by Kit Pharo | Jun 22, 2016 | Kit Pharo
People hate change! Nowhere is this more prevalent than in agriculture. It seems to take years for people in agriculture to make simple changes – even though they know the change will be for their own good. I must confess that I too am reluctant to change. I may not...
by Kit Pharo | Jun 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
If you are dousing your cattle with chemicals to control flies, all you are doing is decreasing your herd’s natural resistance. This locks you into another chemical when resistance builds to the first chemical. You are locked into the “Company Store” which will have a...
by Kit Pharo | Jun 8, 2016 | Kit Pharo
Technology has made it possible for us to nearly double agricultural production in the last 60 years. That is quite impressive until you realize that our net profits per acre have substantially decreased during the same time period. How can that be? Our input costs...
by Kit Pharo | Jun 1, 2016 | Cooperative Producers
Luis Valles is a rancher from the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. After studying our program and our philosophies, he became very excited about the potential future of beef production in Mexico. His goal is to help revolutionize beef production at the cow-calf level in...
by Kit Pharo | May 25, 2016 | Kit Pharo
Tyson Pharo made a comment in last week’s PCC Update that came very close to ruffling some feathers. Good job, Tyson! Many cow-calf producers think it is sacrilegious to not ear tag calves at birth. Most do it because they have always done it. Several years ago, the...
