The majority of Lancaster County residents do not raise cows. But don’t you sometimes feel like, because you live among those who famously do, you should at least know what
Ken Padilla is a first-generation rancher and owner of Flying Diamond K Ranch in Fort Collins, Colo. His operation, which started as commercial, is headed to the American Royal this fall with the first 99%…
Os bovinos Black Hereford destacam-se por sua estrutura corporal, boa musculatura e excelente conversão alimentar, além de serem animais precoces, prolíferos e dóceis. Através dessas características a raça chega ao Brasil com o nascimento do primeiro animal “Brazilian Black Hereford FIV001 PRIMERO”, oriundo da Estância Alvorada do Inhatium, localizada em São Gabriel (RS). Os primeiros animais registrados são de origem norte americana e canadense.
O criador Taue Marques Nuñez diz que o animal será registrado junto à Associação Nacional de Criadores (ANC) Herd-Book Collares, responsável pelos registros de genealogia da raça. “Após aprovarmos o registro junto ao Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA) e abrirmos o livro de registros na ANC, iniciamos o cruzamento de vacas Hereford melhoradoras com material genético Angus, assim realizamos a primeira Fertilização In Vitro, que resultou no nascimento deste primeiro animal Black Hereford.
Beef producers earned $252,950 at the 48th Pennsylvania Performance Tested Bull Sale on March 26.
The event, held at the Pennsylvania Livestock Evaluation Center in Pennsylvania Furnace, attracts producers from multiple states. They sold 89 Angus, Hereford, Red Angus, Simmental, Black Hereford, SimAngus, Shorthorn and Limousin bulls. The bulls averaged $2,842 per head.
Topping the sale at $6,900 was an Angus consignment from A & L Angus of Rebersburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, sold to Alan Beck of Lehighton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
Fifty-two Angus bulls averaged $2,976, eight Herefords averaged $2,512, nine Red Angus averaged $2,897, 11 Simmentals averaged $2,395, five SimAngus averaged $3,085, two Black Hereford Bulls averaged $2,862, one Shorthorn sold for $2,000, and one Limousin brought $2,500.