Grass fed – no fuss – maximising meat from forage
Tough selection on our cattle for the benefit of your herd. We aim to help you breed towards a functional, grass-efficient, hardy cow that brings a marketable calf every year. All our customers receive support and advice on transitioning and developing their regenerative, profitable farming systems.
Our senior herd sires go back to the famous bull Evesund of Dupplin, 'The great fixer of udders'. These lines have helped us to select for maternal females with neat udders, a contributor to working in an outwintered, forage-based system and improving cow longevity.
Your cost comes from your cows and their ability to produce a marketable calf every year. Our cows must breed within 60 days, or she drops out of the herd.
A common theme across all the land we farm is the creation and restoration of native species-rich grassland and making the most of these natural biodiverse pastures and proving that they can be productive and valuable for fattening stock. Our breeding programme is centred around producing cattle that work within these systems without the crutches of winter housing or high-energy feed.
At Phepson, we breed cattle that work for you
Our cows
Fertile
Maternal
Long lived
Large rumen capacity – excellent forage converters
Perfect udders
Strong feet and legs
Good temperament
PROFITABLE
Our bulls
Fertile
Long lived
Moderate frame size of high quality
Excellent forage converters
PROFITABLE
KAISER, Senior Herd Sire
Semen straws available for UK and International export.
Your opportunity to buy into our programme
Excellent producer of easy-calving, fertile, moderate females for grass production
Will reduce frame size while still maintaining commercial scale.
Extremely fertile Bull - producing over 1000 straws per jump on collection on several occasions (bulls usually produce 150 - 350 straw per jump)
Line bred 4 times to Champion Bull "Evesund of Dupplin" who was known as the "Great Fixer of Udders"
We find Kaiser will correct poor udder structure in the 1st cross/generation
Huge rumen capacity - weighs 1000kg in working clothes - 53 inches at the hip
Kaiser is the foundation of our maternal bull lines, and is now available to you
Semen straws and genetics available for UK and
International export.
Kaiser
"Kaiser" translates as "King" in German and he is certainly the King of our maternal bull line. Bred by Andy Humphries who spent a lifetime committed to breeding the Native Angus for correct structure and commercially acceptable frame size. Andy used line breeding to clear out any genetic problems and today we benefit from his lifetime of work allowing us to breed Kaiser to his daughters with confidence.
With such a huge growth in grass-fed/regenerative production in the UK there is growing
awareness that as well as the right plant genetics, we also need the right animal genetics. If you want to reduce frame size and produce a really thrifty fertile female to fit these kinds of systems then Kaiser is the bull for you.
"We chose Kaiser to bring down frame size and make a really good grass cow for our transition to a regenerative grazing system. This farm has had fertility issues in the past and we chose Kaiser to help us improve that."
Matt Grifin - Farm Manager, 3000 acre Benson Wemyss Estate near Peebles Scotland.
Contact us
Contact Rob or Lizzie for a straws order form.
Rob - 07973771832
Lizzie - 07799127066
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