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Friday 30 May 2014

The Best Beef Producers Are The Irish Red Cattle

By Lila Bryant


World over, countries have various cow breeds, in the agricultural sector.It may be for beef, milk and its products, farm work or other uses.Ireland has one of the best beef cattle, Irish red cattle, which is best known for beef.For six decades now, the Irish cattle has been a great source of pride and economic value to the Irish people.

Initially made in America for its inhabitants, the breed possesses some of the most desirable beef producer genetics known in the world. The development process of the Irish hybrid has taken more than fifty years. The process of coming up with this gem, and the modifications to that effect, were done according to the basic functionality requirements stipulated by the beef industry in the States. The instructions guiding the development of this type demanded that animals should attain outstanding performance standards to retain their place in Reds Foundation of blood. This produced the efficient, feed proficient, fertile and superbly performing product which is a source of pride today.

The origin of the blood coloreds traces back in Stamford, in the 1960.The developmental work in the breeds is attributed to one, Maurice Boney, who goes down the books of history as the father of ideally the most unparalleled and greatest genetically powerful cows, to date. He was interested in coming up with a remedy to the increasing need for improved and more efficient beef breeds.

The unique breeds bear an inbuilt genetic predictability in addition to their line breeding qualities and close-herd aspects. This has ensured genetic quality of fertility and competitive production in cow meat industry. These results portray the outcome of a very seriously verified, intimately supervised, time consuming and engaging breeding process.

The breeds basically come from beef Friesian genetics with little proportions of their blood sourced from the early breeds of Aberdeen Angus coupled with bits of plain, industrious, quality female. He developed ultimate commercial females presiding the importation of Friesian variety available in Ireland, to make up excellent qualities crucial in coming up with the best yields of beef possible.

The process of selecting and developing the breed involved a lot of time and resources in an effort to upgrade the performance of the cattle. In fact, the preferences of the market in the United States were the main considerations in developing the new breed.Tenderness and the tastiness of the product were among the major preferences considered.

The Reds of Ireland are serviceable, thorough in structure, and to a great extent, cut on the reliance on labor.

These animals offer dependable and predictable beef gene combinations which are used to produce similar qualities of cattle in America.In an effort to protect the purity of the breeds, its founder Maurice used secure trademarks.

Reasons why the cattle are preferred are, among others, their genetics are pure, they have high concentration of genes, super fertility, high carcass quality, marketability and are flexible in various environments.




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