Irish Blacks® Homozygous
This is one of the most highly concentrated homozygous beef herds in the U.S. It has followed a strict closed herd line breeding program since 1971. The herd is genetically dominant in consistency and uniformity. It is equally dominant in all the other genetic traits needed to turn a profit in today's troubled cattle market. When compared to bulls previously used in a herd, the Irish Blacks® bulls are increasing the number of calves marketed for the herd. This is due to high fertility, low birth weights and exceptional vigor in the newborn calf. Our bulls are also increasing the weaning weights on these herds. The calves are earlier maturing and they are winning carcass contests in both the feeding performance and the actual cut out value of the carcass.
The Beef Industry Needs a Genetic Overhaul!
For a cow-calf operator to survive in a troubled beef market, he MUST produce calves that perform exceptionally well in the feedlot, and the carcass MUST cut out with high consistency and uniformity.
The genetic make up of a large portion of today's beef herds have become highly HETEROZYGOUS. They lost their ability to transmit carcass cut out consistency and uniformity. This lack of carcass consistency and uniformity is costing the beef industry thousands upon thousand of dollars per day! The public consumer, the meat purveyor and the large restaurant trade are finding it extremely difficult in purchasing quality beef that is consistent and uniform. This lack of consistency is easily corrected by using bulls that are highly HOMOZYGOUS. Bulls with a small gene pool that are highly concentrated for these important genetic traits are proving to be the solution to this problem.
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