By Jaime Pullman When you’re in a challenging environment, in business or just working outside, versatility is the name of the game. “Brangus cattle are the most versatile breed of cattle in the world as they excel in maternal traits in all environments without sacrificing the end product,” says Tommy Perkins, Ph.D, Executive Vice President […]
Genetics
Blondy’s Dude
An “everyday” person’s horse becomes a star. By Lesli Krause Groves Two men named Morgan Freeman have registered horses with AQHA. The most recent, and more famous, has a ranch in Mississippi. You’d recognize his voice if not his name. The actor Morgan Freeman was taking classes in drama and dance when the horseman Morgan […]
Simmental Celebrates 50 Years in America!
By Jaime Pullman Birthdays are often a time of reflection. This year the American Simmental Association is celebrating fifty years of progressive development of the Simmental, now one of the most numerous breeds in the world. “From the very beginning, the founders recognized the limitations and weaknesses of the traditional breed association model,” says Chip […]
Super-tuning Stayability
A Valuable EPD Benefits from a ‘BOLT’ …just read it, you’ll get it…. By Jaime Pullman Raising cattle is an investment in time, money, and hard work. Since no one wants to waste any of those things, it’s best to be working from good information when making genetic decisions. Recent developments by International Genetic Solutions (IGS), a […]
We Pick Pinzgauer
Since 1975 one Texas family’s been hooked on this ancient breed By Jaime Pullman For Stacey Ferguson, Pinzgauer cattle are a family affair. “I was six years-old when my dad brought his first Pinzgauer cattle purchase home to Pyramid Ranch in 1975 and I immediately fell in love with their curious nature and those white […]
Primed to Climb
Taking the genetics of grazing distribution literally to the next level By Jaime Pullman Every wonder why some cattle don’t mind making the hike up the hill for the fresh grass, while others would rather root around in the dirt at the bottom? Lucky for us, some researchers from several universities did, and decided to […]
Beat Those Bad Genes
Finding them is the first step toward managing the problem – By JAIME PULLMAN – In March of this year, scientists from the Agricultural Research Service US Meat Animal Research Center (ARS USMARC) in Clay Center, Nebraska, gave the beef industry an online resource that we can all benefit from—even though you’ll probably never use […]
Super-tuning Stayability
A Valuable EPD Benefits from a ‘BOLT’ …just read it, you’ll get it…. By Jaime Pullman Raising cattle is an investment in time, money, and hard work. Since no one wants to waste any of those things, it’s best to be working from good information when making genetic decisions. Recent developments by International Genetic […]
Three Bars
By Marshall Cator The Kentucky Derby and all the hoopla of the “run for the roses” got me thinking about a story someone told me about visiting Secretariat’s grave. He described a fenced-off area along a little back road, tucked into a meadow, like so many little family cemeteries established long ago. It was […]
Angus Gene Reboot
A journey through the “dark early years” delivers producers to solid genetic ground Genetic defects are a fact of life. We are fortunate today to have technology available that makes a defect manageable instead of potentially debilitating to business the way it was just a few decades ago. But no matter how fancy the DNA […]
