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This is a prospective Purebred Gelbvieh A.I. sire. Fire away at him!

So anyway, it has been a few years since I last posted. After setting off to create my own Gelbvieh bloodline by standing on the shoulders of giants (via A.I.), I now have some first hand knowledge on both success and setbacks within the process. My small, heavily culled, herd went from the...

Breed: Gelbvieh Location: Central Texas Land: supports 1 cow per 15 acres Previous experience: decades of raising commercial Brangus & Angus Current status: 14 registered Gelbvieh females Ultimate goal: 60 head operation on 1000 acres of homozygous black, homozygous polled, low...

Since fidelity to reality is of secondary importance, and typing lends itself to more ease than the shaking of cotton seed cake, lets presume a perfect world scenario where hide color holds no importance other than its benefit toward environmental pressures. Let us assume that with the snap of...

As we were driving a 7 hour round trip from West to East Texas to buy a new bull today, I was considering the extent of the drought. While having empathy for those of us affected, the thought of improvement in the cattle in Texas crossed my mind. I have certainly culled back dramatically as...

In regard to fertility, calving ease, and udder, and genestar marker tests -- What Angus sire will produce the best females for a foundation herd? Phenotype is of great importance in addition to a great genotype -- I like 'em pretty. My goal is to start by A.I.'ing good quality registered...

Here are the conditions: You have a herd of 50 cows and you sell the offspring across the scales throughout the year. Calvings occur at 3 different times during the year. Other than blackleg, there are no other prevalent diseases of which you are aware. You only introduce virgin bulls to...

We encountered an unusual situation that we had never considered. Thirty months ago we rescued an abandoned twin calf (female). She is a Brangus with good genetics so we bottle fed her for a future cow in our operation. To my wife's chagrin, we kept her in the back yard. We have been waiting...

This is an attempt to raise the subject of this new breed of line-bred cattle without the previous rancor that some on this board expressed in regard to the legalities of promotion vs. information. I remain interested in this line of cattle from the standpoint of crossbreeding. Of the myriad...

Here is the proposal: An acquaintance is asking if I would consider using one of their low bw Piedmontese bulls on my commercial Angus/Brangus herd. They market lean Piedmontese-cross beef through their cafe and organic beef ranch. However, they don't have enough acreage to run a cow & calf...

"Far side" captions used to crack me up. Let's see some good humor from the good folk on this board. -- keep it clean

I have been reading posts for a while and finally decided to post a sample of my herd. Our family raises commercial cattle which are Brangus based. My grandfather (87 years old) raises pure Brangus cattle sold private treaty in West Texas. Hopefully with the instructions given, I posted the...