjoy...
Walter’s Comfort Zone
Walter the Cat spent most of yesterday in an empty cap box in Tammy’s and Kathy’s office. When Walter finds an empty cardboard box, he commandeers it as his own. He crawls inside and spends most of the day there. I see this box as Walter’s comfort zone. He feels...
Shared Email
Hi Kit, During the past year, I’ve been asking producers who have purchased Certified Tenet® PCC bulls about their cow to bull ratios. There are some amazing stories out there. One fellow told me he had a single PCC bull and 74 cows. He was nervous about the bull...
‘Tis the Season
No… I am not referring to the holiday season. I am referring to bull sale season. From January through April, there are hundreds and hundreds of bull sales. I receive many bull sale catalogs in the mail each and every week. Most of them go straight to the recycle bin....
We Believe
Cow-calf producers should produce cows that fit their environment – instead of artificially changing the environment with expensive inputs to fit their cows. Most of today’s cows could not survive without outside inputs. When cattle prices break, the cost of inputs...