ASAProvides Open Breed Registration

from 2021 Fall Simbrah World

Tightening Up Calving Season

Source: American Simmental Association

Knowledge is a powerful tool for success. The American Simmental Association (ASA) recognizes that informed, data-driven decisions improve the bottom line for both seedstock and commercial producers. Making access to complete herd data easier, the ASABoard of Trustees recently passed an open-breed promotion to dual-register cows that are registered with another breed association at the nominal rate of $5.00 per head for the fiscal year 2022. As the ASA runs an open herdbook to any breed and believes strongly in the benefits of crossbreeding, many members of the ASA raise a variety of breeds of seedstock. The dual registry enables breeders to garner EPDsfrom the largest multibreed beef cattle genetic evaluation with the International Genetics Solutions (IGS), opens opportunities with other programs available from the ASA, and paints a more complete picture of the herd when all cows are in the database.

“We are taking away that cost-based hurdle for any person who wants access to the IGS Multi-breed Genetic Evaluation to receive a multi-breed, directly comparable EPD,” shares Chip Kemp, ASAdirector of Commercial and Industry Operations. “If someone has been intrigued by our database but was holding out, this is the opportunity to invest, and bring a large group of females into the IGS database for a credible multi-breed EPD.”

As of July 2021, the ASAreduced the rate to register a cow already registered in another recognized breed association from $17.00 to $5.00 for the 2022 fiscal year (July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022).

ASA’s director of Performance Data Programs, Jannine Story, shares that by dual-registering females, cattle producers take advantage of more meaningful data by creating ties to other offspring and animals in the genetic evaluation.

“Not only is this a clear advantage for current members to receive a more complete picture of their herd’s performance through fuller pedigrees,” she says, “but also, this openbreed registration promotion coupled with our various Total Herd Enrollment options provide any producer, who may have not had access to a multi-breed evaluation before, timely access to weekly updated, low-cost, cross-breed directly comparable EPD on cows and calves.”

Any person can apply for registration on an animal registered with another breed association. To take advantage of ASA’s open-breed registration promotion, all dual-registration requests must be received or postmarked during the 2022 fiscal year. To get started, email a list of the other breed association numbers with tattoos to simmental@simmgene.com.

At the American Junior Simbrah Roundup (AJSR) this summer, six scholarships were awarded by a combination of funds from the AJSR monies and the Victor A. Guerra Memorial monies. 2021 recipients included (left to right) Mary Sanders ($1,500), Natalie Eillis ($1,500), Lorelai Hill ($2,000), Cassidy Fuchs ($2,000), Kayla Sansom $2,000 and standing James Hewitt $2,000. Congratulations to each of you.

For more information on the scholarships visit simbrahroundup.com.

To learn more about funding for future scholarships contact Victor Guerra at vgg03@aol.com or Brande Fruge’ at juniorsimbrah roundup@gmail.com.

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We added the Smith JCC Richer Look 3B cow to our herd in 2014, as she was the highest selling lot in the Synergy Sale and for good reasons-pedigree, profile and profit potential. She has been an outstanding producer for us and now her influence is enriching other programs—her daughter 3G is now at work for the Mixon Family.

The Richer Cow Family goes back to Golden Glory, a Houston Champion and we think her value in terms of production and profit are just beginning.

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Sired by Lubbock, who is a descendant of Bella Bella and out of Smith JCC Richer Look 3B. She is a purebred with a top 3% ranking for API and 1% for TI. She is part of the Mixon Family’s growing program now and was a successful show heifer for their daughter, Callie.

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by the Texas Simmental’/Simbrah Association. It can be a challenge to market our cattle, as we want to keep the best ones as we are still building numbers, but it’s also necessary that we sell some of the good ones “ said Jason.

Both Jason and Amanda will tell you this is not where they saw themselves when they married, but both enjoy the cattle and the challenges it provides.

6G/LMC Golden Boy is the senior herd sire at Golden Star Simbrahs.

“We like to see how the matings work or don’t work. We are proud of how we have been able to improve each year and we enjoy the Simbrah cattle and breed. We’re proud of both our girls’work ethic and determination, which was largely influenced by their cattle projects and related contests. They were able to win scholarships, which greatly helped, also.

We are glad we chose Simbrah and that we chose this lifestyle. We feel we’re carving out our little niche in the breed with each calf crop,” she concluded.