Whitemans' sold on Santa/Braford fusion

By Matt Sherrington
Updated September 14 2018 - 2:15pm, first published 2:00pm
Target: The Whitemans are putting Santa Gertrudis bulls over their mainly Braford breeders, to keep the flatback on the progeny, which they finish and sell into the EU market.
Target: The Whitemans are putting Santa Gertrudis bulls over their mainly Braford breeders, to keep the flatback on the progeny, which they finish and sell into the EU market.

A delicate balancing act is required for the Whiteman family’s mixed-breed commercial operation, in which they’re currently using Santa Gertrudis bulls over their Braford breeders to even out the Bos Taurus/Bos Indicus-ratio in the progeny.

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