Hereford herd sales grow with line-bred genetics from US

摘要

A Scottish Hereford herd has seen bull sales grow fourfold since introducing line-bred US genetics selected for high yearling weightson the Montana rangelands.The Douglas family at Ervie Herefords, Mains of Aides, Stranraer, first imported Line One Hereford (see "What are Line One Herefords?") embryos in 2005.Back then, the farm would typically sell 15-20 bulls a year, mainly to dairy farms looking for short-gestation, easy-calving bulls that were good on their feet. But now Ervie Herefords sells about 25 bulls into commercial and pedigree suckler herds and more than 50 to dairy farms.