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2011-12 MARITME BEEF SOCIETY BULL TEST

There currently are 12 Limousin bulls on test, that gained an average of 4.13 on the first 28 day weighing. Othburg Limousin of New Brunswick, with eight bulls on test, have the highest gaining bull to date. The Craigs from Prince Edward Island, with three bulls on test, have the second highest gainer. Blue Diamond has the only Nova Scotia entry.

NEW PROMOTIONAL BANNERS FOR THE ASSOCIATION!

With assistance from the Canadian Limousin Associaiton, we have purchased new banners promoting Limousin cattle.  You can see these new banners at the Atlantic Stock Yards, the Sussex Auction facility, the Maritime Test Station, and we have one that will travel with our display.  Please take time to have a look the next time you are at one of these facilities.

MARITIME BEEF TESTING SOCIETY 2011 SALE

The 2011 sale was highly sucessfull with ¤2,450 sale average for the Limousin, up from ¤1,925 last year.  Ten bulls sold, with three selling for ¤3,000 or more.  The high seller was a Richmond Tod son consigned by Othberg Limousin that sold for ¤3,100.  This polled bull boasted an impressive rib eye of 17.7 and the highest lean meat.

Centerbrook Farms had the two next high sellers both coming in at ¤3,000.  Also sons of a Richmond bull, these three consistent polled bulls from Centrebrook all boasted WDA indexs of 106. 

This year's test once again proved Limousin bulls they are the carcass leaders.  The Maritime Beef Test Station tested 139 bulls this year with sixteen being Limousin from five breeders.  Ultrasounding results found of the top seven bulls for adjusted rib eye, five are Limousin. These sixteen bull all showed an ultrasound lean meat yield of 65% or higher, with the number one ranked bull on test being a Limousin with a yield of 71%!

 For more information on the Maritime Beef Test Station, go to their website at http://www.maritimebeefteststation.com.  

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Residual Feed Intake or net feed efficiency is the next tool the beef industry will be looking to.  It measures how efficient cattle are at converting feed to pounds. Not only does this mean lower cost for the producer, but because less feed is processed in the gut, lower methane emissions as well.  But what does it mean in dollars and cents? 

A test across 10 breeds at the Midland Bull Test Station in 2008/09 measured individual residual feed intake on the bulls. The Midland Test found at 15 cents a pound cost for feed, it would cost approximately ¤60 less to put 500 pounds on the Limousin than the 10 breed average.    Limousin proved to be the most efficient of the ten breeds.