- Location
- Quebec, Canada
Kit Pharo is great. I’ve been receiving his weekly newsletter for a long time. His philosophy is counter cultural but might catch on when times get tough. There is a company in Alberta that carries his genetics but either way it is a pain for atiny producer like me to buy straws from across the border or even across the country. His theme is that you should become a ‘herd quitter’ , i.e. do the opposite of what the majority is doing and focus on a few important things- small frame size (3-4 ideally) fertility, temperament, thriving on grass, resistance to flies( heritable apparently) and never keeping a cow as a breeder who does not wean her calf , even if you drove over it yourself. This last I find a bit harsh. I’ve met some people who collaborate with him. I liked what they had to say.was talking to a fella yesterday who has destocked 1100 hd of cattle due to the continuing conditions ( so im assuming he knows what he is talking about ). He was talking about selecting bulls / cows, how many modern breeders are chasing the wrong things & he said he only selects on fertility / calves on the ground. Kept quoting this bloke, his website looks pretty interesting
https://www.pharocattle.com/about
https://www.pharocattle.com/blog