• Treat their cows tougher than you treat your cows? • Refuse to make an excuse for a cow, or give a her a second chance? • Develop bulls on forage — with nothing but starch-free supplements? • Evaluate and score bulls for disposition? • Evaluate and score bulls for...

If you want to produce the right kind of replacement females, you need to be using bulls that were produced by the right kind of momma cows.    Weights, ratios and EPDs serve a purpose, but they don’t tell the whole story. Although most ranchers tell me they want to...

While thumbing through a status quo beef publication, I came across an article about “average producers.”   The leadoff sentence said, “Being average in the cow-calf business means you are probably just breaking even.”   That got my attention, so I read on. When you...

With the coming of the New Year, it is traditional to look back at what happened, good or bad, in the world around us.   For the cattle industry, one definite change I have seen in the last year is that “cow size” is mentioned more and more and finally given its...

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One of the smartest things I've heard anyone say was Johann Zietsman's comparison of corn farming and beef production.   The rancher-consultant from Zimbabwe said if corn farmers thought like beef producers, they would space their plants far apart and try to maximize...

The easiest money you will ever make is the money you DON’T spend.   Ben Franklin once said, “A penny saved is a penny earned.”   Folks, this is just as true today as it ever was – and it applies to every $10, $100 and $10,000 you DON’T spend.   Guess what?   This...

I received a tremendous amount of response to last week’s PCC Update.   This included an inordinate number of unsubscribers.   To be honest, I expected to receive a tremendous response.   Our Cowboy Logic said, “You’re not old until your dreams are replaced by...

Have you noticed that the most successful and happy people throughout history have been those who made decisions that were based on the future?   It’s true!   Successful people know that nothing stays the same.   The present is different from the past – and the future...

We hope you are making plans to attend and/or participate in our Colorado Bull Sale... Where else can you purchase coming-two-year-old bulls that have been developed on native grass?   Where else can you find bulls that were produced by efficient, easy-fleshing,...