Maximizing Profit by Crossbreeding with a Blonde d’Aquitaine Sire and Red Poll Cows.

I currently run approximately 50 Red Poll breeders with a Blonde d’Aquitaine bull on my 93ha property Grünerfeld at Mt Molar which is 6kms west of Clifton between Toowoomba and Warwick. When purchasing my cows, they were all in-calf to various bulls. The weights of the various breeds of calves have been compiled by Landmark Toowoomba at the time of sale which was generally 10 months. I do not have scales on the property, therefore few individual weights have been recorded at the time of sale, these weights are an average of the lot sold. The calves were sired by two pure bred Red Poll bulls, one ½ Red Poll x ½ Droughtmaster bull, one pure bred Angus bull and one pure bred Blonde d’Aquitaine bull.

--- Peter Muller