I bought nollswood charming as a heifer calf from the noll family for $400, saved her from the sale barn. I was 11 years old. she had lucky charm when I was 15, didn't know what I had. she made it to 17 years old, buried her on the farm with a cross to mark her grave, that cow paid a lot of...
I made the same transition, away from shorthorns. Best decision I ever made financially. Raised a couple of national champion females in the 90's as a teenager-early 20's. They where home raised genetics with little investment. Now I raise show steers and maine-angus and sim-angus cattle. ...
If a person has any questions about the cows call Jake Lee. He knows those cows better than anybody, probably including Nick. Jake made all the breeding decisions for the last several years, except for maybe what they flushed the donors to at yackley's.
Had a few and absolutley hate them... hope they get better with age. long, tall, fine boned. will probably weigh up good come feeder calf selling time though!!
Have 2 full sisters to greenhorns when lucky sunshine donor. One. Has produced over $75,000 in progeny sales. Open and ready to flush. South west Wisconsin 608-434-4484
There again the big picture.... Think my first post was that I actually had used the bull.... two years in a row. Had calves that were soft, sound and soggy. What is your idea of better cattle?
LMAO!!!! curious what your idea of progressive is....? I know what mine is... profitablility. If a bull can ad dollars to my calf crop then there is a place for him in the shorthorn breed. Guess if I prefer not to stack ten generations of trump or breed solid red shorthorn feeder cattle...