Feedlot report from Jerry and Linda Woody

JeryLin Acres, Inc. “AN IOWA BUELINGO HERD” I had 11 heifers and 9 steers in my neighbor’s feed lot from Feb. 8 to Aug. 21. All of them were sired by my BueLingo Bulls and nearly all of the cows were at least 50% BueLingo. The calves weighted in at 580# and out at 1155#. [...]

Salting Birds and Cattle

By Darol Dickinson At the age of five years old, my grandmother told me that if you sprinkle salt on a bird’s tail, you could catch the bird. She also told me that if you grab a skunk and hold his tail down in a horizontal position, he can’t squirt you. Now, bless my dear [...]

2000 Steer Feedlot Test Results

By Dewey Wachholz, University of Wisconsin at River Falls, Livestock Specialist It was indeed a pleasure for me to be given the opportunity to work with you BueLingo breeders on this steer project. I have been working with Bull Test stations for about 25 years. but find that this project was even more interesting. With [...]

Cattle Psychology

from: Animal Handling Facilities booklet Cooperative Extension Service University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Prepared by: Warren D. Goetsch Area Extension Engineer and Dave Seibert Area Livestock Advisor Cattle Psychology There are several factors to consider when planning a cattle handling facility. One of the most important and most overlooked is the psychology of the animal. [...]

Cattle Handling Facilities

By James B. Neel Associate Professor University of Tennessee One of the keys to increasing returns from a commercial cow-calf operation is the time application of basic management practices. Many of these practices require that the cattle be either penned or restrained. Without adequate cattle handling facilities these practices are not done Most cow-calf producers [...]

As I See It – Where are we Going on Size?…

As reprinted from The Western Livestock Reporter By Patrick Goggins, Publisher from The BueLingo World – Oct-Dec 1994 One of the most talked about phases of the livestock industry today has to do with size. There’s been a mass movement in many areas away from larger cattle and to down-size the frame score into a more [...]

Heat Synchronizing Heifers

By Judy Brener from The BueLingo World – Jan-Mar 1993 Since starting our BueLingo herd, we have tried to have our yearlings calve as a group a month before the rest of our cows. We have found that many two-year old cows have trouble conceiving a second calf. We hope to give them more time [...]

The Usefulness of Linear Measurements to BueLingo Breeders

The Usefulness of Linear Measurements to BueLingo Breeders By Russ Danielson, Animal Science Department of North Dakota State University The concept of using linear skeletal measurements to describe cattle has been a part of the beef industry for many years. Measuring the beef cow with a tape and ruler has occupied the time for many [...]

The Importance of Marketing Quality Breeding Stock

By Don Brener – Apple River, IL from The BueLingo World – Oct-Dec 1994 Dear BueLingo Breeders: I wish to address a problem that happens to all breeders from rabbits to sheep, horses, cows, etc. We are an exciting new breed and the demand outstrips the availability of good quality animals. It is natural for breeders [...]

Blood Typing

Submitted by Jeff Jensen When you are required to Blood Type * Blood type reports are required for BULLS that have semen collected for use in artificial insemination and for the PARENTS of embryo transfer progeny before progeny may be registered (Rule #6). *Blood type reports are required for OFFSPRING born to cows that were [...]

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