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I need to clarify something apparently. I am not even remotely an authority on what all has or has not been used in anybody's herd let alone all the herds of Canada. My point is as a casual observer over the years I have noticed that Canadian cattle as a whole maintained a beefier type more con...

Mark, you are heck of a good guy, we like the same kind and I have enjoyed personally conversing with you. We are not necessarily in disagreement on anything here. Since I wasnt there i really am in no position to defend the claim a guy, I presume deceased, made over forty years ago. I would...

Mark, Payoff is pretty much the poster child for goofy irish paint jobs I am talking about. He is the shining example. Second Dividend was not the first nor last calf born in Ireland.My point was simply that the existance of Shorthorn looking cattle in Ireland of notable size and performance...

GM, let me start by saying compared to the Graham bulls you listed Dividend was a messiah. I have known of many a L13 cow that was tremendous. If bred correctly he did a great job of one generation overhauling of plain dumpy scotchy cows. My disdain is more towards the over promotion and over...

AJ, as far as letting the duals in it seems to me the question should be how were they ever out? As I understand it there were several herds that essentially milked their beef cows because one cow could raise two calves and when dollars were hard to come by they chose a registration association...

Mark, chill out and go grab a glass of wine. You are missing the forest for the trees here in regard to my statements. First of all, when I mention Irish color I am not talking the prominance of acceptable but formerly uncommon patterns like red neck roan. What I am refering to is a splotchy...

GM, we think alike but apparently you type faster. I wondered if the funky markings might have been due to Ayrshire influence? The individual escapes me, but I remember being told that one prominent Irish bull came from a smallholder who had one cow that he led down the road to get serviced...

As I understand it, Clare Man (sire of Improver) was aquired form the village auction. He most resembled a galloway, but at least he was red. I doubt that it is a coincidence that Improver is the Typhoid Mary of a genetic defect long known to be in Galloways. I believe necessity dictated that...

It seems to me every time there has been a big winner that wasnt Heatseeker/wave it has been a Hairy Bear.

The story as I have been told was that Harris Simons, executive secretary I believe, came back from Ireland around 1968 ish with stories of shorthorn cattle weaning in excess of 800 pounds. He was called a liar and essentially ran out of the breed.

clap clap clap.GW, you have always been a voice of reason and I commend you.

I look forward to that catalog more than Playboy, maxim, and sports illustrated all put together. Hilarious. Whatever Greg is drinking when he does the footnotes, make mine a double.

Christ on a bike... what does this have to do with the fact that Leonhardt has a breeding program that makes sense?

well, who knows what C 602 is. Nobody seems to care. I will tell you this, I dont give a hoot if My Turn is out of Howard the Duck, I'm ordering more semen.

Scott Sandeen is very approachable. Call him. That is a cow sandwich mating. If you want to wind up maternal, I think you would be hard pressed to find a better route.

personally I would suggest ignoring her for 3 weeks. I bet you are more concerned than she is. Not a knock on you, I over manage constantly myself. Its real easy to live other peoples lives for them though. Let her be a cow and if she is 9, short of a PHA debacle or bred to full throttle she...

Thanks OH. that picture really does not do him justice. Just assuming by the bone and hair there is no way he is clean, but we drew blood n shipped it off anyway. If by some miracle he would come back negative he gets to keep his snarklies. His name is Earl, soprano or bass.

lets not be naive people. If Kolhaus' can get the ovaries from a market heifer at the slaughterhouse, I think arrangements can be made to get an ear. Fact is trends in the steer deal shift so subtly and quickly that I doubt by the time a re-clone would be at state fair his "kind" would still be...

iowabeef you are my write in vote for president. It is a crock of horse apples. And Trans ova bought the grand steer so he couldnt be cloned again. Dont get in a big hug fest over the wonders of 4H with that deal.

I am a believer. I just had a JPJ bull calf out of a Double stuff cow I got in the Glover deal. It is stunning in a curious "wtf is that thing" kind of way. Not my first rodeo,but I have never seen more bone in a new born and enough hair to make a llama jealous. I am stunned. Anybody got Tusa's...