by Kit Pharo | Feb 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Throughout history, the most ambitious and adventurous of people have constantly yearned to leave old, overcrowded territories in search of new frontiers. These are trailblazers, frontiersmen, pioneers and innovators. They quickly tire of the status quo....
by Kit Pharo | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
I came across an internet article late last week entitled, “Selecting Bulls to Meet Your Goals,” or something like that. It wasn’t worth the time it took to open the link – but it did get me to thinking. I suspect most cow-calf producers have no goals....
by Kit Pharo | Feb 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
• Treat their cows tougher than you treat your cows? • Refuse to make an excuse for a cow, or give a her a second chance? • Develop bulls on forage — with nothing but starch-free supplements? • Evaluate and score bulls for disposition? • Evaluate and score bulls for...
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...
