artesianspringsfarm
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I'm just gonna post what I put up on my facebook but I thought some on here would like to see the new addition to the farm:
Today was an exciting day for Artesian Springs Farm. My goal in building our herd of Angus cattle has been three-fold. We want to grow our herd in numbers so we want to breed for good cows above all else. Good meaning broody female cows who have the innate ability to work hard in a low input system to bring in a calf every year while not making it miserable for us to work with them. Secondly, we want the kind of genetics that will lend itself to finishing off steers in under 24 months on forage only (no corn, no creep). Lastly, we want to eventually have the kind of genetic surplus that we could also share it with others with similar goals. With that in mind, I have studied and admired the Wye Angus program for their consistency in producing the exact kinds of cows I have in mind. Today we purchased, with our friend Robert B Groom, what we think is a special package of Wye genetics. Lot 31, AAA# 18627225 , was the whole package for us from phenotype to pedigree and we are glad he is coming back to NY with us.
Today was an exciting day for Artesian Springs Farm. My goal in building our herd of Angus cattle has been three-fold. We want to grow our herd in numbers so we want to breed for good cows above all else. Good meaning broody female cows who have the innate ability to work hard in a low input system to bring in a calf every year while not making it miserable for us to work with them. Secondly, we want the kind of genetics that will lend itself to finishing off steers in under 24 months on forage only (no corn, no creep). Lastly, we want to eventually have the kind of genetic surplus that we could also share it with others with similar goals. With that in mind, I have studied and admired the Wye Angus program for their consistency in producing the exact kinds of cows I have in mind. Today we purchased, with our friend Robert B Groom, what we think is a special package of Wye genetics. Lot 31, AAA# 18627225 , was the whole package for us from phenotype to pedigree and we are glad he is coming back to NY with us.
The only luck he might have is that we have some interest in semen on him and so he will probably get collected in December and January. If not, he will either be outside here or outside at a farm that is managed similar to ours.
