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If you liked your Charolais, then why not consider a Black Charolais?

With the Red Baldy Program, is either association offering to register them? Are they looking at 50/50 crosses or are they looking at another percentage? For years the Hereford x Angus has been a great cross, the Hereford x Red Angus should be no different. Of course the Black Hereford as a...

That is ridiculous. I take mine to either Genex is Strafford, Mo or go to a welding supply place that has LN. Cost me $36 and I fill it twice a year. If you have a welding supply place not too far away, check with them.

We have had conversations with many beef producers about the milk yield, fat and protein of beef cows. One comment that came up, is that the component content of the milk will vary from season to season. Cows that calve in the spring and are out of good green forage high in protein and will...

We often talk about "cow families", and with that it seems that some cow families are strong performers generation after generation. Sometimes you see that in some cow families the daughters are very good performers but sons out of the same cows don't transmit as well. It is hard to find a...

As we have processed some pedigrees we have discovered some animals that go back to Holstein in their ancestry. We were able to find it, but many of the pedigrees it was camouflaged with an XB breed code for Crossbred Beef. Along with Holstein, we have also seen Santa Gertrudis, Guernsey...

840 numbers was supposed to be implemented in 2015, but it still has not been very well received. Our registries as well as some of the others that we have visited with have not made the 840 number mandatory as we are still assigning registration numbers. While many use the 840 numbers not...

There is nothing wrong with using a crossbred bull. However in this case just as 3way mentioned, you don't know anything about his EPDs. You must remember it makes no difference how many cows that you have, the bull still is 50% of the herd. A good bull will make you money while a mediocre...

Clones are very interesting for sure. It has been done on horses, cattle etc. While the resulting animal is supposed to be a duplicate copy of the genetic makeup of the original animal, that does not include the color or coat pattern. It will be interesting too see how well clones do in...

That is a statement that i will agree with. There is a difference in an animal with known parentage versus the unknown.

While Brangus is a breed, they are a composite, 5/8 Angus 3/8 Brahman. But you can still breed a new Brangus by breeding a 1/2 blood animal to a 3/4 blood animal. The resulting offspring would be the 5/8 x 3/8. But it would not be "stabilized"! For a Composite to be stabilized, whether they...

Everyone is saying that they wouldn't use a crossbred bull. What do you call a SimAngus, Balancer, LimFlex, Maintainer, or even a Brangus? I know that some of these may be a breed, but aren't they crossbreds?

We sell the Destron Fearing tags, you can get them blank, pre-numbered or custom tags. We also sell the 840 tags. http://www.compositebeef.com or http://www.dairycattleregistry.com we try to be very competitive on pricing and all tags are shipped FOB from Destron directly to you. On the...

Both need to be taken into consideration. Management can make a difference as you say, was the calf creep fed, how good was the grass or other available forage, etc. Looking at the weaning weight or any other trait, more important is maybe how he ranked with the other calves. EPDs are...

Here is an interesting story! https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/farming/521663/scottish-bull-testicles-removed-hes-still-making-calves-15-months-died/

Taking care of customers is part of doing business. All too often it seems that some companies like cow pollinater said change management and all of a sudden they want to cut costs to increase profits, it backfires majority of the time. I had a company that was filling my tank that they...

We've been using these patches for a few years and they do work, really they work better that the old K-Mar's. If you have animals that you are missing catching in heat because they have a short cycle, this will help catch them. These patches being a bright color also helps when you are trying...

I have done breeding for others using the 7-day protocol and one bred on timedAI and the other bred on observed heats. On observed heats 1st service conception was 56%, with the timed is was 58%. Also have used the 31 day protcol where CIDRs are in for the 14 days, 1st service conception on 3...

Many of the states have program in place even if they are voluntary. However the Animal Disease and Traceability rules from the USDA will go into effect March 11, 2015. Here is a link to the latest from them, along with several links for various parts of the program...

I would only be heterosis IF the bulls were SimAngus, Balancer, LimFlex, Maintainer, etc. We know that Composite (hybrid / crossbred) cows there is heterosis and increased fertility. The same holds true for the Composite (hybrid / crossbred bulls) bulls as well. By breeding to a Red Angus...