Q and A on Fly Resistance

Q and A on Fly Resistance

Question: “In regards to fly resistance… since flies are attracted to testosterone, how do you ensure that in selecting for fly resistance in your bulls you are not inadvertently selecting low testosterone bulls?” Answer: Good question. Several things come to mind. 1)...
Q and A on Fly Resistance

Q and A – Fly Resistance and Testosterone

Q and A – By Kit Pharo Kit@PharoCattle.com Question: “In regards to fly resistance… since flies are attracted to testosterone, how do you ensure that in selecting for fly resistance in your bulls you are not inadvertently selecting low testosterone bulls?” Answer:...
Q and A on Fly Resistance

Bull Workdays Summer 2016

Bull Workdays – We will be working our bulls in late August in preparation for our three fall bull sales — and YOU ARE INVITED to join us. We will have one bull workday in Ohio on Saturday, August 20th. We have considered having a Herd Quitter meeting Friday night. We...
Q and A on Fly Resistance

Why do we use weaning weights?

Charlie, You brought up important points. I would like to respond to two. “Why do we use weaning weights?” We sell calves by the pound and that is when most producers sell their calves. When universities decided that since we sell pounds, the more the...
Q and A on Fly Resistance

Fly Control

The hottest topic within the beef industry right now is fly control. When confronted with a problem, most producers are quick to spend an inordinate amount of time, energy and money treating the symptoms – while they totally ignore the problem. Folks, if we never work...