#208 – Go West!
We are traveling west from Colorado to Kent, Washington, to spend the holidays with our daughter. Passing millions of acres of otherwise useless rangeland, it is a reminder how important the cattle industry is to the health and wealth of our nation. Click to read the full transcript This week my...
#208 – Go West!
We are traveling west from Colorado to Kent, Washington, to spend the holidays with our daughter. Passing millions of acres of otherwise useless rangeland, it is a reminder how important the cattle industry is to the health and wealth of our nation. Click to read the full transcript This week my...
#202 – How Much is a PCC® Bull Worth?
Are bulls expensive? Yes. How much is a bull worth that can reduce feed, labor, calving loss, and breeding cost? More than you'll ever have to pay for him. Here's a reminder that it still costs 5 calves to buy a good bull. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YGmvx9Snn4...
#201 – Producing Profitable Females
There are many reasons to buy bulls from Pharo Cattle Company®, but one of the best perks is the quality of the females we produce. Calving ease involves more than simply birthing smaller calves. The hip structure of the cow is instrumental as well. Add in...
#200 – Bull EPDs
When buying your next herd bull, you will be bombarded with more information than you can use. What data do you look at first? What traits will give you the biggest bang for your buck? Here's a couple ideas that translate into $$ to your bottom line....
#199 – Capturing Profit
The recent high cattle market has given ranchers a welcome reprieve from rising expenses. While our focus has been on increasing income, reducing expenses is much more important if we want to capture more profit in the future. NOTE: We misquoted the OSU study in the...
#198 – Expanding Markets
Describe a profitable ranch: They don't follow the herd They work with nature instead of against it They use grazing as a tool to build soil health They use low-maintenance, moderate-framed genetics They find value-added markets for their products...
#197 – Compare Cow $ize
Why does the status quo beef industry continue to select for more growth when the only thing increasing is cow size? They believe that bigger weaning weights mean bigger profits. Here's a challenge for you: run the numbers on your own herd and compare them to a herd...
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#258 – Gabe Brown – Cattle Production Paradigm Shift
Everybody has heard about Gabe Brown’s row-crop challenges that led him to shift toward regenerative agriculture by minimizing inputs and diversifying crop rotations. A story I hadn’t heard, but wanted to, was the progression of his mindset around cattle production and cow-herd genetic decisions. In this episode, we discuss that journey in detail, from his Gelbvieh/Angus genetics and winter calving to summer calving and pushing his genetics to match his context....