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S4us, Have several Long's Shear Pleasure calves on the ground here - most out of older SimAngus cows, but a couple out of SHxAN cows.  Almost all were heifers, and most of them will be staying; we're commercial and don't breed for the showring, so I don't know how he'd fit for you, but he's...

XBAR, I've never seen it, either - and had never heard of it happening until sometime in the last year or two - but as others have detailed in this thread, it evidently happens... 50 years in the cattle business, and 30 as a veterinarian...there's always something new, or unexperienced that'll...

No problems here so far. Last winter was quite a bit colder - and for a longer time; and, due to poor hay quality, we were feeding nearly double the amount of DDG... no calving issues, but calves were a lot bigger than normal ...by same bulls, out of same cows.  BWs on SH-sired calves averaged...

You got that right, Andy. I've had some Pinzgauer-cross cattle, way back when...they were great cows, I love the look, and would like to breed some PZ crosses again...but the buyers here would literally STEAL them as a 'Longhorn-cross'. Lots of red-carrier cows in the herd here, so I'm...

Limiman, Evidence is mounting that plane of maternal nutrition and BCS during pregnancy has a role in performance and carcass quality (both muscling and marbling), that we'd not appreciated in the past. http://igrow.org/livestock/beef/fetal-programming-of-carcass-characteristics/...

Inheritance of African horn gene is similar to that of scurs...and some recent papers have indicated that they are the same gene...perhaps some other Zebu genes influence expression.  At any rate, it's a sex-influenced trait - males with one or two copies will have scurs or African horn; females...

Commercial herd here; had a 'stabilized' SimAngus base herd, bred over a 20 year period - but, being a fan of traditional Simmentals, they were mostly red/yellow white-faced, with a few old 'flowery' spotted girls.  I was getting hammered at the auction barn on 'em.  Went back toward the Angus...

Look here for a good explanation: http://homepage.usask.ca/~schmutz/polled.html I'm far removed from my days in south Alabama, when some Brahman influence was helpful.  Thought was that some Zebu cattle also carried an 'African horn gene', that might confound things...but haven't seen any...

The black hide thing is stupid, but it is what it is, and it's a testament to the success of the CAB marketing campaign by AAA. I understand your disgust, knickles.  Demand has been good enough the last few years, that I've not had any push-back on red calves, but have taken a hit, from time to...

knickles, Doing the exact opposite... I'm located in western KY.  Have had commercial Simmental, Angus & SimAngus cattle since 1987; mostly breeding black for 20 years.  I'm going the other way...using red Shorthorn sires over these black cows - and loving the calves - and since over half the...

Had the opportunity to use Waukaru Orion 2047 for last spring's crop - best calves we've ever raised, hands-down!  Retained the few daughters, looking forward to seeing how they turn out. Commercial outfit here, have been using several Shorthorn AI sires over AngusXSimAngus cows; only using...

He's done a lot right...just a good solid, middle-of-the-road Angus bull that makes good females, IMO. Might have to go back to him for use on some of the older Angus cows here before they rotate off the farm. Walking herdsire here, who's been doing mostly cleanup behind AI for the last 7...

Librarian, My understanding, from my recently-deceased friend, Dr. Tom Howard, is that the EXT clone was born in 2000, but is dead; don't know why semen has not been on the market before now... beyond that, all I have are Dr. Howard's comments, below, from a discussion on EXT & Final Answer...

aj, I don't pretend to play a plant geneticist or crop scientist, even on TV; but, I've seen other folks who've run cows on cornstalks for years, opine that the newer varieties have harder stalks, don't degrade as rapidly, and possibly provide less nutrition to cows gleaning the field - due to...

beebe, No ruffled feathers...but until Huber shows some proof...I can only regard him as a huckster and shill for the rabid anti-GMO crowd who rely on emotion and not sound science to advance their agenda.  Credentials don't necessarily equate to credibility.  I've not heard him speak, but have...

Medium Rare beat me to the punch - Huber's claims are unsubstantiated...and it looks as though they'll stay that way... for a reason, perhaps? http://www.biofortified.org/2014/01/deconstructing-don-huber-a-tale-of-two-talks/

Mineral/vitamin requirements and supplementation is LOCAL.  Consult a local veterinarian with experience. What works for me here in KY, or someone in OH or MN, may not be what's best for your area of the country. Standard protocol, back when I was raising dairy calves in TN/KY, was a VitE/Se...

Used Long's Shear Pleasure (One-Eyed Jack's sire) the last two years, on older Fleckvieh-influenced SimAngus cows.  Have two really nice daughters from last spring's calving, and a yearling son that'll be doing some stopgap cleanup duty this spring.  Have 3 more LSP daughters in the fall group...

PRS Blazin' Hot W192. Used him on almost every mature cow, and a few of the heifers, in our fall calving herd, and he'll go in most of the spring calving group as well. May not fit what the showring/clubbie folks want, but I'm hopeful that he'll do what we need in our commercial herd - and put...

Then, you've got bulls like Tour of Duty or Power Tool...that have $EN of (minus) $57.00 Best high $EN sire I ever used, was Gardens Wave (AAA 13818764) - $EN= +$42.49(top 1% of breed).  Frame 4.5; WW/YW below breed average (37/62), Milk only +18.  BUT!!! $W, $B, Marbling, Ribeye all in the top...