Benefits Of Irish Black Cattle
People who raise beef for a living are usually experts regarding what it takes to breed the highest quality stock to insure profitability. They look for animals that mature quickly and produce the highest ratio of salable beef per head off stock on hand. This ratio advantage is what convinces many to purchase Irish black cattle and integrate them into their current herds.
The advantage gained by using this breed of stock to improve the herd is amazing. One bull is capable of breeding with and impregnating up to one hundred fifty cows a season. They are very fertile and the rate of success is well over eighty five percent. Calves from these bulls will retain the very best attributes of the sire and because of genetics they will all look alike.
When born the male calves will weigh nearly eighty pounds while the heifer calves will weigh slightly less. They can be expected to mature fast and within thirteen months will weigh enough to be slaughtered. Carcasses contain less back fat and the meat is gently marbled giving it tenderness and excellent flavor. They also feature big rumps and produce steaks up to fourteen inches across. The final dressed percentage will be around sixty five percent.
If you plan to increase the size and quality of your herd obtaining one bull and six or seven cows will prove to be effective for short term strategies. The bull and cows will provide very successful mating results and whatever breeding stock you have will produce calves from the new bull. Heifers mature quickly and will pass through estrous the first year and be ready for breeding the next season. The cows deliver without help and the calves are quick to gain their feet and begin nursing.
Their short, sturdy stature is an advantage to ranchers because the additional feeding in stock pens is far less than with larger animals. This allows the rancher to afford a larger herd for sale. It also provides the ability to increase the size of a breeding stock herd without effecting the profits available.
Another advantage these cows have is their adaptability to different environments. They have shown themselves to thrive at any altitude and in virtually any climate. Their popularity has spread to over twenty states nationwide and they do very well at altitudes over ten thousand feet. Mountain ranches have no reported cases of brisket disease which afflicts other breeds at high altitudes.
This breed was formulated in the 1960's by Maurice Boney. He imported three Friesian bulls from Europe and began the process of developing what he perceived as a perfect beef producing stock. During the ten years he worked to create his vision he kept records of each calf and the linage of their blood lines. In 1971 he closed the book on the blood lines of his stock and in the early 1990's he obtained a Trademark to protect the breed's genetic future.
This breed of stock has become a standard of quality measurement over the past fifty years and continues to gain respect and popularity from breeders across the nation and from the international cattle industry.
The advantage gained by using this breed of stock to improve the herd is amazing. One bull is capable of breeding with and impregnating up to one hundred fifty cows a season. They are very fertile and the rate of success is well over eighty five percent. Calves from these bulls will retain the very best attributes of the sire and because of genetics they will all look alike.
When born the male calves will weigh nearly eighty pounds while the heifer calves will weigh slightly less. They can be expected to mature fast and within thirteen months will weigh enough to be slaughtered. Carcasses contain less back fat and the meat is gently marbled giving it tenderness and excellent flavor. They also feature big rumps and produce steaks up to fourteen inches across. The final dressed percentage will be around sixty five percent.
If you plan to increase the size and quality of your herd obtaining one bull and six or seven cows will prove to be effective for short term strategies. The bull and cows will provide very successful mating results and whatever breeding stock you have will produce calves from the new bull. Heifers mature quickly and will pass through estrous the first year and be ready for breeding the next season. The cows deliver without help and the calves are quick to gain their feet and begin nursing.
Their short, sturdy stature is an advantage to ranchers because the additional feeding in stock pens is far less than with larger animals. This allows the rancher to afford a larger herd for sale. It also provides the ability to increase the size of a breeding stock herd without effecting the profits available.
Another advantage these cows have is their adaptability to different environments. They have shown themselves to thrive at any altitude and in virtually any climate. Their popularity has spread to over twenty states nationwide and they do very well at altitudes over ten thousand feet. Mountain ranches have no reported cases of brisket disease which afflicts other breeds at high altitudes.
This breed was formulated in the 1960's by Maurice Boney. He imported three Friesian bulls from Europe and began the process of developing what he perceived as a perfect beef producing stock. During the ten years he worked to create his vision he kept records of each calf and the linage of their blood lines. In 1971 he closed the book on the blood lines of his stock and in the early 1990's he obtained a Trademark to protect the breed's genetic future.
This breed of stock has become a standard of quality measurement over the past fifty years and continues to gain respect and popularity from breeders across the nation and from the international cattle industry.