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Welcome to the Jauer Dependable Genetics website. Please be patient with us as this website is still in development. This will be our temporary web presence while the completed website is under construction. Please click on the links on the left and browse the entire website. Feel free to contact us any time to talk to us about our program. Thank you.
At Jauer Dependable Genetics, we are committed to the production of efficient beef cows that work in the real world. Each year, more and more cattle breeders desire cattle that can function in real world (grass) environments. There is less emphasis on selection for extreme E.P.D. numbers and more selection pressure being put on traits that affect the total value and longevity of the cow herd. Traits such as udder quality, sound feet, good dispositions, and fleshing ability are again becoming cornerstones of top breeding programs across the country. Over the years we have stayed a committed course in selecting for these kinds of traits. The consistency our cattle produce will be evident in the replacement females you retain for your herds.
We are located in the country just outside of Hinton, Iowa. Hinton is about ten miles north of Sioux City, Iowa. Sioux City is on the western border of Iowa just across the Missouri River from Nebraska and South Dakota. The farm is located on lush northwest Iowa crop ground (principally corn and soybeans). It is increasingly difficult to find pasture ground in this part of the state. We strive raise the most efficient cow herd that we possibly can to utilize the limited pasture that is available in our area. We are always experimenting with alternative grazing techniques as well. In recent years we have utilized rotational grazing on multi-grass blends, spring grazing on winter rye, fall grazing on forage sorghum, and winter grazing on corn stalks.
We are a 4th generation family business. We maintain a modest herd of approximately 250 purebred Angus cows. We set our calving season from April 1st to June 30th. All our females are A.I. bred to the top maternal bulls in the Angus beef industry. We calve the heifers first and then our cows are calved out on winter rye that starts growing early in the spring. We have minimized our scour and calving problems substantialy by calving later in the spring on green grass. The cows are fed a high roughage diet - in fact they are left out to graze pastures and corn stalks as late as the winter weather will allow. The calves are never creep fed - we believe that will mask their true fleshing ability. We have a stringent selection and replacement program that insures all our cows will thrive in least cost - forage environments. We strive to produce the best maternally efficient, grass-type genetics available in the Angus breed.
Each year we sell a cross-section of young bred heifers and older bred cows in our Bred Female and Bull Sale. We also offer a few cows and calves for sale private treaty. In addition to the females, we also sell two year old bulls in the sale and private treaty. These bulls are what maternal bulls should be. They will produce terrific replacement females and efficient bulls and steers. They are brought up on a high roughage diet so as not to burn them out. It is important to us that our bulls maintain longevity as one of their best traits. They are deep, thick, high capacity, moderately framed bulls. You will find that they will not need supplemental feed and they will not loose weight during the breeding season. We hope you will take some time to evaluate our program. We are
confident that females and bulls purchased from Jauer Dependable Genetics will make a
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