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Promise a Promise 07,  Haumont Shorthorns, owned by Kevin Cooksley, Broken Bow Nebraska.  Dennis Hoffrogge sent me this photo.  What do you think?

So what are we all after?  The carcass is result of incredible  endeavor.  What is ideal and profitable for the producer, feedlot, retailer, cook, and.... person behind the knife and fork.?  How heavy? How much marbling? How much backfat?  How much bone? Guts? Ribeye?  What is efficent...

Maybe this topic has been addressed, but I'm wondering what you all know about gourmet beef.  I think it would be well marbled and tender, and tasty, but behind that what is the considered phenotype of the animal that was butchered?  Wagyu, I understand are enormously marbled and look dairy. ...

I've heard how Highlanders are excellent foragers and therefore; easy keepers and feed efficient.  How true is this?  Have any studies been done?  What about buffalo?

Thanks to Steer Planet, I now own and posses 6 amps of semen from '68 Par Cherry '71.  This bull was intensely linebred on the old Frank Haumont genetics, mostly Par Defender.  I had given in that none of this semen existed.  Without the help of the Steer Planet forum, this would not have happened. 

Having been raised with shorthorns and recently in a situation to start breeding them again, I find myself, 35 years later, starting a small herd.  Presently, I have 5 cows and a yearling bull.  As a kid, our beltbuckle shorthorns were hardy, but in the 1970' way, way too small.  My father did...

A fellow shorthorn breeder, Dennis Hoffrogge, has a stoutly bred calf out of Cruachan Max Leader 551.  The bull has a nice photo and was a high gaining test bull.  I see his sire was a Thomas Leader bull.  Do any of you remember this bull?  I'm mostly interested in the offspring phenotype and...

I noticed this old shorthorn bull was recently mentioned.  I like his EPD's.  Do any of you have opinions about him and his offspring?  Are his bulls masculine?

Does anyone know the name of the 1973 National Western Stock Show champion shorthorn bull that was disputed  concerning age and purity?