LMA Members' Forum

This page is for LMA members' questions, comments and discussions on general matters, and for raising and debating issues of concern.

CYAN PO

Sat 4 Feb 2012 | Brett Smartt

I used the bull, Cyan Po and of the two bulls that I have got, one has been culled for only one testicle and the other has just been culled for undersize testicles. I was wondering if anyone else has used this bull and had the same issues.

DARK CUTTING

Sun 22 Jan 2012 | Kel Sorensen

See article on this website - I just wondered what sort of promotion our society has planned on the issue, or is it a lost opportunity?

Sat 28 Jan 2012 | WM

Well spotted and good question. Not yet heard of any moves to exploit this discovery. If members have comments on the issue, they should complete the form below and we will lobby the Board.

The Beef CRC found that as eye muscle area goes down the probability of dark cutting increases. It would appear to be a great opportunity to promote crossbreeding with high content Limousins to produce more heavily muscled calves, which reduces dark cutting and as a very significant bonus increase yield. A win-win for everybody!

EXPORTS

Sun 11 Dec 2011 | Carole Burden

I thought members would be pleased to hear that more South Australian Limousin bulls will be flying off to China in the New Year. The 12-man Chinese delegation, including the governor of the purchasing province near the Russian/Mongolian border, chose well muscled young bulls by mainly French sires. Bulls are for an AI centre.

ALBS

Sat 10 Dec 2011 | Geoff Haack

The mention of the 'black D'Aquitaine' in the latest newsletter - Why? can only be because they're black surely but are they a "new" breed? For me just goes to prove Kel Sorensen's point about the one breed/two colors agenda and further emphasises the impact the Angus promotional campaign has had on the mind set of so many even those fully committed to another breed.

Sun 18 Dec 2011 | WM

The word "black" is only referred to once (black baldy) on the Australian Blonde's website. Even on the Blonde websites of the US and Canada, which set trends for Australian breeders, black barely rates a mention, and then only when referring to an Angus killer bull! Black d'Aquitaine in the world of Blondes thus appears to be a non-newsworthy (except to the ALBS) consequence of the breed's purebred grading up system - and not a new breed.

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