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Waukaru GoldMine 2109 (available from OriGen) left some of the best SH-influenced females we've had, and calving ease is real - I'd feel confident breeding heifers of any breed to him, and sleep all night without a care.

Looks like any number of the hundreds of mid-term abortions I've posted over the past 30 years.  Nothing grossly abnormal about it that I can see... other than...it wasn't ready to be born yet.  At that stage of development, they're all kind of 'juicy'... In this vicinity and at that stage of...

Dale, Steers by most all the Shorthorn sires we used performed far better than any Angus sires we'd used in the past 10 years, and were comparable to those sired by high WW epd Simmental sires.  On the female side... there were significant differences. Across the board, Waukaru Goldmine 2109...

I'm inclined to say... nay. Diagnostic necropsy - and maternal serology - would be necessary to potentially identify cause of abortion - but without placenta available for testing/examination... the likelihood of definitive diagnosis drops precipitously.  At that stage of gestation, Neospora...

Base cowherd here is/was just that... Fleckvieh-influenced 3/4AN-1/4SM.  Commercial herd, producing/selling weaned calves... no showring aspirations or seedstock sales, top AI-sired heifers usually retained. Used several solid red Shorthorn sires over the past 8-9 years... some nicked well...

I remain convinced that Johne's Disease was introduced into many beef herds that didn't have it, through the use of dairy - primarily Holstein - heifers/cows as embryo recips, particularly in the early days of ET. While JD has always been present in beef cattle, it's present at much higher...

Commercial outfit here... no show ring aspirations, and not necessarily breeding for that, either. Used one cane of Allegiance on SimAngus cows and a couple of SHxSimAngus cows. Got quite a bit of chrome... but some of the dams have a bit of chrome, or some behind them. The Allegiance calves...

Had a Willman when we were in active veterinary  practice.  I've used many types/ models... liked it best. We had the 60" model snd had a local machine shop fshion an 18" "extension" tube to fit between the puller snd buttplate for when we needed more length.

I disagree, XBar. While I've not used EVERY Simmental sire out there, we have used 8 or 10 different ones over the past 10 years, and daughters retained from them - and a previously-used homebred 5/8-3/8 SimAngus bull - have all been significantly smaller-framed than those sired by a half-dozen...

Across the board, bull fertility takes a steep nosedive around age 7.  While some bulls may still be fertile into their teens, they're the exception.  Then, there's the consideration of injury or arthritis/etc. as a result of conformational unsoundness  - whether in an AI stud or out at natural...

Depends on what you're going for. Commercial here, absolutely no show considerations... breeding mainly for high WW, as we sell weaned calves; but also selecting for high marbling, high REA and good Shear. 1. Solid red, rather than R/W - but WS All In W111 sired some great ones here... sad...

I'm not an Angus guy, but know a bit about some of them... I was a vet student at Auburn back in 1982/83, when Lovana topped the bull test sale there, selling for something like $340,00.00 - an unheard of $$ amount for a yearling bull in those days... and was soon syndicated for well over a...

Mark, I don't know anything about the show ring.  Been around cattle all my 60 years, but never took a 'judging' class.  I'm a commercial producer from the get-go; know what I like and need, don't care a whit what some judge thinks is 'the thing'.  Leather, hair, freaky neck extension, open...

That Red Revolver bull looks nice enough, but with a 40.9 WW epd, he'd never get a second look here.  Performance?  There's not enough growth there for us... but we're a commercial outfit selling pounds across the scale, not 'show' calves.  I'm not putting him down, it's just that a WW epd...

Used a cane of WS All In W111 on AngusXShorthorn heifers here a couple of years back.  All calves arrived easily with no assistance.  Growth was good. Only ended up with one heifer... and she was a top performer... is in the breeding herd now...

Strictly commercial here, using mostly Simmental sires over Angus, SimAngus and ANxShorthorn cows... breeding for performance, maternal traits, and carcass/tenderness.... I'll throw these out, since most of the folks I see posting on here are showring/clubby folks... and I'm not breeding for...

I was in vet school at Auburn Univ. when Lovana sold in their bull test sale(1982/83?) for something like $340,000; a record, at that time.  I don't really recall what he looked like, and was not into Angus cattle at the time, so don't recall anything about his offspring other than the GDAR...

We've been using some red Shorthorn genetics over Angus/Simangus cows for about 10 years now;  mostly Waukaru bulls, but also Rob Sneed '034' and Captain Obvious.  Still intend to use DRC 101VM and CPCL6 in the near future. Got along fine with Waukaru Goldmine, Coppertop, and Gold Card... and...

Socks are not addressed on this one, but one of the more cogent and complete coat color genetics sites currently on the internet is here: http://homepage.usask.ca/~schmutz/colors.html There used to be a braunviehcenter.org website that had an extensive 3-part treatise on all the different...

Pour-ons are abysmal.  Gotta make sure that the full dosage is actually applied to the cow - doesn't run off, get sloshed and not even on the animal, rain doesn't wash it off soon after application, etc. And... studies have shown that the majority of the drug that actually gets to where it needs...