ENVIRONMENT
All studs are run as standard commercial beef production units. All cows are run on steep hill country in among sheep. The cows spend all winter cleaning up pasture and work very hard. All farms have high stocking rates this putting pressure on the Waigroup cattle. No concentrates are used. Hay is often used in the winter.
The three different localities consists of two summer wet and one summer dry environment. Across environments make for greater accuracy's in progeny tests.
All cattle are carefully assessed at all times for structural soundness. Pinebank is a very summer dry environment.
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