D22—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 21,1984
ITHACA, NY While spring is
traditionally the time to buy a new
wardrobe, to trade in the old car, to
plan home and yard im
provements, for the beef cattle
producer in the Northeast spring
can be the time to change bulls.
That is the advice of William
Greene, livestock extension
associate at Cornell University and
director of the New York Bull Test.
Greene suggests that producers
who have used the same bull for
the last four years and who have
kept his daughters in the herd
might consider selling this bull and
coming to the New York Bull Test
Sale, May 4, at Ithaca to select a
replacement.
There will be 55 to 60 “tested
models” on display at the Bull Test
Sale which will be at 7:30 p.m. May
4, at the Livestock Pavilion on the
Cornell University campus.
Greene said, “these young bulls
from all of the major beef breeds
will bring new genetics into a herd
Many will
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the more popular herd sires of
their respective breeds. These
bulls will be able to produce cattle
for today’s market and for today’s
packer and consumer needs. This
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them makes these bulls available
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Greene said, “the bull
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program and selection of a per
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cattleman to produce more red
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