Really nice looking calf. I know what you mean about not getting excited I have a yearling heifer that I really like but wont get excited until she breeds up on time
Have any of you looked into how the Piedmontese cattle are marketed and sold here in the US and World?
They are doing so well they are upping the premium for producers from $60-$80 dollars a head to $150 dollars a head. The niche marketing for shorthorns would be different but a lot of the same...
I check the site off and on quite a bit throughout the year but have only ever posted once or twice. Once was under a different user name I think. My primary reason for coming to this site was to look into the Shorthorn breed. I found it by looking up Shorthorn bull's calves in google. A long...
The same people you describe are the ones that look down and question if you try something different, even if it is backed by study after study. The amount the commercial beef industry has strayed from sound practices in chase of black hide premiums is mind boggling.
Does anybody else on here find it unsettling that Zoetis is involved in EPD’s? What happens when they find a line of cows that are more hardy and disease resistant? That would mean less money in their pocket.
Had a calf this year tongue out front legs a little crooked had to tube him for awhile eventually he figured out how to suck a bottle then his mom. Still is a bit retarded still has his tongue off to the side in his mouth but it’s not sticking out. His legs have mostly straightened out but you...
The “Easy keeper” definition changes from operation to operation, environment, elevation etc. just because some genetics work in one place doesn’t mean they will work in another.