Chap’s Chatter

Sal and were deeply saddened yesterday afternoon to learn of the passing of Dr. Doug Parrett aged 71. Doug most definitely had a major influence on the recipients of the Illinois University Scholarship re imparting a knowledge and understanding of both Livestock and Meats. Sal and I first met with Doug at Champaign/Urbana in early

Cascade Sets New Sale Heights Dulverton Angus is excited to be able to report that the “N” bull Todd Aitken and Jack Smith purchased at the 2019 Dulverton Angus Sale has been a contributor to the amazing Angus sale staged at Cascade yesterday. The Sire in question Dulverton New Approach N056 was represented by seven

Dulverton Medaglia M028 must rank in the top handful of Homebred bulls used in the herd. Dulverton Medaglia M028 Background M028 was most definitely the result of a planned mating, being by Carabar Gun Smoke J134 out of a maiden heifer D. Mittagong K204 who is by Booroomooka Frankel F510. Both J134 and F510 have

Within Herd Selection Our reasons for opting to use the merged IGS/Igenity system for adding accuracy and traits currently not available have been discussed in the document “Why we use The IGS/Igenity Beef Profile”. Our adoption of this system is very much in it’s infancy so to date we haven’t witnessed progeny resulting from using

Dulverton Rogan Josh R219’s  number one distinguishing feature is his athleticism. The major goal at Dulverton is to encapsulate Constitution, Do-Ability and Getaboutability into a package that also includes superior Genetic Merit for the economically important traits. R219 grades a 7 and so goes a long way toward fulfilling the Structural Soundness component of our

Why We Use The Igenity Beef Profile to Assist Us With The Genetic Analysis of the Dulverton Angus Herd. Over the past two and a half decades we have made our position quite clear with respect the traits that matter, at least to The Dulverton Breeding direction, hopefully these become recognised by Industry. Consider our