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<blockquote data-quote="purecountry" data-source="post: 229685" data-attributes="member: 2306"><p>I am no Pharo Fan, and I'm only an expert about MY ranch, but I'm gonna speak up a bit on this topic nonetheless. BRG, you say we need to think about who's buying our calves, and you go on about what feeders and packers want. Do you know that Kit Pharo's operation has been UNsuccessful with the grading of their cattle? Do you know that they have been successful? I sure as hell don't, so I won't speculate. If you want to assume he'd be discounted for their frame, fine.</p><p></p><p>As for feeders and packers, some of you guys are making it sound like feedlots are the only market for your calves! Since when? Granted it is the place where the VAST majority of animals go in the US and Canada, but it is far from being the ONLY market. My point is that, if your environment works better with smaller framed cattle, or vice-versa, then you need to market those cattle accordingly. If Kit Pharo or myself or Ohlde Cattle Company choose to raise smaller framed cattle better suited to OUR ranches, then we need to be heads-up enough to realize that we have to market them a certain way.</p><p></p><p>Obviously someone who raises cattle on lush legume pastures that rarely go without moisture can raise something different, so they need to make the same realization and market them to feeders or order buyers or whatever the hell they want. We all need to do what works best for us. And to stand up and say that Pharo type cattle won't do this or won't do that is about as obtuse as saying that Charolais or Simmental are too damn big for the beef industry. It's just not true.</p><p></p><p>If I walked out into our pastures tomorrow and found that all my 1000-1200 pound cows had been abducted by UFO's and replaced with 1600 pound Simmi-cross gals, I'd figure out a way to make money on them too.(after I called the X-files in) Long-ramble-short, don't criticize how someone else is making a profit. Criticize what DIDN'T make a profit for YOU, or brag about what DID. As they say, you fight your fights, but find the grace in all the things you can't change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="purecountry, post: 229685, member: 2306"] I am no Pharo Fan, and I'm only an expert about MY ranch, but I'm gonna speak up a bit on this topic nonetheless. BRG, you say we need to think about who's buying our calves, and you go on about what feeders and packers want. Do you know that Kit Pharo's operation has been UNsuccessful with the grading of their cattle? Do you know that they have been successful? I sure as hell don't, so I won't speculate. If you want to assume he'd be discounted for their frame, fine. As for feeders and packers, some of you guys are making it sound like feedlots are the only market for your calves! Since when? Granted it is the place where the VAST majority of animals go in the US and Canada, but it is far from being the ONLY market. My point is that, if your environment works better with smaller framed cattle, or vice-versa, then you need to market those cattle accordingly. If Kit Pharo or myself or Ohlde Cattle Company choose to raise smaller framed cattle better suited to OUR ranches, then we need to be heads-up enough to realize that we have to market them a certain way. Obviously someone who raises cattle on lush legume pastures that rarely go without moisture can raise something different, so they need to make the same realization and market them to feeders or order buyers or whatever the hell they want. We all need to do what works best for us. And to stand up and say that Pharo type cattle won't do this or won't do that is about as obtuse as saying that Charolais or Simmental are too damn big for the beef industry. It's just not true. If I walked out into our pastures tomorrow and found that all my 1000-1200 pound cows had been abducted by UFO's and replaced with 1600 pound Simmi-cross gals, I'd figure out a way to make money on them too.(after I called the X-files in) Long-ramble-short, don't criticize how someone else is making a profit. Criticize what DIDN'T make a profit for YOU, or brag about what DID. As they say, you fight your fights, but find the grace in all the things you can't change. [/QUOTE]
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