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<blockquote data-quote="WalnutCrest" data-source="post: 1292871" data-attributes="member: 21715"><p>I've had a handful of fullblood Galloway and high percentage Galloway crosses here for freezer beef (although, never had anything from Blegen). </p><p></p><p>While temperaments were excellent across the board, they didn't finish as fast or yield as high or (as based on feedback from the people who buy and eat our beef) taste as good as our Aubracs. While I'm sure there are some lines in the breed that would do just fine on our fescue, I think a combination of the hair and the fescue made it difficult for the Galloways we had to fully express themselves in our pastures under our management. In their defense, they came from the mountain states and not from a local producer who had developed their herd on our grasses, in our humidity and heat. Quite possibly, in a different environment, these few animals would have handled things much better...and quite possibly, different Galloways would have also performed quite well. Galloway are solid cattle; I believe I simply didn't pick the ones I tried very well.</p><p></p><p>That's a long way of saying, beware of taking cold-adapted cattle out to heat, humidity and fescue and expect them to do awesome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalnutCrest, post: 1292871, member: 21715"] I've had a handful of fullblood Galloway and high percentage Galloway crosses here for freezer beef (although, never had anything from Blegen). While temperaments were excellent across the board, they didn't finish as fast or yield as high or (as based on feedback from the people who buy and eat our beef) taste as good as our Aubracs. While I'm sure there are some lines in the breed that would do just fine on our fescue, I think a combination of the hair and the fescue made it difficult for the Galloways we had to fully express themselves in our pastures under our management. In their defense, they came from the mountain states and not from a local producer who had developed their herd on our grasses, in our humidity and heat. Quite possibly, in a different environment, these few animals would have handled things much better...and quite possibly, different Galloways would have also performed quite well. Galloway are solid cattle; I believe I simply didn't pick the ones I tried very well. That's a long way of saying, beware of taking cold-adapted cattle out to heat, humidity and fescue and expect them to do awesome. [/QUOTE]
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