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Culling and selection for slick 'Best to the Best and Culling with the next gener-
the Rest.' And we won't sell ation.
Granddaugh-
hided cows are paramount. ter Allyson has a good
The Hendricksons have been our culls to other breeders.” group of Nile Valley
Igenity® testing all bulls Part of the Picture For cows herself, John said,
and females for nearly two Over Half of the Breed's which means the tradi-
decades, and presently are History tion may well continue
sourcing GeneSeek 50K and This fall, the American for Shorthorn to graze
100K genomic tests for all Shorthorn Association kicks under the watchful
bulls and whole cow herd re- off their Sesquicentenni- eye of the Hendrickson
cords. Nile Valley Shorthorns al year as America's First family.
are Tibial Hemimelia (TH), Breed with the release of a
Digital Subluxation (DS) and book titled Shorthorn and the
Pulmonary Hypoplasia with American Cattle Industry.
Anasarca (PHA) free. The Authors Dr. Bob Hough and
added data concerning fes- Dr. Bert Moore document the
cue tolerance traits is icing impact of the red, white and JUG Livestock Waterers
on the cake. roan breed since its arrival in WesLynn Enterprises
John said, “Some cow fam- the states. For 118 of the 150
ilies are not fescue tolerant years of their time here, the
and DNA can now predict Hendrickson family has been
that.” That's key to a grass part of that Shorthorn royal
based program where miner- heritage and plans to contin-
als are the only supplemen- ue the legacy.
tation, with no grain offered “We've been raising Short-
to keep cattle conditioned. horns in the family since
Both A.I. and natural service 1903,” John said. “We are in
play roles in the process too. the process of doing some Performance Tested for over 25 years
The goal, according to upgrades to the cattle chute Clean Fresh Water Every Time
John is to “cull heavy, thus and facilities to ease in the Open Bowl Design
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