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The nine main reasons why you should choose Santa Gertrudis. Here they are:
1. A large beef breed
2. Adaptability
3. Combining hardiness with beef
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Exceptionally good foragers; due to their excellent walking ability they can
travel long distances for food and water.
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Consistently larger calf drops in competitive tests with other major breeds.
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Exceptional longevity, bulls have been known to work until 14-15 years of age
and regularly females of 13 - 15 years and more have been recorded as producers
of top calves.
4. Fewer production problems
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Easy Calving - Santa Gertrudis cows are renowned for producing calves with small
birth weight and rapid weight gains to weaning.
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The good dark coloured, well hooded eyes are known to be resistant to cancer and
have also proven resistant to pink eye problems.
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High resistance to bloat under a
variety of conditions.
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Strong healthy calves mean a
higher percentage from birth to weaning and more profit in your
pocket.
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Tick resistance - Santa Gertrudis cattle have maintained a high inbuilt and
heritable resistance to ticks.
5. Mothering Ability
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Cows have above-average production
of quality milk with high butterfat content.
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Cows are renowned for their natural nursing ability; one cow will often stand
guard over numerous calves while the other cows graze.
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Excellent maternal
instinct.
6. Marketability from grain or pasture
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They consistently excel with carcass weight per day of age. Weight gains of 1 to
1.5 kg per day is easily attainable.
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Ability to be turned off at a young age; popular in Western Australia's baby
beef market, in southern states as vealers and yearlings, excellent pasture fed
for popular restaurant trade and ideal for the bullock and feedlot export
markets.
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Natural ability for efficient feed conversion and quick weight gains either on
pasture or feedlot.
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They continue to gain efficiently without increasing excess fat deposits.
7. High Carcass Cutability and Salvage Value
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Santa Gertrudis cattle maintain high buyer demand because of their reputation
for high yielding carcass with the ability to produce ideal fat coverage for the
market.
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Large mature size ensures high salvage values on culled stock.
8. Poll Cattle
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Santa Gertrudis cattle are
acceptable under the Standard of Excellence either horned or
polled. Poll cattle are shown in the Stud Book and Stud Book
Certificates with the addition of [P] for poll or [PS] for poll
with scurs.
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No
penalty attaches to dehorning, either before or after classification.
9. Babysitting
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