Herd Quitter™ Blog
The Sky is Falling
Do you remember the Chicken Little story? Chicken Little was walking through the woods when an acorn fell on her head. She immediately concluded the sky was falling and the world would soon come to an end. She ran around screaming, “The sky is falling! The sky is...
What Goes Up Must Come Down
You can only throw a rock up so high before it starts falling back to the ground. As you know, this well-established truth also applies to cattle prices. Cattle prices can only go so high before they start falling. As always, the best cure for high prices is high...
Why Don’t All Bull Producers
✔ Treat their cows tougher than you treat your cows? ✔ Refuse to make an excuse for a cow or give her a second chance? ✔ Focus on increasing pounds per acre (profit) – instead of pounds per cow (bragging rights)? ✔ Develop bulls slowly and naturally on grass? ✔...
The Monkey Story (part 2)
I’m sure some of our subscribers thought I made up the Monkey Story that I shared in last week’s PCC Update. I didn’t! The Monkey Story is based on a scientific experiment that was conducted in 1967. This experiment involved ten adult rhesus monkeys. Scientists and...
The Monkey Story
This is a story I used to share in many of my presentations 20 years ago. It made a very good point most cattlemen needed to hear. Since many of today’s cattlemen still need to hear this message, I decided to share it in on the Herd Quitter Blog. First… you start with...
Gearing Up
We just finished up our county fair this past week and school will start soon. I can’t believe that summer is almost over! People are gearing up for back-to-school and trying to get one last weekend at the lake or camping trip in the mountains. I’m also gearing up and...
Good Feet
If a cow or bull has bad feet, it doesn’t matter what the rest of the animal looks like – and it doesn’t matter what the pedigree or EPDs look like. A cow or bull must have a good foundation to stand on to stay in production for more than just a few years....
Cold Water
People are afraid of change. “Change” ranks up there with going to the dentist and doing your taxes as the most feared/hated thing to do. Nowhere is that more apparent than in agriculture where farmers and ranchers would rather go broke than change their paradigm....
Make It Happen!
Having just returned from a dream vacation in Alaska, I want to throw out a challenge to all of our subscribers – but especially to Pharo Bull Customers. If you are a Pharo Bull Customer, I encourage you to stay tuned and to take this challenge seriously. One evening...
Long-Legged Cows
As I travel around the country, I am always on the lookout for cowherds that are grazing near the road. Most of the cows I see in these herds are rectangular-shaped, 5 to 6-frame cows with long legs and shallow bodies. If you cut the height of the cows in half, they...