Ervie L1 Herefords

Bull Customer Fact File (David Morrison Culmalzie)

 

Name: David Morrison Year 1st Bull Bought: 2007
Farm:Culmalzie Most Recent bull purchase :
Region: Wigtownshire

Ervie Mark Donald E974

Private sale November 2009

Phone: 01988860244

Use of Ervie Hereford Sire:

Beef

Cows

Heifers

Genetic  make-up of  cowherd:

30 - 40 Simmental x Hereford

3/4 Hereford

Replacements source:

Homebred

(Beef Herds)

Size of herd  80

 

% Served by Hereford Sire

100% at moment

Other breeds of bull used:

None at the moment

 

Other farm enterprises:

Mule ewes to Suffolk tup

Female offspring

Retained as breeding replacements.

Sold as bulling heifers or stores.

Male Offspring

Sold as stores at Newton Stewart or some sold privately

 

Some of David's Simmental type cows enjoying some scarce late February sunshine.

Some of David's Simmental type cows enjoying some scarce late February sunshine.

David proudly shows off his crop of Hereford suckled calves.

David proudly shows off his crop of

Hereford suckled calves.

Reasons for buying Hereford bull(s) from Ervie:

To downsize from Simmental.

Local breeder.

How do you select your Hereford bull: Easy fleshing and maternal.

Have the calves from your Hereford bull met with your expectations:Yes

Just as growthy as Simmentals - good demand for bullocks.

Best heifers kept for home replacements.

Bearing in mind that we select our own sires firstly on natural yearling growth, suggest traits important to you that we should consider when making our herd replacement selections.:

Same selection critera. Important to maintain milk and improve udders and teats from Simmentals.

Are you familiar with the background to our Line One Hereford genetics:No

It's generally perceived tha crossbreeding generates hybrid vigour in commercial beef production, which improves performance of the herd at no extra cost. Is this a consideration when yoy are making breeding choices for your beef enterprise? Yes - will probably go back to a continental next.

We believe the L1 Hereford genetics improve the uniformity and consistency of our bulls and when they are used on unrelated females it generates maximum hybrid vigour in their offspring. Do you agree? Sounds feasible.

Have you anything to say as an endorsement for the bulls you’ve had from us?:

Quiet to work with.Good offspring weights at sale time with repeat buyers year on year.