Whether you want to believe it or not, your long-term success in the cow-calf business will be dependent on your willingness to make some changes.   We all have the ability to change – but not everyone has the willingness to change.   Unfortunately, most producers...

By Tim Goodnight In last week’s discussion on what is required to produce quality grassfed beef, I focused on animal genetics.   While selecting the right genetics is essential to producing quality grassfed beef, there are several other factors to consider. Grassfed...

Over the years, I have probably had over 200 people say, “I know PCC genetics work great on the ranch – but how do they work in the feedlot?”   I don’t get asked that question nearly as often as I did just five years ago – but often enough that I feel the...

Low-input ranching uses thinking (management) to solve problems – instead of money.   What could be more cost effective? Those who sell inputs – whether pharmaceuticals, equipment, machinery, feed supplements, chemicals, etc., etc. – are NOT at all concerned with how...

1. Bulls sell for less in the fall because there is less demand. 2. Fall is the best time to move cattle from one environment to another – especially if you are moving them into a hotter, more humid environment (south    and/or east). 3. Spring-calving producers have...

As stated in previous PCC Updates and Newsletters, the grassfed sector is the only bright spot in today’s beef industry.   It has had an annual growth rate of 25% for the past 20 years.   In contrast, the commodity beef sector has shrunk nearly 20% over the last 15...

The status quo beef industry is the result of a time when land was unbelievably cheap – at least by today’s standards.   It is also the result of cheap feed and cheap fuel.   Gasoline could be purchased for 25 cents per gallon in the early 1970s.   Labor was cheap –...

PCC ICE Colorado Magua 5417A Johan Zietsman once said, “Grass-efficient animals look like eight pounds of sugar in a 5-pound sack.”   We believe that is an accurate analogy.   We have provided a grass-efficiency score for all of the bulls selling...

As you know, the genetics that work best for the feeders and the packers do NOT work best on the ranch.   They are too tall, too lean and too late-maturing.   They grow and grow and continue to grow.   They are way too big before they start putting on fat.   This has...

Someone shared an internet article with the PCC Discussion Group that was entitled “Nearly One-In-Four have Tried Meatless Fast Food.”   This group loves to discuss things that most cow-calf producers would rather not acknowledge – much less talk about.   That’s just...