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The Herd
The breeding program at Mount Linton, including 800 calving females, specialises in maternal performance while improving growth and carcass traits.
Performance recording the Angus herd at Mount Linton began back in 1991 and was expanded in 2005 to incorporate an annual AI program of 550 females. The best Angus genetics world-wide are specifically sourced to match our requirements. They must break the negative correlations between the following traits:
- Direct and daughters calving ease
- Low birth weight and high growth rate
- High growth rate and low mature cow weight
- Positive fats and positive retail beef yield.
Proven Performance
Over the past five years the commercial cow herd on the Station has achieved:
- Scanning - 93-97%
- Calving - 92-96%
- Weaning - 240-270kg
Buying a Mount Linton Bull
Bulls are for sale by private treaty as yearlings or 18-months old for an extra cost of $500/head
- Transport of bulls is compliments of Mount Lintonas far north as Feilding
- The fertility and structural soundness of bulls is guaranteed for three years
- Uncompromising approach to breed soundness, temperament and fertility
- TB status C10
- Tested for BVD, EBL, semen quality
- Bulls are certified by an Angus assessor for structural and fertility soundness
Don't Just Take Our Word For it ...
Robert Grant, Grant Farming Partnership runs 900 beef cows at Gore.
"We've been buying Mount Linton bulls for 8 years to mate with yearling heifers. Last year out of 150 heifers, 97% were incalf in 2 cycles. These achieved a 93% calving (no. of calves weaned / heifers to bull). Mount Linton bulls have good temperament, good growth rates and their progeny kill out well."
Andy Taylor milks 1,600 cows at Dipton.
"We've been buying Mount Linton Bulls for 6 years now. Mount Linton bulls are extremely quiet to handle which is important to us. Another major advantage is that the bulls are easy calved. Most importantly we have a ready market for good quality calves. We sell 4 day old calves as well as 100kg calves at 90 days and we've got people lining up for them.
Mount Linton genetics offer us performance we can count on."
Contact: Ceri Lewis
M: 021 678 809
T: 03 225 4687
E: clewis@mountlinton.co.nz
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