Faster horses said:
I help a friend select bulls to AI his cows. He isn't looking for big, tall cattle. We have used N Bar Prime Time;
Bennett Total; some Olde bulls; Tender Ten, etc. Calving ease is very important, but something with good maternal. I have been looking a bit and
wondered what the comments would be on Genex' Irish' and' Long Distance'.
Black Angus, of course. I took some photos of this years calves and will share them here soon.
Thanks in advance.
I'm wondering if those both wouldn't be too powerful for your friend- growth and performance/milk...
An old proven bull he may want to consider is Three Trees Prime Cut 0145... He has a lot of maternal behind him in his pedigree (Basin Rainmaker 654X, Emulation5522,Finks 5522-6148, etc)... He is moderate both in frame and performance and efficiency/milk ... Has a lot of cows in production...
We used him on some heifers this year with good results... Nothing overly spectacular which you expect with most maternal cattle... No long term history but like what I see so far...
Altho his +9 CED won't match Tender Ten or N Bar Prime Time...
Here's a picture I took yesterday while checking pastures of one of the Prime Cut 0145 sired bull calves sucking on his O C C Magnitude 805M X Cole Creek Goldmere 31N (mgs) mother....
Another you may look at that I've heard good about - altho not seen any calves is COLE CREEK CEDAR RIDGE 1V (altho I heard he may have been injured and quit producing semen???)...
http://genex.crinet.com/beef/index.php?action=DETAIL&code=1AN01224
We've sure had good luck with the "Cedar" breeding- and Cedar Ridge is double bred to "Cedar" C H Quantum 6247..