Breed your cattle more profitably

visit www.blackhereford.com

The still have pink skin around the eye. Ring that with black to reduce the
incidence of cancer eye any you have something. The rules in the US on
cancer eyed cattle cuts the average live of cow with light skin around her
eyes by 3 years.

Gordon
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Breed your cattle more profitably

visit www.blackhereford.com

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The still have pink skin around the eye. Ring that with black to reduce
the
incidence of cancer eye any you have something. The rules in the US on
cancer eyed cattle cuts the average live of cow with light skin around
her
eyes by 3 years.


not problem in the UK althrough looking at the website it interested me
that the US seems to share the UK prejudice about red herefords as opposed
to black. I know people who did OK over the years buying red hereford heifer
calves (for very little money) and finishing them and selling them dead
weight (where they go on carcass classification and the colour of the jacket
is irrelevant).

Interestingly red Limis are often more popular than black limis

Jim Webster

Red Herefords have only fallen out of favor since the rules on condemning
cancer eye cows has become so strict and the Angus folks have done a better
job on their product. I never saw a black Hereford and my family has been
raising them about as long as they have been in this country.

The Angus folks did a better job with their promotion and genetics than
anyone else and made a black calf worth ten bucks more than anything else to
the feed lot. Thirty years ago a black calf when begging beside a cross
bred.

Gordon


"Jim Webster" wrote in message
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"Gordon Couger" wrote in message
. ..
The still have pink skin around the eye. Ring that with black to reduce
the
incidence of cancer eye any you have something. The rules in the US on
cancer eyed cattle cuts the average live of cow with light skin around
her
eyes by 3 years.


not problem in the UK althrough looking at the website it interested me
that the US seems to share the UK prejudice about red herefords as opposed
to black. I know people who did OK over the years buying red hereford
heifer
calves (for very little money) and finishing them and selling them dead
weight (where they go on carcass classification and the colour of the
jacket
is irrelevant).

Interestingly red Limis are often more popular than black limis

Jim Webster

"Gordon Couger" wrote in message
. ..
Red Herefords have only fallen out of favor since the rules on condemning
cancer eye cows has become so strict and the Angus folks have done a
better
job on their product. I never saw a black Hereford and my family has been
raising them about as long as they have been in this country.

The Angus folks did a better job with their promotion and genetics than
anyone else and made a black calf worth ten bucks more than anything else
to
the feed lot. Thirty years ago a black calf when begging beside a cross
bred.

Gordon

what have they used to put the black into the hereford?

Jim Webster

Jim Webster writes
what have they used to put the black into the hereford?

holstein?

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what have they used to put the black into the hereford?

holstein?


that might be fighting talk in some places.

I actually made an effort not to suggest it!

Jim Webster
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Jim Webster writes
what have they used to put the black into the hereford?

holstein?


that might be fighting talk in some places.

I actually made an effort not to suggest it!

resignedly

They are very *pretty* calves ....

Elegant long legs, too ....

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Jim Webster writes
what have they used to put the black into the hereford?

holstein?


that might be fighting talk in some places.

I actually made an effort not to suggest it!

resignedly

They are very *pretty* calves ....

Elegant long legs, too ....


and if there is ever a market for the air space under standing cattle, their
day will have come.

Actually with MTR and the end of OTMS I can see some people keeping them to
five or six years old and letting them get fat of grass. Apparently they
finish OK at about a ton

Jim Webster

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and if there is ever a market for the air space under standing cattle, their
day will have come.

Er, no real answer to that one.

Actually with MTR and the end of OTMS I can see some people keeping them to
five or six years old and letting them get fat of grass. Apparently they
finish OK at about a ton

So I have been led to believe ...

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