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Post by bltherf on Jun 4, 2017 21:57:55 GMT -6
I'm William Miller from North Battleford Saskatchewan Canada. I grew up on mixed farm in Ont. Had 25-30 dairy cows,125 beef cows that were reg hereford till 68/69 then dad used and reg simme till farm was sold in 90. Had 450 to 500 head feedlot. And up to 300 sheep. After college (82) I worked as a herdsmen for both hereford and simmental show herds till 92 when I started working as herdsmen on dairy farms. They were top end herds where the goal was to put bulls in AI units. Then moved to Sask in 2005 and worked in grain export since. Looking at buying a farm this summer and ether in the fall or spring adding horned hereford. Here to try to get caught up on herefords today. I know there's good bad and ugly. I've played the # games and the show ring. However the good cattle always will be needed as a base for # and show cattle if you're looking pass tomorrow. Welcome. Glad to have you hear. |
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Post by WFF on Sept 13, 2017 21:55:53 GMT -6
Brian Wren from Eastern Oklahoma. I have been a lurker for some time and enjoy the site. I have been around cattle my entire life. My family started a dairy farm the month I was born in 1973 and dispersed it in 2007. We have raised commercial black cattle since we left the dairy business. We like to joke that if there is a way to lose money with cattle we have done it...from stray voltage to lightning! I continued this legacy a few years ago by not doing my research and purchasing a set of registered hereford cattle that looked great but were not good enough in my opinion to sell to your worst enemy. They all went to the sale barn a few years ago and I started over with a couple sets of straight Victor Domino heifers as I have a particular affinity for this line. I also have a few L1 based cattle primarily of JAK breeding that I intend to keep horned as I enjoy both polled and horned cattle.
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Post by btlrupert on Sept 16, 2017 18:57:10 GMT -6
Welcome
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Post by lxranch on Mar 1, 2018 16:28:08 GMT -6
Howdy,
David Lane
Delta Junction Alaska
My wife and I run a commercial cow calf, hog and grain outfit. Numbers are to fluid to state at this point as we a trying to build a herd and if it's in state and can be bought close to scale price.... It's here and I'll cull what doesn't fit after weaning.
Grew up in Midwest with black and white cows that got milked twice a day, still hate black cows. Wanted good pen of Hereford cattle since I can remember and though I had convinced myself to run what I brung and stick with the angus/shorthorn/simmi gene pool I've got in the pasture... A nice little pen of Herefords fell into our laps last fall.
Age has sorta caught up to the man that had these cattle, and he's a very soft spoken quiet guy anyways so details are fuzzy for the most part as to lineage. I do know the herd was started pre 70s likely pre 60s, he's not sold any cattle besides to the packing plant in years because of "tainted" genetics, and when the first question he asked me was " do you know what your looking at" had I answered any differently than " must be a Hereford/simmi cross cause Herefords don't come blonde" ..... The man would not have sold me any either.....
The herd has been closed since since the late 70s I believe.I told Glenn via email since 23d was used but it may have been first year 4 7s was available AI.... He speaks quiet and I'm half deaf.... By looking at the cattle he selected around the DL gene a long time, but it caught up with his last bull selection.
I found y'all researching 23d/7777 and trying to get a grip on Hereford lines and genetics to build on from where I am.
So purists please don't hate me, I like the easy doing traits these cattle are showing and plan to work what we got. The doing factor will play harder than color for a while, the meat plant doesn't care about color here as long as they grade decent. That said I would like to stay old lines if possible. I like looking at the chrome.....
That's more words than I use in a month so I'll go back to lurking and learning for a while....
Y'all are a wealth of info, Thanks
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Post by woodford on Mar 1, 2018 21:10:10 GMT -6
Welcome, and best of luck with your new herd.
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Post by 4B Farms on Mar 1, 2018 21:32:22 GMT -6
Hey guys and gals,
I have been a member since 2014/2015 to this forum but have only posted or replied to a couple things and haven't ever introduced myself on the new member board, for this I apologize. I do not get a chance to regularly check what is going on but always enjoy it when I do. Catching up on all the ideas and news that you just can't get anywhere else! I have been around Hereford cattle my entire life. I grew up in N. GA where we had bloodlines of RWJ and JLH cattle we had Winnie Mixers, Mischief, and Woodrow also. Dad had a direct soon of J3 212 and Mr. Miller knows J3 was an awesome bull. I took an interest in the bloodlines at an early age when my parents had divorced. My dad didn't have the time to keep track of everything. I took over the paperwork which was not like it is now. I had a lot of fun looking at the bloodlines ultimately determining what was working for us and making heifer keeper selections along with bull selection. Then I went off to college. Dad sold most of the herd and farm and re-invested in commercial cows and bigger farm further away from Atlanta. I moved to Charlotte, NC after finishing school at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. I started a career in heavy construction and married a wonderful women. I started looking around the surrounding areas trying to determine where my wife and I could move so that I could start my own farm. We landed in Shelby, NC 7 years ago and have never had a moments regret. I found some land to rent not long after moving to Shelby and purchased 7 cows 6 years ago to get started. The good Lord has blessed me in more land and I have built the herd into 60 cows and have land capacity and plans to get up to 125 brood cows. I enjoy being a cow man and have a great love and passion for our breed. I hope to gain some friendship, advise and expertise with more involvement with this forum. Sincerely, Bryson
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Post by fivestarherefords on Mar 1, 2018 21:39:06 GMT -6
Welcome to the board David and Bryson.
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Post by northpole on Mar 2, 2018 21:59:51 GMT -6
Braden Calvert from Manitoba,Canada. I've been on here for the last few years learning and observing. I'm 22 years old, dad had a herd of 60 commercial red cows until I bought my first 4 registered heifers in 2013 and now we calve 60 purebreds and 60 commercial cows on our farm. In the fall of 2016 we bought a big package of cows out of the WLB Livestock Dispersal Sale that is just down the road from our place. We have sold a select amount of bulls out of the yard in years past. However we are having our first bull sale this spring with some fellow breeders here in Manitoba. Having our commercial angus cows run beside our purebred cows allows us to reflect on what the breed can do for the commercial producer. I've found in my early years of selling bulls, a red eyed, red necked, and red nutted bull will be easier to market in those commercial operations. In our commercial red cows, we want the balide F1 (not a full white face) that the auction marts like and feel this type of bull is what makes them. I look forward to raising bulls for a broad range of producers and am excited where the breed is going (which may not be as popular of opinion lately on here). More and more producers around here are looking for that bull that will take their black/tan/white/red cows to the next level and the Hereford bull crosses well with all. I enjoy showing our cattle at several different shows mainly because it gives me a way to reflect and compare my breeding program to others. I've met lots of people and feel I've learned things I'm doing well as well as things I need to improve on from a breeding and management standpoint. I like checking in on this page to see all the hot Hereford topics and look forward to engage in more of them going forward.
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Post by franklinridgefarms on Mar 12, 2018 16:14:06 GMT -6
Hello I'm Bill Christian of Franklin Ridge Farm in Clark County, Ky. I am a seventh generation farmer on a small family here in the hills of Ky, and though i am relatively new to Hereford cattle, they were a mainstay of my grandparents herd. My wife is from southeastern Oklahoma, where her grandparents also had Hereford cattle. I started out with Charolais during the frame race, since then our herd has taken several different directions, in an effort to find what works the best for us. After trying to build and Angus herd, a small group of commercial Hereford heifers that I intended to resell became the springboard for a new direction. I decided to keep them for cows at a time when I was being disappointed seemingly continually with the Angus. Now our small cow herd consists mainly of Hereford and Hereford cross females. We also are using Hereford bulls as well. I find the cows and calves both are easier to work with on average. We are also involved with a heifer development program, which is mainly black heifers. with a heavy emphasis on BWF. Currently Angus bulls are being used for that program. We are also looking into the possibility of direct marketing some Hereford beef of some o our steer calves. We are coming to appreciate more each day the positive attributes of the Hereford breed.
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Post by hickorycreek on May 23, 2018 6:39:30 GMT -6
I am Kerry Mayes from McMinnville TN . I am a fulltime cow/calf man . As a kid in the '80's I tried my first polled hereford show heifer.... I was an addict for about 10 years then it got worse.... I bred them black (an). I can say that I am fully recovered and I think that I have my head out of my rear . I am thoroughly disgusted with the lack of adaptability of the angus cattle and am looking to replace my cowherd with fescue adapted polled herefords . You guys have really opened my eyes and helped me understand a lot about linebreeding by reading this site. I do not have any registered cows at this time but I am actively looking . I have been watching several herds in my area for years and have definitely figured out what I do and don't like in a cow or her pedigree . I have a few embryos sired by wphf victor 964 252 out of full sister to prince victor that will go in this fall . I would love to find some 252 daughters or btf 252 6104 daughters out of victor cows to build on .
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Post by elkwc on May 24, 2018 4:43:28 GMT -6
I am Kerry Mayes from McMinnville TN . I am a fulltime cow/calf man . As a kid in the '80's I tried my first polled hereford show heifer.... I was an addict for about 10 years then it got worse.... I bred them black (an). I can say that I am fully recovered and I think that I have my head out of my rear . I am thoroughly disgusted with the lack of adaptability of the angus cattle and am looking to replace my cowherd with fescue adapted polled herefords . You guys have really opened my eyes and helped me understand a lot about linebreeding by reading this site. I do not have any registered cows at this time but I am actively looking . I have been watching several herds in my area for years and have definitely figured out what I do and don't like in a cow or her pedigree . I have a few embryos sired by wphf victor 964 252 out of full sister to prince victor that will go in this fall . I would love to find some 252 daughters or btf 252 6104 daughters out of victor cows to build on . Welcome to the site. There is a lot of good information here. I know nothing of the bloodlines you mentioned so can't help you there. I'm sure someone on this site does. Those here are very passionate about Herefords. Hope to see you commenting and asking questions. |
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Post by triplehfarm on Jun 5, 2018 6:21:55 GMT -6
Cooper Hill with Hill-Vue Farm in Blairsville, GA.
Triple H Farm was the original name of our family's farm when my father, grandfather, and uncle first got in the cattle business i the 1960s.
My father, Bud Hill, changed the name to Hill-Vue Farm as my grandfather and uncle transitioned out of the business. Dad was a brief member of this forum back in 2014 right before he died. He was thrilled to see discussions on Trask genetics. He somehow even figured out how to post a couple of times! I'm here to look, learn, observe, and digest.
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Post by Carlos (frmaiz) on Jun 5, 2018 19:21:00 GMT -6
Cooper Hill with Hill-Vue Farm in Blairsville, GA. Triple H Farm was the original name of our family's farm when my father, grandfather, and uncle first got in the cattle business i the 1960s. My father, Bud Hill, changed the name to Hill-Vue Farm as my grandfather and uncle transitioned out of the business. Dad was a brief member of this forum back in 2014 right before he died. He was thrilled to see discussions on Trask genetics. He somehow even figured out how to post a couple of times! I'm here to look, learn, observe, and digest. What’s your experience with T352? |
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Post by hickorycreek on Jun 5, 2018 19:51:17 GMT -6
Cooper , I am glad to see another fescue infested southern cattleman on here ! I think that we can all learn a lot from each other .
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Post by triplehfarm on Jun 7, 2018 6:37:33 GMT -6
Cooper Hill with Hill-Vue Farm in Blairsville, GA. Triple H Farm was the original name of our family's farm when my father, grandfather, and uncle first got in the cattle business i the 1960s. My father, Bud Hill, changed the name to Hill-Vue Farm as my grandfather and uncle transitioned out of the business. Dad was a brief member of this forum back in 2014 right before he died. He was thrilled to see discussions on Trask genetics. He somehow even figured out how to post a couple of times! I'm here to look, learn, observe, and digest. What’s your experience with T352? We do not have experience with any direct progeny of T352. I understand his semen is widely sought after and very limited. I currently have a couple of animals tracing back, on both sides, to NT Beau Blanch K5 and NT Plato Rupert 167. One of our most consistently used sire lineages is our Plato Rupert Mossy Domino line direct to NT Plato Rupert 167 and his sire NT Beau Blanch K5. |
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Post by triplehfarm on Jun 7, 2018 6:40:35 GMT -6
Cooper , I am glad to see another fescue infested southern cattleman on here ! I think that we can all learn a lot from each other . We pretty much run on 85%-90% fescue, with some clover and dallis. |
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Post by lcranch on Jun 13, 2018 20:44:00 GMT -6
Hey all,
I am Luke Perry from Kansas.
My wife and I run a commercial cow/calf operation and do some backgrounding along with rowcrop farming and of course hay. We added Hereford to our bull battery a few years ago. This year we purchased our first purebred Hereford heifer for our daughter to start showing. (I know that the show world after reading some earlier threads is a hated topic here.) I would say we are hooked on Herefords. We enjoy the docile nature of the Herefords with our young daughters around the herd all the time. Also enjoy getting our black and red baldie calves, turning out some outstanding heifers now. We have been running a churchhill rancher son and a remote son for bull power to use in our commercial herd. Happy to be here, and plan to listen and learn.
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Post by Glenn on Jun 13, 2018 21:03:58 GMT -6
Welcome aboard!
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Post by tartancowgirl on Jun 14, 2018 5:20:47 GMT -6
Temperament was the reason we got involved with Herefords - welcome from Scotland!
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Post by miller6cc on Jul 1, 2018 20:53:28 GMT -6
Troy Miller
Stroud, Ok and Mercer, MO
Blessed to have two grandads and a dad, that introduced me to the farm. Herefords have been in our blood since the early 1900's. I'd like to keep the tradition alive. Functional, efficient, eye appealing cattle. I enjoy reading the threads on the old sires, as well as the breeders of the past. I have Hereford Journals dating back to the 40's. I enjoy the history of the breed, and look forward to doing my part to ensure it's future.
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Post by etmountianman71 on Jul 19, 2018 10:35:24 GMT -6
Hello All,
Name is Randy Stringfield from East TN. The wife and I run Registered Red and Black Herefords on our small farm, and eventually some more commercial cattle to be added. We enjoy the farm with our two daughters and my dad. Have been a long time reader of the forum but only recently joined.
Like with any breed or breed association there are pros and cons so trying to be a little different in my area which is predominantly Angus based (cattle and people lol). Look forward to some good interaction with other breeders on this forum. If we are not willing to listen and learn from others then we need to just stay home. God Bless.
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Post by fpherf on Jul 19, 2018 12:04:24 GMT -6
Crickets chirping.
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Post by russline on Sept 17, 2018 15:11:30 GMT -6
Russell Vera
Luling, Tx
Run commercial Hereford cows with Registered Brahman bulls. Small operation, but love my Hereford cows.
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alex
Fresh Calf
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Post by alex on Sept 20, 2018 17:55:27 GMT -6
I’m Alex Deshotels and have been on this forum for a couple of weeks. I have some cattle in Jachin, Alabama.
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kdclc
Still in the womb
GOD Bless America
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Post by kdclc on Sept 30, 2018 14:59:05 GMT -6
Hello everyone,
New Member, Kevin Castelli of R-Place Ranch in Corsicana, TX.
I bring Northern Origin Registered Herefords to Central Texas.
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