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Congrats to any and all breeders who are enjoying some well deserved success with Shorts! However, it seems that the breed is doing better in the West than here in the East where it is discounted regularly at the stockyards. The breed needs to show the industry they are serious about...

I have only seen him a judge a couple of times and I was very impressed with how kind and thoughtful he was towards the young exhibitors. I don't think you could find a more compassionate and caring judge.

You risk investing some money in the flush costs but that's not a huge consideration? I hope you come back and report a successful project! There are very few cows who hang around for 20 years and still work! She must be a super sound individual; the right kind to keep daughters from!

Wow.  20 years old huh? Fertility doesn't improve with age; it's a diminishing asset. Good luck..... and I wouldn't be buying any green bananas for her if I were you.

Bob.....I wasn't in attendance but I heard it went well. Two cows that we sold to RK when we dispersed topped the sale at 6K and 4K. I am sure the overall average must have been strong given the commercial climate and demand at present. I was told that a good 50% of the buyers didn't want the...

ET all comes down to the quality of the recips. I have used virgin heifers with both good success and with disaster. It takes an awfully good female to work successfully as a recipient. The perception that they can be scrap or poor performers is a recipe for a wreck. It seems to me that the...

They looked very good! Well presented also.

Idalee.....some excellent points. Not sure what the benefits would be to close the Herd Book; especially when breed associations are always focused on revenue generation. I think there are more important things for the breed to look at such as, why have British beef breeds such as Angus and...

Yep......will be arriving later this afternoon also.

From the buyers perspective, it actually makes me wonder why they feel it is necessary to retain genetic rights. Is this the sellers way of telling the industry they don't have anything else at home to work with or flush?? As I said, let them come back and pay for a flush or, for a live calf and...

BTDT......couldn't agree more.

HVF.....the majority of purebred producers have around the same number of cows as you do....or even less. If it's hard to let a good one go then don't; retain the female. From the buyers perspective they could present a similar argument. They have 40 cows, or less, and can't afford to take...

The once exception might be bull sales. When a breeder commits to consign his entire, sale worthy bull calf crop to an annual sale with no private treaty sales or hold backs in advance, then I believe that breeder can't be criticized for wanting to retain a possible semen interest. Here's what...

I am certain that professional sale managers would like to see an end to all these of sale conditions. It has the potential to create a complicated mess for them. Also, when you are importing your purchases, the whole retained ET option becomes even more challenging and expensive. Canadians have...

Some of the old time breeders in Canada have told me they think the introduction of Maine genetics saved the breed. The attributes the Maines brought to the table outweighed the negatives. Overall, I think anything that can move Canada and the USA closer to harmonizing the definition of...

always good to acquire proven sires when available. Takes the guesswork out if you can see a calf crop in advance of using a bull.

JIT.....I remember driving down the road with Bob Wilson from Transcon almost 30 years ago......super guy..........I remember him saying that producers ought to focus their selection and culling on the economic traits and maybe let the cows tell US what they should really look like! If culling...

Can't say I've ever seen one with a neck too short to reach the feed! They all seem to manage to graze without problems. I suppose there are many definitions of "femininity". Having a live calf every 365 days on average or less and weaning off 50% of her body weight might be a worthy...

Couldn't agree more.

I agree as well. But perhaps it will take a group of respected judges to put their heads together and introduce a revision to show winning standards? It wouldn't be the first time this has happened. I'm not sure we can rely upon breeders to lead the way on this. They will fall into line and...