BEEFMASTER SECTION
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Has Your COw heRd
is a great deal more paperwork in- volved with producing registered cattle, and mistakes can happen. A DNA test proves the parentage of an animal, avoiding a misfi led paper or an incorrectly entered registra- tion number. Second, Mackie says, “At some
point I hope DNA testing will re- place gathering carcass data and everything can be determined out of 1 test.” They are gathering DNA samples in such a way that when new testing capabilities become available, the Swinging B samples will be ready to add to the knowl- edge base.
We talk to a lot of ranchers who have discovered their cow herd has become something of a terminal affair—weaning weights down, maintenance costs up, breed-ups slipping and cows getting too big. There are a lot of pitfalls in those “premiums” folks were chasing. And now the premiums have mysteriously disappeared.
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We proudly raise moderate, efficient, fertile, low-maintenance, high-performance ranch cattle. As the founding family of the Beefmaster breed, we’ve been raising them to the same specifications (The Six Essentials) for three generations.
53rd Bull sale—Oct. 4, 2014 125 Performance-Tested Bulls
FemALES PrivatE Treaty • SeMEn & Embryos
Lorenzo Lasater San Angelo, Texas
lorenzo@isacattleco.com
325.942.1458
www.isacattleco.com 74 The Cattleman March 2014
Transitioning from commercial to registered cattle What was the hardest part of
transitioning from a commercial herd to a registered Beefmaster herd? As Mackie said earlier, “I loved F1 tiger stripe cattle and still do, and when you like an animal, it’s hard to walk away from it. That was my biggest challenge was to walk away from what I really liked and to take a step into an unknown area for me. It was a new experi- ence.” Learning continues to be Mack-
ie’s biggest challenge, and probably one of his greatest pleasures. He says when a rancher takes
on the challenge of producing seed- stock genetics, “you’re more than a cow man. You’re going to be a scientist, a computer nut and more if you want to be successful. When I sell to a new breeder I try to push them hard in that direction. I tell them, ‘If you’re going to do what you’ve always done, don’t spend this kind of money. But if you’re going to take this step into a registered Beefmaster herd, commit to doing what it takes to be successful.’”
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