I subscribe to a weekly market summary put out by The Cattle Range every Saturday morning.   These weekly updates always begin with a 10-Day Market Trendline and a 30-Day Market Trendline.   These give me a quick overview of our markets and where...

Ag economist Danny Klinefelter explains how you can get a competitive edge simply by rejecting the status quo.   That’s right… by rejecting the status quo.   Klinefelter says, “The only truly sustainable competitive advantage today is the ability to learn and adapt...

The lead-off article in our 2017 Winter Newsletter was entitled “Do You Have a Competitive Advantage.”   I bring this up simply as a reminder.   We firmly believe having a competitive advantage will be the difference between mere survival and true success in the...

This time of year, I glance through hundreds of catalogs and advertisements for bull sales.   With very few exceptions, everyone is essentially offering the same product.   It is extremely rare to find anyone with a program or a product that differs much from the...

If profit is the goal, then fertility is by far the most important trait cow-calf producers should be selecting for.   Studies have shown reproductive traits are twice as important as growth traits, which are twice as important as carcass traits.   Ironically, the...

No one sells as many ultra-low-maintenance bulls as Pharo Cattle Company.   For nearly three decades, we have bred and selected for cattle that can do the most for the least.   Many PCC customers have told us they get as much or more growth from our so-called...

Most of us have one or two winter coats.   Sometimes we wear more than one coat at the same time.   Winter is a time of shorter days and colder temperatures.   Unless you live in the tropics, you need to wear a coat most of the time during the winter months. God...

Monday afternoon, I received a phone call from Jim Kinder, a cow-calf producer in Oklahoma who has been using PCC bulls exclusively for nine or ten years.   Jim said, “I was just sitting here doing nothing, and thought I should give you a call.”   He went on to say,...