by Kit Pharo | Aug 11, 2021 | Kit Pharo
The Hottest Topic – Every summer, the hottest topic within the beef industry is Fly Control. Since flies have become resistant to nearly all of the toxic chemicals that were created to control them, fly problems have done nothing but get worse over the last 40-plus...
by Kit Pharo | Aug 7, 2021 | Kit Pharo
Pest and Parasite Control – The push is on to discuss and advertise pest and parasite control within the beef industry. Unfortunately, it is always the same old thing. No one within the status quo beef industry is willing to think beyond the heavy use of toxic...
by Kit Pharo | Aug 2, 2021 | Kit Pharo
Early Adopter or Laggard? Are you an Early Adopter or a Laggard? If you have not yet realized the status quo cow-calf business is NOT working, then you will most likely be among the Laggards. Success in this business will depend on your ability to change with the...
by Kit Pharo | Mar 26, 2021 | Bull Sales, Kit Pharo
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). ...
by Kit Pharo | Feb 23, 2021 | Bull Sales, Kit Pharo, We Believe
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...
by Kit Pharo | Feb 22, 2021 | Bull Sales, Bull Workdays, Kit Pharo, Sale
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...
