Bull to Cow Ratio

Bull to Cow Ratio

Recently, I have had several phone conversations with customers and potential customers about how many cows you should run with a bull during breeding season. As you might expect, there is a big difference between what status quo bull producers recommend and what...
Bull to Cow Ratio

Dollars to Donuts

Dollars to Donuts As a form of entertainment, I like to thumb through beef publications looking at bull sale advertisements.   With almost no exceptions, bull suppliers continue to be focused on nothing but helping you increase pounds per cow (bragging rights).  ...
Bull to Cow Ratio

The Aha Moment…

Over the years, the illustration below provided the “Aha Moment” hundreds of cow-calf producers needed to STOP focusing on increasing pounds per animal (bragging rights) and START focusing on increasing pounds per acre (profit). Year in and year...
Bull to Cow Ratio

Spring 2021 Newsletter

Crazy Times in a Crazy World — By Kit Pharo I have inhabited this world for most of seven decades — and I do not remember a time as crazy as the current times! Just when I think the world can’t get any crazier, it does! I wonder what my grandparents would think if...
Bull to Cow Ratio

Buyer Beware –

All of the beef publications I receive are still jammed full – cover to cover – with bull sale advertisements.   You will quickly notice that nearly all of the bulls being offered have been bred and selected to help you increase your production per cow...