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02/06/2025
• Limousin Leads the Way in Collecting Carcass Data •
Carcass trait EPDs for Limousin and Lim-Flex® cattle are now among the most accurate and predictable in the industry, thanks to a cooperative effort between the North American Limousin Foundation (NALF), Aurora, CO, International Genetic Solutions (IGS), Bozeman, MT and Riverview LLP/Wulf Cattle, Morris, MN.
The leap forward comes with the inclusion of more than 300,000 actual harvest data phenotype records from pedigreed Limousin and Lim-Flex-influenced cattle into the IGS national cattle evaluation. This project began initially in 2021 with nearly 45,000 head and has grown to over 300,000 head in the last 4 years.
“Incorporating this amount of actual carcass data, directly into the National Cattle Evaluation at IGS, is unparalleled,” says Mark Anderson, NALF Executive Director. “The carcass phenotypes generated will greatly enhance accuracy, not only on the EPDs of sires in the NALF herdbook but also on related cattle throughout their pedigreed bloodlines. This will also greatly enhance carcass progeny equivalents when genomically enhancing cattle and will result in improved predictability in the mating decisions our breeders make, especially as it relates to highly heritable carcass traits.”
Wulf Cattle, Morris, MN made the inclusion of the unprecedented number of carcass phenotypes possible. Wulf Cattle is one of NALF’s largest producers of Limousin and Lim-Flex cattle. Besides producing seedstock, the operation also feeds cattle in commercial yards throughout the central United States.
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