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Are We Closing In On A Genetic Clue For BRDC Heritability By: Jaime Pullman One of the most costly scourges to the beef business, bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC), is currently under the...
View ArticleCattleman’s Crystal Ball
Genomic Testing May Be Complex, But Is Finally A Reliable Window Into The Future? By: Jaime Pullman Depending on your perspective, the world of cattle breeding has gotten more complicated in the last...
View ArticleAngus Gene Reboot
A journey through the “dark early years” delivers producers to solid genetic ground Genetic defects are a fact of life. We are fortunate today to have technology available that makes a defect...
View ArticleThree Bars
By Marshall Cator The Kentucky Derby and all the hoopla of the “run for the roses” got me thinking about a story someone told me about visiting Secretariat’s grave. He described a fenced-off area...
View ArticleSuper-tuning Stayability
A Valuable EPD Benefits from a ‘BOLT’ …just read it, you’ll get it…. By Jaime Pullman Raising cattle is an investment in time, money, and hard work. Since no one wants to waste any of those...
View ArticleBeat Those Bad Genes
Finding them is the first step toward managing the problem – By JAIME PULLMAN – In March of this year, scientists from the Agricultural Research Service US Meat Animal Research Center (ARS USMARC) in...
View ArticlePrimed to Climb
Taking the genetics of grazing distribution literally to the next level By Jaime Pullman Every wonder why some cattle don’t mind making the hike up the hill for the fresh grass, while others would...
View ArticleWe Pick Pinzgauer
Since 1975 one Texas family’s been hooked on this ancient breed By Jaime Pullman For Stacey Ferguson, Pinzgauer cattle are a family affair. “I was six years-old when my dad brought his first Pinzgauer...
View ArticleSuper-tuning Stayability
A Valuable EPD Benefits from a ‘BOLT’ …just read it, you’ll get it…. By Jaime Pullman Raising cattle is an investment in time, money, and hard work. Since no one wants to waste any of those things,...
View ArticleSimmental Celebrates 50 Years in America!
By Jaime Pullman Birthdays are often a time of reflection. This year the American Simmental Association is celebrating fifty years of progressive development of the Simmental, now one of the most...
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