by Kit Pharo | Feb 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
In early January, I gave a ranch tour to a couple from Alberta, Canada. They had been to a Ranching for Profit school in Colorado Springs. When I showed them the cowherd, they said, “This is the first grass we have seen since we left Colorado...
by Kit Pharo | Feb 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
How can you identify the most efficient and most profitable cows in a cowherd? The answer is so simple most people miss it. The most efficient and profitable cows in an unpampered cowherd will always be the oldest cows. These are cows that have done everything...
by Kit Pharo | Jan 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Following last week’s PCC Update, we received several questions about late weaning and why we choose to leave calves on their mothers over the winter. For starters, it’s natural. In nature, there is no herdsman to wean the offspring. In fact, when a doe gives...
by Kit Pharo | Jan 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
When purchasing bulls, the most important factor to consider is the program behind the bulls. Bulls that were produced in a program that aligns with your long-term goals are worth a whole lot more than bulls coming out of a program that does not align with your...
by Kit Pharo | Jan 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
The following is a portion of a letter to the editor I found in a popular beef magazine a couple of years ago. It is in reference to getting young cows bred back with their second and third calves. I think it speaks volumes about what has been going on with most...
by Kit Pharo | Jan 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Cows must fit their environment to stay in production. Common sense tells us it is much easier, as well as much more profitable, to change the cow to fit the environment than it is to artificially change the environment to fit the cow. Your environment can only...
