Limousin Numbers Jump
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“Increasing numbers continue to
reflect the growing acceptance the
Limousin breed'is experiencing in
the pasture, in the feedlot, and on
the rail,” said Dr. Wayne Vander
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wert, executive vice president for
the North American Limousin
Foundation (NALF).
The statistics Vanderwert
alludes to are the registration
numbers for Limousin after the
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recently ended 1990 fiscal year. In
sum, the 72,230 Limousin regis
tered in 1990 21.5 percent
more than last year mark the
fourth consecutive year of record
growth for the breed. This year’s
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heady statistics rocketed ahead of
the already strong growth posted
in 1988 with an increase of 9.7
percent and in 1989 with an
increase of 11.9 percent.
According to Vanderwert, the
numbers mean all the more if con
sidered alongside total numbers in
the seedstock arena and in the total
beef industry.
USD A figures indicate the
nation’s beef industry hit the peak
of its last expansion cycle in 1982
with an inventory of approximate
ly 1 IS million head, the first time
in history the peak of a current
cycle did not exceed the previous
one. Since 1982, inventory num
bers have declined 13 percent to
around 100 million head.
During the same period of time,
according to the National Associa
tion of Livestock records, total
registrations of the IS largest beef
breeds in the U.S. have declined
16.7 percent
‘Through this period of indust
rial contraction, total industry and
seedstock, Limousin has increased
its registration by 69.6 percent,”
said Vanderwert. “Limousin is
without question the fastest grow
ing beef breed during that period
of time when we consider breeds
registering 30,000 head or more
annually.
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“We’ve been talking about the
impact concentration has had on
the rest of the industry,” he said.
“When we look at the breed fig
ures for the last eight years, I think
it becomes apparent purcbrceds
are also being impacted by the
same forces. Concentration in the
breed business is under way and
will continue at an accelerated
pace.”
For the last nine years, Limou
sin has been the fifth largest breed
in the U.S. Depending rat the fig
ures released by other breeds as
their 1990 fiscal years come to an
end, Vanderwert speculates
Limousin may be the fourth
largest breed, based on annual
registrations.
Vanderwert said, “The really
exciting thing to limousin breed
ers is that the breed’s expansion
can be explained in real-world
economic terms rather than as an
industrial fad.”
There is no question increasing
consumer demand for leanness
and increasing commercial
demands for growth and perfor
mance helped open the door of
expansion for the Limousin breed
through the last decade.
“In the future, consumers and
the commercial industry will place
even more pressure on those pro
duction areas,” said Vanderwert.