Here is the sale order and supplemental information for the Who's Your Daddy Shorthorn Bull and Female Sale on April 2, 2020. Online real time bidding is available through https://www.dlms.ca/default.aspx . Sale starts at 1:00 pm SK time.
Interesting thread. There has been a lot of discussion about where it came from. That's fine. But I keep thinking about the future. Where do we go from here? I get the impression that some people are deathly afraid of the myostatin gene (maybe I am wrong but that is what I think). Here are...
Here is a quotes from medium rare.
"If you start turning in cow weights at weaning, you'll be one of the very few of any breed. It seems that no one wants to admit how big their cows are.
You may be right. But some purebred breeders run their cows like a commercial herd. Most commercial...
If I am reading the information correctly the calves were born in September and weaned at about 150 days with no creep. I have not done the math but I think the steers should end up with an adjusted 205 day weight of around 600 lbs. If this is correct, then it is up to everyone to decide for...
I believe this statement to be true and I am not trying to argue, but 2 things crossed my mind when I read this statement. 1) I am pretty sure that most of the NCBA's membership is in the states, and 2) if you were to survey commercial cattlemen in Canada most would use a number higher than 90...
The term high is a relative term. What is high to one person may not be high to another person. I believe in the 7% rule. A cow should be able to calve a calf that is 7% of her body weight without assistance. The average size of our cows is probably between 1400 and 1500 pounds. I will let...
I don't know all of the details. I only know what I have read here on steer planet and what was sent out in the email. From what I understand this sound like a fantastic opportunity for the breed. We would gladly apply to take part in this study if we had semen available from a bull that...
excellent point librarian.
the following is a statement from our website
"How big is big enough and when do our cattle get too big? These are questions that have been debated by a lot of producers in the last few years.
The simple answer is that your cattle should be as big as the FORAGE...