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Beefmaster is a breed of beef cattle that was developed in the early 1930s by Tom Lasater (the breed founder), [1] from a systematic crossing of Hereford cows and Shorthorn cows with Brahman bulls. The exact mixture of the foundation cattle is unknown, but is thought to be about 25% Hereford, 25% Milking Shorthorn and 50% Brahman.
Beef cattle are cattle raised for meat production (as distinguished from dairy cattle, used for milk production). The meat of mature or almost mature cattle is mostly known as beef. In beef production there are three main stages: cow-calf operations, backgrounding, and feedlot operations. The production cycle of the animals starts at cow-calf ...
The Brahman is an American breed of zebuine-taurine hybrid beef cattle. It was bred in the United States from 1885 using cattle originating in India, imported at various times from the United Kingdom, India, and Brazil. These were mainly Gir, Guzerá and Nelore stock, with some Indu-Brasil, Krishna Valley and Ongole. The Brahman has a high ...
Aug. 23—When farmer Louise Barton was growing up in Lyndhurst and Mentor, she had no idea her retirement job would be raising beef cattle in southern Ohio. Once the environmentalist for Perry ...
Today, it is the second-most numerous French beef breed, behind Charolais and ahead of Blonde d'Aquitaine. In 2004, of about 900,000 Limousin cows, 63,000 were recorded in the herd book. At that time, 20,000 bulls were used for breeding, 10% through artificial insemination, and 1,600 were recorded in the Herd Book.
In beef production, Chianina cattle are chosen for their growth rate, which may exceed 2 kg (4.4 lb) per day, [3] the high yield and high quality of the meat, and their tolerance of heat and sunlight. They are good foragers and have better resistance to disease and insects than many other domestic cattle.
The numbers of culled cattle dropped, however, as farmers learned that cows can recover from avian flu infections. Can humans get bird flu? Humans are not usually affected by the bird flu virus.
The Braford is primarily used for beef, but sometimes used for rodeo events such as calf roping, breakaway roping, muley roping and horse showing events that involve cattle such as reined (working) cow horse, cutting and ranch sorting. Brafords were developed both in Australia in 1946 and in Florida in 1947. The American Braford, was developed ...