THROWBACK JOURNAL

MARCH 1987

On the cover, the grand and reserve champion pens of Brangus bulls at the National Western Stock Show in

Denver, Colorado are featured. The top three bulls feature Windy Acres’ grand champion pen of three. The bottom three are the reserve pen of three shown by Granada Brangus. The show was evaluated by Mike Lettunich and Gene Raymond, with a photo by Diane Johnson. The magazine featured a multi-page article titled “What Do Bull Buyers Want?” The highlight quote came from Paul Genho of Deseret Farms, “I need as complete records as possible – scrotal circumference, yearling weights, weaning weights, and birth weights.” A commercial operation, Groendyke Ranch of Enid, Oklahoma, was featured in the story “You Don’t

Get Any Better Than This: the Brangus Cross Female” by Jodi Burgin. The Groendykes spoke with 25 years experience running 2,000 head of commercial cows. Groendyke states, “I’ve tried lots of breeds – Simmental,

Limousin, Chianina, Charolais, and many other exotics. Brangus are better reproducers with less disease problems. The average weaning weight of my calves is in the 525- to 550-pound range. The biggest problem with buying Brangus bulls is that I can’t find the number of good bulls for the same price I pay for other breeds.”