Weaned the pictured Tahoe bull this weekend ADJ 205 852# he is a stud and very docile. Only one PB angus topped him a Deer Valley Patriot son at just under 900# adj
We used Tahoe, Rainfall, and Deer Valley Patriot mostly on our Angus herd. The Tahoe calves are the most consistently good calves. We have some nice Rainfall calves as well, but also a few duds. Tahoe calves are all big hipped and growthy.
We have bred Simmentals since they were brought to the states. Lucky P is right you don't need or want a cow in the top of the breed for milk EPD around 20 is plenty sufficient to raise a heavy calf and not break the bank feeding her. You have to keep in mind they were originally bred dual...
Select sires guy talked my dad into using him last spring. I wasn't a fan of his picture or the calves they had pictured in the catalog, but they were supposedly some of the best calves the select sires guys saw last fall on their tour. We have around 20 confirmed to him so I guess we will have...
lots of variables with it. There are two different ways they can sort it which makes a difference, and it just simply works better with some bulls vs others. Typically the dose is .25cc instead of .5cc so it defiantly can have a much lower conception rate especially if the tech isn't very good.