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by IBBA Executive Vice President Tommy Perkins, PhD., PAS<\/p>\n

As we move into the spring calving season for 2017, cattle prices continue to be on the upside of our recent roller coaster ride. The value of every pound of weaned calf continues to have significance in the commercial cattle segment. I do not know of any faster way to increase weaned calf weight than to utilize a good crossbreeding program that maximizes heterosis.<\/p>\n

Heterosis is simply the superiority of crossbred progeny compared to the average of their parents. Most research suggests that heterosis will increase lifetime calf production (15 to 20 percent), cumulative weaning weight (20 to 25 percnet) and longevity (25 to 30 percent). Commercial cattlemen have always understood the importance of crossbreeding to take advantage of heterosis. However, commercial cattlemen have not truly managed the full benefits of hybrid vigor or heterosis because just changing the breed of bull has merely resulted in a crossbred animal. This management style does not take full advantage of its benefits compared to a planned, complementary crossbreeding program. On the other side of that statement, it has been suggested that too many have continued to use Angus bulls to the point of reduced or complete loss of heterosis effects. This is evident in the predominantly black hided, English based commercial cowherd.<\/p>\n

Although heterosis is difficult to see and even more difficult to measure, it is important to realize that lowly heritable traits generally result in a greater level of heterosis than highly heritable traits. For instance, fertility, maternal ability and longevity can see as much as a 10 to 25 percent increase in productivity, whereas ribeye size and fat thickness may yield less than a five percent increase. The American breeds, Brangus\u00ae included, have retained some level of original heterosis created from the initial crosses. More importantly, these breeds can be utilized to maximize maternal heterosis which is the increased performance of progeny due to use of a crossbred cow. Brangus-influenced cows provide improvements in adaptability, fertility, maternal ability and longevity.<\/p>\n

Research suggests that Bos indicus genetics in your herd will improve cow longevity, environmental adaptability, insect and disease tolerance, maternal ability, digestion of course forages, mineral conservation, maternal calving ease, energetic efficiency, and levels of heterosis. Florida research, using 20 years of data on 1,367 head of animals, indicated that straightbred Angus and Brahman cattle produced the lowest total animal value whereas \u00bc Brahman crosses, Brangus\u00ae and \u00bd Brahman crosses netted the highest total animal value. Joe Paschal, PhD. and associates reported that Brangus\u00ae calves had a higher average daily gain as well as higher net return when compared to non-Brahman, \u00bc Brahman and \u00bd Brahman calves.<\/p>\n

Brangus\u00ae is the reliable beef breed with more than 60 years of planned crossbreeding where all of the hard work has been done for you. Brangus\u00ae breeders have built the perfect replacement female that is adaptable from the west coast to the east coast, from the north to the south and everywhere in between. The Brangus\u00ae female excels in efficiency of weaned calf production, she excels in milk production under limited feed inputs and other environmental constraints, and her Bos indicus heritage gives her built-in calving ease, fertility and longevity \u2013 all in a polled, moderate-framed, solid-colored phenotypic package.<\/p>\n

Brangus\u00ae breeders have built the ideal herd sire that fit the needs of commercial cattlemen. Brangus\u00ae bulls add profitable pounds of weaning weight to their calves, produce outstanding replacement females, and leave feeder calves with superior feedlot gains. They require fewer days on feed and produce industry acceptable carcasses. Brangus\u00ae cattle produce large ribeyes and more marbling because of their Angus heritage which continue to make them the American breed of choice.<\/p>\n

The Brangus\u00ae breed was developed to do it all. They are cattle that economically excel in the pasture for commercial cow-calf producers, in the feedlot for cattle feeders, and in the grocery store for retailers. Brangus\u00ae cattle are known to produce a tender, high-yielding beef product with optimum levels of marbling which meet the stringent demands of health conscious consumers.<\/p>\n

The outstanding maternal strengths, feedlot performance, and carcass merit of Brangus\u00ae cattle make them the reliable beef breed to build the nation\u2019s cowherd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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