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Linking SimGenetics to Commercial Cattle Published By the Register 2 Simmental Way Bozeman, Montana 59715-9733 USA 406-587-2778
HOW ARE WE DOING? By Lorna Marshall, Burlington, CO I can vividly remember my parents hauling me, and my rather large, yellow an
Gilbert Ranch, Clyde Park, MT Hayes Ranch, Wilsall, MT Miranda Kaiser & Robert Hayes Parton Joe Konesky, Great Falls, MT Little
AVOIDING DEFECTS USING ASA’S OPEN BOOK POLICY By Dr. Jerry Lipsey, Executive Vice President, American Simmental Association An e
MEASURING GENETIC PROGRESS: WHERE DO WE STAND? “How are we doing?” is a question all organizations need to ask themselves from t
By Wade Shafer, Ph.D., ASA Director of Performance Programs EPD profile into our economic index equations we can get a ballpark e
For Simmental Seedstock, commercial bulls, as well as private treaty females, please contact the breeders on these pages . . . P
Nebraska KANSAS SIMMENTAL BREEDERS SIMMENTAL BREEDERS H DAKOT T U SIMMENTAL AL BREEDERS A SOSIMMENT TRAXINGER Reds, Blacks • Bul
Bulls of the Big Sky An alliance of Montana breeders, plus one from neighboring Idaho, pulls together to plan a program and sale
bulls will be fed in one group, while the older bulls, which will be about 18 months of age at the time of the sale, will be fed
Bulls of the Big Sky CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 Missing Horn Simmentals, Kalispell, MT. Owned by Mark and Cindy Passmore in partners
All About Relationships By Dan Rieder e buy bulls, regardless of the breed, based largely on personal relationships,” says Matt
The Cowherd Composition For many years, the Pearce cowherd revolved around a three-breed rotation involving Angus, Hereford and
ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 A Pearce SimAngus x Brahman cow, with her SimAngus-sired calf. A Brahman cow follow
Please contact us for more information, a sale catalog, or carcass ultrasound information. Triangle J Ranch Darby and Annette Li
Beef Production in the New Era Do the Old Rules Apply? John D. Lawrence Extension Livestock Economist, and Director, Iowa Beef C
of Higher Prices and Higher Costs: commerce and consumers whose spending represents over 70% of the U.S. GDP closed their wallet
Beef Production . . . Do the Old Rules Apply? CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23 variables. Figure 1 shows the steer:corn1 and calf:hay 2 pr
near historic levels. Returns that are too large (small) will lead to further expansion (contraction) of beef supplies. Likewise
HAY FEEDER DESIGN IMPACTS FEEDING LOSSES1 By Dr. Dan Buskirk, Associate Professor/Beef Extension Specialist Michigan State Unive
Triple C Main Event T07N Sired by Invasion EPDs: 7 -1 26 48 3 8 21 SAS T101 Sweet Meat By HTP SVF In Dew Time EPDs: 12 1 41 61 8
H AY FEEDER DESIGN IMPACTS FEEDING LOSSES1 CONTINUED prefer to eat while their ears are lower than the top of their shoulders. C
CAN COMMERCIAL CATTLEMEN MAKE AI PAY? By Troy Smith Editor’s note: This article is provided by the National Association of Anima
Sunshine Farms 13th Annual Carcass-Merit Black SimAngus & Simmental Bull Sale 11:00 am Saturday December 5th, 2009 Clanton, Alab
CAN COMMERCIAL CATTLEMEN MAKE AI PAY? CONTINUED In Sutphin’s experience, there is less dystocia among cows bred AI. He credits t
Our state-of-the-art genetic defect tracking system color codes every animal for a genetic defect designation — you don’t have t
Crossbreeding nearly eliminates abnormal calves! ASA’s policy of DNA testing our most popular sires is protecting SimGenetics br
CULLING COWS By Darrell Rankins, Ph.D., Alabama Cooperative Extension System Animal Scientist Before any cows can be culled from
RESEARCH & NEW PRODUCTS Research Aims at Live Animal BSE Testing A recent discovery by scientists at Canada’s National Microbiol
RESEARCH & NEW PRODUCTS Domestic Elk Herd Has TB A herd of captive elk and follow deer in Knox County, NE, is infected with Tube
CONTINUED Vet Shortage Could Hamper Response The federal government has a dangerous shortage of veterinarians, putting the natio
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10th Anniversary Simmental Cattle Production Sale Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 12:30 P.M. Diamond A Farms, Altamont, IL Selling
RESEARCH & NEW PRODUCTS More Research Needed on RFI Researchers at Kansas State University (KSU) are calling for more research o
RESEARCH & NEW PRODUCTS Computer Use Doubles A study by University of Missouri livestock specialist Eldon Cole finds that the per
35 Head of Simmental and Angus 20-Month-Old Bulls (scan data available) Sired by: In Dew Time, Lucky Man, Invasion, Hummer, Matr
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