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Longhorns: Good, Bad or Ugly?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mr. Greenjeans" data-source="post: 485795" data-attributes="member: 7085"><p>From what I read, it appears there is an abundance of interest in Longhorns from both protagonist and antagonist standpoints. I would also venture to say the antagonists are those who have never dealt with this breed in particular. My family has raised Angus and Brangus in West Texas for over 100 years where we have summer all year long and then there is January. When it was my turn to start raising cattle, I was a 3 hour drive from my new ranch.</p><p></p><p>Longhorns were the answer. Since I was ranching in absentia, I had to go with an animal that needed no help whatsoever. It was practically a guarantee to have a calf on the ground per cow every year. The benefits were no need for supplementation, no need for veterinarian services, no need for pulling calves, no need for replacement heifers (they live forever), the ability to thrive in 100+ degree temperatures, and no need for regular visitation. We used a black Brangus bull and the resulting calves where polled (no need for dehorning) with black or black/white color. </p><p></p><p>Some drawbacks were obvious. They didn't grow and finish out as well as the others but input costs and effort were considerably less. Across the scales calves would bring 85-90 per 100 while the angus calves where bringing 30-40 percent more. We will typically butcher a longhorn cross and prefer the steaks and ground meat due to a product with good flavor that is tender, low fat, and with less grease. Their horns were never a problem. They are very careful with them and will easily turn them to enter the sliding back door of a trailer. Their temperment is certainly unique. You simply have to let them think it is their idea to enter the pen.</p><p></p><p>Now that I live nearby, I have sold the longhorns to a cousin who is using the same formula. I have brought in heifers from my family's Brangus operation and have seen the corresponding increase in revenue. </p><p></p><p>Picking the correct breed has less to do with the breed itself and more to do with your environment and personal requirements, so if you are considering Longhorns chose them for the correct reasons and chose high quality animals within the breed. If you have 70 degree weather year round and a ranch that looks like a Colorado meadow, I would bypass my Brangus and head straight to the Gelbvieh or Irish Blacks. </p><p></p><p>Just a thought -- Greenjeans</p><p></p><p><img src="http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/503/thumbs/IMG_0146.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Longhorn Brangus Cross calf</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr. Greenjeans, post: 485795, member: 7085"] From what I read, it appears there is an abundance of interest in Longhorns from both protagonist and antagonist standpoints. I would also venture to say the antagonists are those who have never dealt with this breed in particular. My family has raised Angus and Brangus in West Texas for over 100 years where we have summer all year long and then there is January. When it was my turn to start raising cattle, I was a 3 hour drive from my new ranch. Longhorns were the answer. Since I was ranching in absentia, I had to go with an animal that needed no help whatsoever. It was practically a guarantee to have a calf on the ground per cow every year. The benefits were no need for supplementation, no need for veterinarian services, no need for pulling calves, no need for replacement heifers (they live forever), the ability to thrive in 100+ degree temperatures, and no need for regular visitation. We used a black Brangus bull and the resulting calves where polled (no need for dehorning) with black or black/white color. Some drawbacks were obvious. They didn't grow and finish out as well as the others but input costs and effort were considerably less. Across the scales calves would bring 85-90 per 100 while the angus calves where bringing 30-40 percent more. We will typically butcher a longhorn cross and prefer the steaks and ground meat due to a product with good flavor that is tender, low fat, and with less grease. Their horns were never a problem. They are very careful with them and will easily turn them to enter the sliding back door of a trailer. Their temperment is certainly unique. You simply have to let them think it is their idea to enter the pen. Now that I live nearby, I have sold the longhorns to a cousin who is using the same formula. I have brought in heifers from my family's Brangus operation and have seen the corresponding increase in revenue. Picking the correct breed has less to do with the breed itself and more to do with your environment and personal requirements, so if you are considering Longhorns chose them for the correct reasons and chose high quality animals within the breed. If you have 70 degree weather year round and a ranch that looks like a Colorado meadow, I would bypass my Brangus and head straight to the Gelbvieh or Irish Blacks. Just a thought -- Greenjeans [img]http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/503/thumbs/IMG_0146.JPG[/img] Longhorn Brangus Cross calf [/QUOTE]
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