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Tuesday 19 November 2013

The Best Traits Of Irish Black Cattle For Sale

By Georgia Diaz


Irish black cattle were introduced into the United States in the 1960's and 1970's by a genetic scholar named Maurice Boney. By mating his perfect beef females with imported Friesian sires he founded the breed. Today you can find many ranches that have Irish black cattle for sale. For his experiment he used a closed herd and qualified the genes scientifically. The breeding was controlled for over fifty years and was trademarked in 1990 to ensure the purity of the stock.

Choosing this type of animal to raise will open the door to the many advantages of their breed. The life span of the bulls and their high fertility rate is a major plus when trying to maintain herd size as well as make a profit on your investment. Purchase of a good bull for the herd will change the face value of the herd in just one year. The sires are raised with an eye to genetic purity and their strong genes dominate other breeds when mated to them. There will be few occasions when you see an unwanted throw-back trait in the calves sired.

Calves raised for their meat are said to be nearly identical in appearance. The carcass is lean and has excellent marbling leading to prime cuts of meat that is sought out for its taste and tenderness. The return on your investment makes this breed a very wise choice.

Calves are vigorous and lively when born. They arrive in the spring and the cows have a much shorter gestation period than other breeds. After only two hundred seventy seven days delivery is easy for the cows because they have been bred to have larger pelvis areas. It is very rare for them to need any help with this process.

These animals also have the capacity to convert roughage into nutritious feed better than most other breeds. It has been shown that you can run twenty more of this breed than others on the same pasture land. They demonstrate a moderate size that metabolites feed better than larger animals.

The ACCA controls the registration of this breed. If you want to register one with them you must first have it confirmed by DNA that is the off spring of a registered sire and cow. You are required to meet stringent fertility and reproduction requirements and you must never show the animal in a competitive arena. Any animal that cannot meet these standards consistently will be stricken from the registration books.

If you wish to participate in the ACCA you may purchase membership by the year or for life. The advantages of this action are that you can be a part of the decision making process regarding some of the regulations controlling the breed, registration costs of bulls will be reduced, and you may be allowed to put your bulls in the bull development center. Also you are allowed to advertise on their website.

When choosing what stock you want you would be remiss not to look into Irish black cattle for sale. The advantages they offer are many. They can help you to widen the production of an existing herd or start a new career that will benefit you and your family.




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