#180 – Kill the Cow?
In recent years, climatologists have villainized the cow as a primary culprit of global warming. They claim that methane gas (or cow farts) along with traditional farming methods are major contributors to increased carbon in the atmosphere. Are cows the problem or the solution?...
#180 – Kill the Cow?
In recent years, climatologists have villainized the cow as a primary culprit of global warming. They claim that methane gas (or cow farts) along with traditional farming methods are major contributors to increased carbon in the atmosphere. Are cows the problem or the solution?...
#124 – Tax Write-offs
This is the time of year ranchers tally up the balance sheet. If you made money, your tax man may encourage you to buy something to avoid paying excessive taxes. Here’s a suggestion. Why not visit the PCC® Classifieds? https://pharocattle.com/classifieds/...
#123 – Fleshing Ability
If you raise your own replacement heifers, one of the most important economic traits to look for in a herd sire is fleshing ability. Cattle with good fleshing ability will gain condition quickly, maintain it longer, breed more reliably, and do more with lesser quality...
#122 – Fine Tuning
As cooperative producers for PCC®, our duty is to keep fine tuning our cow herd with the benefit of our bull customers in mind. We are continually striving for optimum levels of frame size, fertility, fleshing ability, calving ease, disposition, and grass efficiency....
#121 – Looking Ahead
Optimism is strong at the fall bull sales. Looking ahead, this fall may be the best time to buy a bull rather than waiting until next spring. Only two sales left!...
#120 – Time for a Trade-in
This upswing in the market would be a great opportunity to trade in some of your large-framed, out-of-date genetics and replace them with grass-efficient 18 month-old PCC® bulls....
#119 – Herd Overview
Sometimes it's helpful to take a step back and get an overview of your operation from a different point of view. From a different perspective, you can see things you never noticed before. PCC® gives you several opportunities to do that....
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Green-Grass Ranching
In our June 11th PCC Update, I said we had been blessed with some very timely small rains. Those timely rains have continued – and increased in size. When I was at the bluegrass festival two weeks ago, we received over two inches of rain from one end of the ranch to the other. That rarely happens! Last Saturday night, we received 1.90 inches of rain at PCC® Headquarters, followed by another 1.15 inches the next night. Wow! Tyson Pharo took the above picture Monday...