by Kit Pharo | Feb 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
In last week’s PCC Update, Tim Goodnight said, “Without discounting the importance of body condition at calving, I think it is important to understand that the plane of gain an animal is experiencing is equally – if not more important. Research shows that...
by Kit Pharo | Feb 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
In addition to EPDs, weights, ratios and ultrasound data, Pharo Cattle Company provides star ratings for the following traits on our sale bulls. A 5-star rating is the best – with 3-star being about average. Disposition Calving Ease Cow Longevity Udder...
by Kit Pharo | Feb 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
In early January, I gave a ranch tour to a couple from Alberta, Canada. They had been to a Ranching for Profit school in Colorado Springs. When I showed them the cowherd, they said, “This is the first grass we have seen since we left Colorado...
by Kit Pharo | Feb 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
How can you identify the most efficient and most profitable cows in a cowherd? The answer is so simple most people miss it. The most efficient and profitable cows in an unpampered cowherd will always be the oldest cows. These are cows that have done everything...
by Kit Pharo | Jan 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Following last week’s PCC Update, we received several questions about late weaning and why we choose to leave calves on their mothers over the winter. For starters, it’s natural. In nature, there is no herdsman to wean the offspring. In fact, when a doe gives...
