Why many people talk crap about Limousin? I haven't had any problems with my Simmental-Limousin crosses, indeed if I buy the Red Angus-Herefords cows I won't hesitate to use my F1 Limousin-Simmental bulls, obviously Red Bulls.
> We usr Red Angus on Polled
> Herefords, Polled Herefords on red
> and Black Angus. Polled Hereford
> or Red Angus on F1 Red Angus
> Gelbvieh. We will be using
> Simmenthal on most of the Angus
> this year with the heifers bred
> back either Red Angus or Polled
> Hereford. We are looking for the
> maternal with some muscle from the
> continentals and high quality
> grade and maternal from the
> british with a moderate size. We
> market on a grid that pays us the
> premiums but all of the calves
> from the 20 some odd co-operators
> have to finish close to the same
> time. The folks with anything but
> a very small fraction of Brahman
> and the ones with predominantly
> continental don't work well. Since
> we practice MIG and have to move
> the cows by foot every couple of
> days, very calm, gentle, docile
> cattle are required. Any high
> headedness is culled. My grandkids
> and soon great grand kids do and
> will spend to much time out with
> the cows to put up with the crap
> from the typical (from our
> experience) limousin
> dun
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