Well when directed at the Beef Industry this refers to the bull selection and my family has been raising cattle in Florida for almost 200 years! So here is a few of the rules.
First year for breeding heifers are kept separate from the cows, for they get a special type of bull for the first time. (Doesn't that sound romantic?)
The Angus Bull throws one of the smallest calves, AT BIRTH, of all the breeds, and you've got a good selection to choose from. Plus you don't want the bull to be too heavy on the heifers or have horns, either!
The heard bull is a market, environment, and preference, choice by breed, and you need to consider the breeds in your cow heard.
The main grade points are 60% this one point and that is the length of the back!!!!! The reason is that is where your steak cuts come from, and the longer the back the more steaks.
Sorry ladies, but the University of Florida has proven the heard bull controls 70% of the calf's qualities, and the best way to improve you heard is through the heard bull.
And that's husbandry basic 101!
"Old Time Cowboy" logic101
First year for breeding heifers are kept separate from the cows, for they get a special type of bull for the first time. (Doesn't that sound romantic?)
The Angus Bull throws one of the smallest calves, AT BIRTH, of all the breeds, and you've got a good selection to choose from. Plus you don't want the bull to be too heavy on the heifers or have horns, either!
The heard bull is a market, environment, and preference, choice by breed, and you need to consider the breeds in your cow heard.
The main grade points are 60% this one point and that is the length of the back!!!!! The reason is that is where your steak cuts come from, and the longer the back the more steaks.
Sorry ladies, but the University of Florida has proven the heard bull controls 70% of the calf's qualities, and the best way to improve you heard is through the heard bull.
And that's husbandry basic 101!
"Old Time Cowboy" logic101
