Pharmco Cattle Program

Pharmco provides services to the feedlot and cow-calf producer in 5 main areas:

Nutrition:

• Programs and Products: information and comparison.
• Ration options: feeds, neg, byproduct level, supplement options
• Ionophore comparison and use.
• Starter programs.
• Feedlot rations, projections, and batch sheets.
  • Feeding Program guidelines; options
• By-Products and alternative feeds.
• Feed Samples, Bunk samples, mixing tests, and water samples.
• Feedstuff Management.
• Regular Analysis of Cattle and Operation.
• Feedlot Walk Through

Management:

• Feedlot:
  • Total Feedlot Management; Individual Pen Management
    • Type of cattle, market date, program
  • What affects your profitability?
  • Success Strategies; Opportunities and Marketing Ideas
  • Pen Design; Water space and tanks; fence, bunks
  • Consultant Service
  • Implant Information and Strategy
  • Regular Feedlot Reports

• Cows

  • Factors that affect Profitability:
  • % of cows weaning a calf, weaning weight, price/lb. for calves, unit cost of production.
  • Rations and programs

Cattle:

• Cow-calf, feedlots, seed stock, sale barns, cattle buyers
• Pharmco Cattle Network
  • Cattle, Custom Lots, Investors, etc.
• Custom Feedlots
  • Finishing and Growing
• Cattle Management in custom lots1.
  • Records and billing
  • Visual inspection, Written reports, personal contact
  • Monthly reports

Records and Data management:

• Feedlot Record
  • DM intake and graph; Estimated Wt., ADG, F/G, COG, BE
  • Pen Closeouts
  • Billing for Custom Lots
• Data Comparison
  • Local, Benchmark, Upper Midwest, Top 1/3
• Analysis
• Monitor management changes
• Compare and monitor feeding and marketing scenarios
• Track cattle source
• Areas to Improve performance and profit
• Regular and Yearly Analysis

Connections:

• Management: Nutrition, Vets, Industry Experts.
• Financing: bankers and financing programs.
• Feed: By-products, feedstuffs, corn
• Trucking, distillers, corn, cattle
• Environmental Issues: engineers, DENR
• E-Mail Newsletter: cattle information
• Industry Issues: ASV, COOL, Branded Beef

Phil Johnson 605-730-2020
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