Larson Hereford Farms
has produced more Dams of Distinction
than any herd east of the Mississippi River.
has produced more Dams of Distinction
than any herd east of the Mississippi River.
These hardworking LHF cows attained Dam of Distinction status for 2015;
LHF 20T JADE 969W
LHF 20T MAIDEN 149Y
LHF 601 BELLE 942W
LHF 694D BITTERSWEET 502R
LHF 9615 BITTERSWEET 865U
LHF P04 DANA 859U
LHF P04 LIPSTICK 838U
LHF T761 NORA 928W
LHF 601 ULTRA 019X
RJ ROSE 67K
We annually offer 50 females for sale either by priavte treaty or through the Genetic Selection Sale- held on the first Sunday in October on odd numbered years (October 1, 2017). Our cowherd is of upmost importance to us. We rely on them for the majority of our income. We grow all our own crops, both to market and feed our livestock. We feed out our steers on high-moisture corn while on a comfortable pasture. We raise our replacement heifers and bulls on a diet of corn silage and a light corn and oats mix. Our cows are fed hay, generally from mid November until green grass (mid May) and are expected to calve early each year, then while on grass only, breed back quickly, raise a good to excellent calf without creep feed or pampering and utilize the cornstalk residue in the fall, before it is exhausted, or the snow gets too deep.
We calve in two seperate seasons, about 200 cows in the spring (Feb.- March, tailing off in April) and 25 in the fall (Sept.). This gives us options for marketing our bulls and steers.
We incorporate genetics that are well suited for us and our environment. Time has shown us that we need the majority of our cows to be in the 1300- 1500 lb. range. Cows relying as heavily on forages as much as ours do need a lot of capacity, and with that comes a little more size.
Our cows are also expected to be very sound. We run them in big, rugged pastures (by Wisconsin standards) and they travel a lot, so good feet and legs are a must. Udder integrity is also very high on our list of quality traits. We work hard to maintain a cowherd with tight udders and small teats.
Artificial insemination and embryo transfer are used to move our herd in a particular direction, but we prefer to purchase and utilize the best sires we can afford. We believe that these bulls need to be out of superior dams and that this will have a large impact on the daughters of these bulls, constantly moving our cowherd forward in productivity and efficiency. This also applies to the females we are able to offer our customers.
We calve in two seperate seasons, about 200 cows in the spring (Feb.- March, tailing off in April) and 25 in the fall (Sept.). This gives us options for marketing our bulls and steers.
We incorporate genetics that are well suited for us and our environment. Time has shown us that we need the majority of our cows to be in the 1300- 1500 lb. range. Cows relying as heavily on forages as much as ours do need a lot of capacity, and with that comes a little more size.
Our cows are also expected to be very sound. We run them in big, rugged pastures (by Wisconsin standards) and they travel a lot, so good feet and legs are a must. Udder integrity is also very high on our list of quality traits. We work hard to maintain a cowherd with tight udders and small teats.
Artificial insemination and embryo transfer are used to move our herd in a particular direction, but we prefer to purchase and utilize the best sires we can afford. We believe that these bulls need to be out of superior dams and that this will have a large impact on the daughters of these bulls, constantly moving our cowherd forward in productivity and efficiency. This also applies to the females we are able to offer our customers.
