“We would all love to identify that one bull that does it all — easy birth weight, his cattle all grow, and they all grade well and feed well,” says Lee Mayo, general manager of HRC Feed Yards, Scott City, Kan. “The only way to get the information needed to identify that bull is by testing the genetics. That’s what these programs are about.”
Mayo refers to the American Hereford Association (AHA) Hereford Feedout Program and the National Junior Hereford Association Fed Steer Shootout. Both provide Hereford breeders and commercial users of Hereford genetics the opportunity to send a…
