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Post by strojanherefords on Aug 27, 2015 22:52:34 GMT -6
I recently took a road trip to Montana and Alberta to see some good cattle and I was not disappointed. My first stop was to Lothair, Montana to see Ace and Tara Diemert. Although the bulk of their cattle where up in the mountains I did get to see 0827 and 2U. The Diemerts are really nice people and it is because of Hereford Talk that I got to know Ace.
The next day we crossed the border into Canada and saw Andy, Margaret, and Daniel Scheupbach at Lilybrook Herefords. Andy showed the cowherd and I was impressed by his knowledge of his cowherd. The highlight of the visit for me was seeing 66T again as a still impressive eight year old. One of the more interesting groups of yearling bulls, I saw were the XTC Guiness 38Z ET sons. Those bulls were the first Australian blood cattle that I have seen in the flesh. I like them although I can't put a finger on exactly why I am fond of them. Andy said their was some Hereford Talk interest in McCoy 58G Jackpot ET 105X and I can say he is a good bull if you must do without horns. I tried to take some pictures of some representative 105X sons but they did not do justice to the bulls.
The final stop on our trip was to see Nels and Terri Nixdorff at the YV Ranch. The cows were smaller, feminine and had very good udders. I was impressed by the masculinity of the YV Star Struck 915W sons. I invited Nels to join us on HT and I hope they join.
All in all, I met a lot of nice people and saw a lot of nice cattle.
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Post by Glenn on Aug 28, 2015 7:02:46 GMT -6
Sounds like an awesome trip! Thanks for sharing it with us!!!
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Post by larso on Aug 28, 2015 15:19:04 GMT -6
Paul, what exactly where the Australian cattle?
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Post by strojanherefords on Aug 28, 2015 16:14:12 GMT -6
Paul, what exactly where the Australian cattle? The Guinness bull that Lilybrook uses is a son of Bowmont Storm A584. |
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Post by bltherf on Aug 30, 2015 12:12:34 GMT -6
Paul, what exactly where the Australian cattle? The Guinness bull that Lilybrook uses is a son of Bowmont Storm A584. A little background here. In 2010 my wife and daughter and I took a trip to Ireland. While visiting a breeder there( can't go on a holiday without seeing cows) I found a cow a really liked in the Allowdale herd. Made a deal with the owners, Lism and Anne Phillpott to have her flushed. Did a cowboy trade with them to give them back 5 Csnadian embryos from a flush of Andy's 40W bull Put the eggs in here the following spring and got two bulls. Thev38z bull was exceptional from the start and weaned off heaviest wda in our herd that year of about 60 bull calves. Took a bit of doing to get all the proper DNA and registration requirements in place but now both Lilybrook and XTC have been during him for the last 3 years. He is a big but very deep stout bull. Dark colored ,some pigment and a lot of natural thickness. As strojan mentioned the sons are very impressive I beleive he is maybe the only Irish bred pedigree in North America. His sire was thevAussie bull Storm. We saw quite a few of those in Ireland and liked both the bulls and heifers. This year Guiness ran in a 4 section (about 2500 acre) pasture and looked great when we pulled him in August. His feet are absolutely the best I have ever seen on a mature bull anywhere ,and he had never been trimmed. Plan to blend these total outcrossing genetics into our cows some more now we have seen the bull grow out. And as is usual of the cattle business we gained some great friends that we still keep in touch with |
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Post by bltherf on Aug 30, 2015 12:38:07 GMT -6
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Post by btlrupert on Aug 30, 2015 13:33:09 GMT -6
Look good. Be interesting to follow their progeny.
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Post by strojanherefords on Aug 31, 2015 23:18:43 GMT -6
Since I have been back I have thought about the lessons I learned from my visit up north. Like there are still places where you can drive cattle across the road without hooking up the stock trailer.
In Canada both Lilybrook and YV Ranch put the sire and dam information on the ear tags, I think that makes a great deal of difference in knowing the cowherd. Next time I tour a ranch, I will ask that the host to wait to tell me the story of every cow in the herd until I have picked out the ones that interest me.
Producing semen for export is a bigger endeavor than I had realized and that reinforce my belief that we need to support those who provide good seedstock genetics.
One thing I was looking for but didn't find where some fall calving females. Ideally I would be interested in some cows which calved on time at two and three but subsequently rebreed to calve between June and September.
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Post by nicky on Sept 1, 2015 7:34:42 GMT -6
Ideally I would be interested in some cows which calved on time at two and three but subsequently rebreed to calve between June and September. Just curious as to why? |
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Post by strojanherefords on Sept 1, 2015 8:49:49 GMT -6
We start calving in September, so it would be a waste for me to buy spring calvers and hold the them open until Fall. By buying cows that come up late after calving on time as two and three year olds, I can get females which are proven to be fertile at a reasonable price.
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