Chap’s Chatter

Much of the cattle breeding fraternity’s focus at this time of the year shifts to the bull primarily because the bull, has the task of covering 40- 60 breeding cows per season for an expected 4 to 5 year life span. The prospective young sire purchase should be producing in the order of 220 –

Longevity – The Unmeasured Trait Over the past twenty years there has been an unparalleled effort focused on measuring a host of traits within the seedstock industry. An important trait that for some reason has slipped under the radar is longevity. What is Longevity in the Beef Industry Put simply Longevity is all about living

Fertility, Fat, Fads and All That! Each year at about this time there are articles circulating research findings documented and plenty of discussion generated about topical issues re cattle breeding. More recently there appears to have been a focus on Fat and Fertility, it seems the fashionable method to improve female herd fertility is to

Beef Cattle Breeding Programs Mean Dollars and Personal Satisfaction. Beef breeding is a challenging component of the overall beef business. Successful breeding programs will add to the profitability of the beef enterprise and well planned programs can also be very rewarding to those developing and implementing them. On the other hand, the lack of an

Welcome to the second of the series of articles regarding the production of meat for people to eat. At the conclusion of the first article I left you with a question of Jim Bradfords “Fertility is the Governer of Growth.” Prior to dissecting and analyzing this quote of Bradfords it’s important to gain a fundamental

Happy New Year, hopefully the rewards to those of you who continue to follow the pathway of a dedicated beef cattle breeder will be commensurate with the time and effort you have committed to achieving your goals and outcomes. In the last edition I discussed “Beef Fertility” and attempted to outline how important fertility is