International Visitors
A Russan deligation, who are importing cattle from the U.S., came by to visit our Hereford herd. They were in the states to view a shipment of cattle being held in a Western Kansas feedlot. Wanting to visit a Hereford herd that had been linebred for many years, they visited us. We had a good time trying to answer their questions and showing them all the cattle.
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From Left to Right: Exporter, Vern Brown, Jonesville, MI, Importer, Bas van der Heiden from The Netherlands, Dmitry V. Karlikov from the Moscow region of Russia, the interperter from Bulgaria and the Russian who will be receiving the imported cattle.
Homecoming
November 28th was a good day on the ranch. We walked a group of cows two miles to bring them home for the winter.
On the same day, we received the heifers from the Colorado Ranch where they summered. They have been there since May.
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93% Graded Choice!!
One of our customers purchased a set of five bulls to use on their premium Angus cows. They called to tell us they completed their feedlot program with 93% grading choice.
Welcome Back "Doc"
In
2005, our top selling bull, D Advance
304, aka "Doc" went to Towns Herefords. We recently visited the Towns' ranch
and saw Doc and his calves. We were so impressed
that we traded half interest in a young bull for half interest and 1/2 possesion of Doc. We plan to use him heavily in 2010.
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Whose Who?
With the lost art of horn branding, there's no need to ask whose who. It's a wonderful tool for identifying the cattle with their tattoo number on the left horn and their sire's number on the right. No lost tags here!
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Tallgrass Ultrasound
We had Tallgrass ultrasound all the yearling sale bulls again in June 2009. As expected, with line breeding, the bull averages were all very similar.
Again this year, all the cattle had high muscling scores and Tallgrass will recommend them to herds that need more ribeye size. Please call us for a copy of the scan results.
Comanche County Fair Champions
We were pleased to hear that both the Grand and Reserve Champion Steers at this year's Comanche County Fair were sired by Deewall bulls. Congratulations to David and Derek Hubbard of Oller Farms.
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Grand Champion Steer
Reserve Grand Champion Steer
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Some Sad News...
Our 8 year old herd bull, Adv Red 11, was injured last year and could not be used in our breeding program this year. We really hated loosing this powerful herd bull. Not only were his calves incredible but his wonderful disposition made him one of our all-time favorite bulls. We do have a good supply of semen in storage, so he will continue to have an impact in our AI program. He also left us two very good sons to continue in his foot steps.
Hereford
America Visits
Deewall Family Herefords
In
September, Marc Hotchkiss, editor of the Hereford America newspaper,
stopped by for a visit. Mark snapped these photos
of our senior
herd bull Adv
Red 11 and his son Golden
Advance 550. The bulls had
been pulled, from a summer out
with the cows, about
three
weeks
before this
photo was taken.
SEMEN
IS NOW AVAILABLE ON BOTH
OF
THESE OUTSTANDING BULLS
CALL
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Adv Red 11
D
Golden Advance
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Tallgrass
Beef Ultrasound Results
Tallgrass
Beef company
just completed ultrasounding all of our 2009 yearling
bulls. They will be recommending Deewall Herefords
to Angus breeders who desire more muscling. The
following is a summary of the results.
| Measurement |
Average
Deewall Score |
Ribeye Shape
0.50 or greater is recommendend |
Bulls
= .505
(Considered Ideal) |
Tenderness
A score of 25 or less is recommendend
|
Bulls =
25.5
(Tender)
|
Stress
25 or less is recommendend
|
Bulls
= 10.15
(Very Low Stress)
|
|
