#235 – Different For All the Right Reasons
Someone recently asked me, "What's different about Pharo Cattle Company®?" Here it is in a nutshell: For over 35 years, Kit Pharo has been selecting seedstock for real-world traits — moderate frame, grass efficiency, calving ease, and fertility. Meanwhile, the status-quo beef industry continues to...
#235 – Different For All the Right Reasons
Someone recently asked me, "What's different about Pharo Cattle Company®?" Here it is in a nutshell: For over 35 years, Kit Pharo has been selecting seedstock for real-world traits — moderate frame, grass efficiency, calving ease, and fertility. Meanwhile, the status-quo beef industry continues to...
#224 – Maternal or Terminal
Our pre-sale speaker challenged producers to choose between terminal and maternal traits when selecting seed stock. It's a choice that determines who gets the profit. Listen to Jared Luhman interview PJ Budler in this Herd Quitter® podcast. Click to read the full...
#223 – One Trait: Masculinity
There is a ton of information that can help you choose your next PCC® herd sire. Most of it is available on our unique quick sort program. However, if you could only choose one trait, this would be it: Masculinity is indicative of several other traits that are vital...
#222 – Head in the Right Direction
My brother's night time trip got much longer when it was discovered they were headed in the wrong direction. Are you moving your cow herd toward Grass-efficiency and Low-maintenance? Your bull buying decisions will determine if you are headed in the right direction....
#221 – Heat Tolerant Bulls
If you live where the weather gets hot and humid, you may experience loss of production because of it. PCC® has a great selection of heat tolerant composite bulls in our spring sales: Texas April 7, Missouri April 13, and Colorado April 20. Click to read the full...
#220 – Maternal Traits
Here's some things to consider when buying a bull: What maternal traits are you building as you add replacements to your herd? Here's a few that translate directly to your bottom line. Click to read the full transcript If you raise your own replacement heifers, you...
#219 – Bull Buying Tips
Bulls will be expensive this year, so why not spend your money on one that takes your program in the right direction? Click to read the full transcript If you are buying bulls this spring, you will probably pay more than you ever have in your life. However, keep in...
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That Wasn’t So Bad
I have been talking about fear and change the last couple of weeks. Change is “different,” which can cause some discomfort and fear of the unknown. Fear can be paralyzing and irrational. So, how do we move past fear to make the changes we know we need to make? Last week, I shared my fears of wearing shorts on my vacation in Hawaii. I’m just getting back, and boy am I glad I had shorts to wear! Jeans and boots would have been very uncomfortable, to say the least. I...
