A rancher says at least 65 per cent of annual cow costs are spent on feed and 70 per cent of the feed the cow consumes is strictly for maintenance, so only 30 per cent goes toward production.  |  File photo

Production per acre called best focus

A cattle producer says the most profitable ranches make the most efficient use of the available forage on their operation

Glacier FarmMedia – Which is more important, increasing profits or production? This is the question rancher and seedstock producer Kit Pharo posed at a recent holistic management gathering in Valleyview, Alta. Pharo has strong opinions and speaks his mind. “I may not always be right, but I am never in doubt,” he says. Pharo thinks […] Read more