by Kit Pharo | Feb 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you want to produce the right kind of replacement females, you need to be using bulls that were produced by the right kind of momma cows. Weights, ratios and EPDs serve a purpose, but they don’t tell the whole story. Although most ranchers tell me they want to...
by Kit Pharo | Jan 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
While thumbing through a status quo beef publication, I came across an article about “average producers.” The leadoff sentence said, “Being average in the cow-calf business means you are probably just breaking even.” That got my attention, so I read on. When you...
by Kit Pharo | Jan 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
With the coming of the New Year, it is traditional to look back at what happened, good or bad, in the world around us. For the cattle industry, one definite change I have seen in the last year is that “cow size” is mentioned more and more and finally given its...
by Kit Pharo | Jan 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
WARNING: This Newsletter may be Hazardous to Closed Minds. Read at your own risk!
by Kit Pharo | Dec 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
One of the smartest things I’ve heard anyone say was Johann Zietsman’s comparison of corn farming and beef production. The rancher-consultant from Zimbabwe said if corn farmers thought like beef producers, they would space their plants far apart and try...
