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A Weston Surprise 9th sired heifer calf in Dr. Bert Moore's Mapleton herd is the Heritage Shorthorn Society April "Calf Of The Month". This extremely rare calf is another example of the increasing quality and diversity of Heritage Shorthorns. Dr. Moore also has a Kinnabar Leader 9th sired...

The "Calf of the Month" on the Heritage Shorthorn Society website (www.heritageshorthorn.org) are twin IVF daughters of Kinnaber Leader 9th born December 24, 2022. (Yes IVF embryos can occasionally split after they are implanted). The uiltization of IVF has resulted in a continual increase in...

Gary was a special person.  His extensive knowledge of Shorthorns, from Milking to Beef, was phenomenal.  Over the years he was a great help to me in answering my questions and giving me advice.  I can never repay the kindness he showed me.  The Shorthorn industry has lost both a remarkable...

The Heritage Shorthorn Society calf of the month is a heifer calf sired by Windholme Robin King.  The heifer shown in the photo that won the 2021 Photo Contest is sired by HHKA Buttercups Prince 20th who also sired Hub's Director.  There is also a new article under Cattle Viewpoints by Dr...

The Heritage Shorthorn Society has a biographical article on Ralph Larsen the owner of the Y Lazy Y herd in Montana.  He owned the popular Coalpit Creek Leader 6th bull.  If interested look under the Heritage Breeders/Membership section where Ralph is the "Spotlight on Member".

For those interested the Heritage Shorthorn Society October "Calf Of the Month" is a Pleasant Dawn Seal 2nd heifer that was born this spring.  Her dam is a Boa Kae Royal Oak daughter.  She weighed 662# at 205 days in drought grass conditions.  No creep.  Some excellent old Canadian Shorthorn...

Bowman's Abernethy was just recently approved for Verified Heritage status.  He has been added to the Verified list.  The Verified list is comprised of Shorthorn bulls (starting in the 1950's) that have gone through a vetting process that documents that all the ancestors in their pedigree are...

To highlight the rapidly expanding genetic base of Heritage Shorthorns throughout the USA & Canada, the Heritage Shorthorn Society (HSS) has a new website page called "Calf of the Month".  A variety of calves recently sired by quality Heritage Shorthorn bulls from the 1960-1980 time period will...

Tea for the Tillerman, Clark, Spiro, and Thornwood Major have all tested negative for F94L.  I believe that the problem with F94L started about 1980 with a specific outside Shorthorn bull that was purchased.  Whether the he was all Shorthorn is open to question.  To my knowledge no Heritage...

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For those interested the new "Spotlight On Member" column on the Heritage Shorthorn Society features Wally Klose and Diamond K Shorthorns.  There are also additional pictures of his bull "Harvey Fulton 32A" who has been discussed on this thread and is sired by Kenmar President 26A and is out of...

The Heritage Shorthorn Society has received a donation of books authored by Otis L. Fisher from his daughter Susan Cromer.  These are not reprints.  They are brand new original 1993 books that she had stored.  The books are "Shorthorns Around the World" and "The Story of the Milking Shorthorn in...

Under the Shorthorn Information section of the Heritage Shorthorn Society website (www.heritageshorthorn.org) there is a comprehensive detailed list of Shorthorn reference books.  Many of these books occaisionaly come up for sale on eBay.  The Heritage Shorthorn Society is constantly adding...

All the Columbus semen I am aware of simply has COL as the cane code.  If you go to the Heritage Shorthorn Society website (www.heritageshorthorn.org), a lot of old Shorthorn Heritage bull semen codes are listed in the Shorthorn Information section, under semen codes.  More are added as...

Yes.  Mandalong Super Flag is a Heritage Bull and all his ancestors directly trace back to the Coates 1822 Herdbook.. For those skeptics I had the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory at U C Davis perform a breed specificity test on his semen and he came back 100% Shorthorn.  For those interested...