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I was struck by many things but probably the most striking was the fact that as a breed we don't know where we are and if we think we know we don't have the data to prove it.Case in point, at one part of the conference we were asked to name 3 things the breed could contribute to the beef...

It was a great experience.Great contributions to the topics from speakers and attendees as well.Bonsma was even brought up during the showring discussion.The moderator did a great job of stimulating spirited discussion on some pretty tough topics and issues.Like Matt said it was a great...

Congrats on #12000 Knabe

Looking good Brock!Like Beebe said the first thing that grabs your attention is his depth.He looks as stout as you would want a calving ease bull to be and his shoulder is super smooth.It is good to see how Red Commander has nicked with a more mainstream pedigree.Have you weighed him yet?What is...

You mentioned a 1/2 dozen herds that you thought bred cattle that had the potential to meet your needs. I am not familiar with Wally's program but the other 5 have something in common,a long time disciplined approach to breeding cattle to meet their personal and customer requirements.Based on...

I came across pictures of the 2015 Louisville champions on the Shorthorn Facebook page.The first thing I noticed was the dramatic slope upward to the tailhead especially on the females.I wonder if this issue will be discussed in the showring relevancy to the beef industry segment of Impact 2015

Impressive bulls Coyote and I really like the fact that you can tell they are Muridale Bulls.Please keep that white stuff up there! This is Double Brute x4191362.BY a grandson out of a daughter of old 26a.

My experience with the old system was that the Australian data did not have much effect if any on the US numbers.The bull came in from Canada with basically no numbers and for the record I was  admonished by the then EX.Sec. for using a bull with no performance.There was a fair amt of growth...

With the growth numbers this calf has and the fact that he is at 50% accuracy its probably safe to say he won't be a growth dynamo.When I see growth numbers above 60  on the other hand. I start thinking high input type cattle.I know there are exceptions but those higher numbers warrant further...

On those particular traits you mentioned AJ,I would say about as much as we have on the ''modern'' Shorthorn.

I can tell you where the orange came from.FA Warrior 41st was listed as PHA H and THA H.I discovered that one about 3 weeks ago in one of my pedigrees that went back to Weston Surprise.They were supposed to clean up the orange as well.Apparently they had to apply a defect status to an older...

Duncraggen, we must never ignore the enjoyment factor.Some years that is the only profit we get.Here is a picture of some of the heifer mates to the Red Promise bull we have been talking about.They are bred to another Frontline son that we have here.

Welcome to the breed 3 EAGLES.I am surprised you are asking us for a source for that old semen as Wally Klose is probably the best place to start looking.He has the stuff and also knows who else does as well.Probably not telling you anything but do your homework there is quite a difference from...

Jim Williams comment to you JIT about the lower pin bones being a major contributor to calving ease makes sense.Anyone know if he selects for that in the show ring when he is judging Shorthorns?

Dan I would say the pedigree of Private eye is an example of a more balanced approach of adding an outcross.The center 1/2 of the pedigree is similar in phenotype and breeding and there is actually some line breeding going on there.The top 1/4 is Irish which also has some dual influence and the...

JIT,your reply brings up several topics of discusion here are a couple, 1.Does the mating of 2 extremes give you a reliable  breeding animal that will produce offspring in the middle especially when one of the parents pedigrees is very much mainstream to a large part of the breeding population...

JIT,having the first hand knowledge you did of the poor performance of the Leader 21 cattle, what prompted you to use him again recently,flushing one of your donor cows and selling the offspring as breeding stock?Was there some redeeming quality in old 21 that you thought would offset all the...

The calves for our feedouts all come from different farms and environments so the value of the data is compromised.It's the best we have right now.   As to the contemporary groups as far as I am concerned,I cull hard and 9 years out of 10 you can make more selling calves than fats.If it's not...

Definitely a low accuracy deal at this point Huntaway.He had a couple calves scanned this year in a contemporary group with calves by his sire and they excelled in imf.I fully expect his sires REA ranking to improve dramatically based on how his steers compared with other sire groups in this...

You are right Mark,he is about as honest as he can be in that picture.No hair and no fat.Here is a picture of his sire now 5 yrs old I took today and one of Double Brute also a Frontline son.