65 | COGENT PROOFS 2013 “This equates to £31,600 STABILISER ™
per 100 cows, annually” Richard Fuller - Technical Director Stabiliser Cattle Company
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Background Formed in 1996, the Beef Improvement Group imported the flrst Stabiliser™ embryos from the Leachman Cattle Company, Montana in 1998. Since the arrival of the breed in the UK, it has gone from strength to strength and today the national breeding herd consists of 8000 performance recorded breeding females. The core focus of the breeding program is to improve the economic efflciency of suckler cows, as well as the production of consistently high eating quality beef for least cost, from forage based systems.
What is the Stabiliser™
The Stabiliser™ is a composite breed that has been developed by Leachmen Cattle of Colorado in the US. Consisting of 5/8 British breeds (Red Angus) and 3/8 Continental breeds (Gelbvieh and Simmental), they are generally red in colour, although black lines are currently being introduced. They are naturally polled and have a docile temperament making them easy to handle.
Stabiliser™ Characteristics
> Milky cows > Increased calf weaning weights > Low birth weights > Improved calving ease > Calves thrifty at birth > Reduced calf mortality > High fertility > Tighter calving period > Medium sized cows > Reduced maintenance costs (able to carry increased cow numbers) > Early puberty > Calving heifers at 24 months is standard practice > Hybrid vigor > Maximize output
Improved Financial Performance
The table below shows some Key Performance Indicators for Stabiliser™ suckler herds.
Eblex Top Third of Suckler Producers Performance 2010/2011
Barren cows per 100
Calves born alive per 100 cows
Calf mortality per 100 cows
Calves reared per 100 cows
Calving period (weeks) 6.3 88.6 1.7 87 19
Stabiliser™ Recorded Performance
3 98 1 96 9
The Stabiliser™ Cattle Company, estimates that the total flnancial gain of the Stabiliser™ recorded performance flgures in the table above, coupled with increased weaning weights, the ability to calve heifers at 24 months, as well as reduced replacement rates and lower feed, veterinary and labour costs, equates to £316 per cow / per year
Stabiliser™ Quick Facts
> First UK calves born in 1999 > 8000 Signet recorded females in 63 herds > 24,400 Stabiliser™ sired females on the BCMS database > 300+ beef producers using Stabiliser™ genetics > All breeding bulls selected on EBVs > New bloodlines regularly imported from the US > Tested for Net Feed Efflciency (NFE)
EXCLUSIVE TO COGENT SIGNATURE BEEF
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