Our ranch is located in the mountains 1 hour NE of San Diego (Santa Ysabel, Ca). 22 inches of rain per year. Historically we ran a Brangus cow calf operation selling yearlings. The Brangus performed well but lately Red Angus has my attention as well as some other breeds that our known for calving ease and heat tolerance.
The South African breeds are interesting and I was wondering if anyone had experience with Mashona or Bonsmara crosses with Angus.
Also for how temperate our climate is should I even worry about heat tolerance or just make Red Angus the backbone of our operation since we are selling at weaning or yearlings depending on how the grass came in.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated, thank you.
The South African breeds are interesting and I was wondering if anyone had experience with Mashona or Bonsmara crosses with Angus.
Also for how temperate our climate is should I even worry about heat tolerance or just make Red Angus the backbone of our operation since we are selling at weaning or yearlings depending on how the grass came in.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated, thank you.