Herd Quitter® Blog
The General
The following is an email from Sean Weinert, a PCC® customer and cooperative producer. Kit, We just sold the first bull we ever purchased from Pharo Cattle Company®. He was a Total Package son called General (pictured below). We purchased him in...
Hard Work
Farmers and ranchers know a little bit about hard work. We are not afraid to get our hands dirty. However, we tend to be not so good at working smarter. Shane Parrish makes the connection between working harder and working smarter in his weekly blog: “Telling someone...
Blessed In Colorado
Basketball legend, Jimme Valvano, once said, “If you LAUGH, you THINK, and you CRY, that's a FULL DAY. If you do that seven days a week, you're going to have something SPECIAL.” Last week, I spent Sunday through Wednesday in Eastern Colorado. Those were four of the...
Losing Weight vs. Gaining Weight
Last week, I read a short article about bull care and management. In it, a university veterinarian said, “A bull may lose anywhere from 100 to 200 pounds during a breeding season.” While I know this is true – I also know it doesn’t have to be this way. Nearly all PCC®...
What A Difference Five Years Makes
Your calves are worth nearly three times more than they were worth just five years ago! See the blue line in the Cattle Range chart below. Because calf prices continue to go off the chart, several lines have been added to the top of this chart since January. On...
Bull Workdays
I am currently evaluating bulls at PCC Headquarters in Colorado. It’s been hot! The bulls look great, and I got a good start on my sale research. I’ll save the bulk of the research for later this fall. This is one of my favorite things to do, so I use it as leverage...
Under the Stars
These hot summer days have brought back some childhood memories. When we were kids, my two brothers and I slept in an unfinished and uninsulated attic. There was maybe 12 inches of space for me to walk between my brothers’ two small beds to get to my bed which was...
Tenet® Update
We are pleased to announce the official launch of Certified Tenet® Beef. With more Certified Tenet® Bulls than anyone else in the industry, Pharo Cattle Company® is leading the way – which gives PCC® customers a reason to be excited. Tenderness has been consistently...
Around the World
Pharo genetics have been used with great success in four of the seven continents. The video below shows a set of Pharo-bred bull calves in South Africa. I am proud to put my stamp of approval on this set of bulls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxcUnBrmQzg These...
The Cost of Mistakes
Mistakes and failures have a negative connotation. They imply weakness, lack of skill, or lack of intelligence. It’s easy to look back and dissect our mistakes. Instead of using our mistakes as an opportunity to grow, learn and understand, we use them as a whipping...