X Boran FAKTOR BORAN X DROUGHTMASTER BORAN X SUSSEX BORAN X JERSEY BORAN X ANGUS BORAN X SIMBRA PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA) This is a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to determine how far individuals are distant from each other by using only Genomic information. Each different colour represents a different breed. The pink colour (circled by the blue line) is the grouping of the Boran breed. As you can observe, the Boran is distinctly different in terms of their genotypes compared to the other SA Studbook breeds, participating in the Beef Genomic Project (BGP) until the 2015/2016 cycle. 62 2018 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL
BORAN X BONSMARA BORAN X SIMMENTALER BORAN X NGUNI BORAN X DEXTER BORAN X BRAHMAN X Boran FACTOR 2018 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL 63
YATTA BORAN Mr Brigadier TR 12-05 (N 04-07 B 09-60) Dominante poenskop genetika. Christiaan Bredell Sel. 079 191 6517 christiaanbredell@gmail.com Anton Bredell Sel. 082 820 0084 Email wabredell@gmail.com CFH 08-277 (HVT 97-17 HVT 95-13) Blom ABW 15-15 (CFH 08-277 CI 11-139) met bulkalf Boris ABW 17-40 van NNR 05-11 AH 11-05 (Buster TLM 05-507 KB8A) CI 11-139 (Dominus TLM 05-510 KB16B)
To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst. UNKNOWN 2018 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL 65
LNR: NASIONALE ELITE TOEKENNINGS Tydens die jaarlikse LNR Nasionale Elite Toekennings, het twee diere uit die Boranras toekennings ontvang. Die eerste toekenning het gegaan aan die Aanhangsel B koei, CI 08/205B van mnr. Lambert Van Heerden, Numzaan Boranstoet. Hierdie negejarige koei het n Ouderdom Eerste Kalf van 27 maande, met n Tussen Kalf Periode van 352 dae wat gehandhaaf is oor 7 kalwers. Hierdie koei het n Reproduksie Indeks van 119 en n Gemiddelde Speen Indeks van 107. Van die groep wat geselekteer is, het hierdie koei tesame met die Sussex koei, die 2de beste Tussen Kalf Periode en Reproduksie Indeks gehad. Tydens die Nasionale Spesiale Prestasie toetsklas, het die bul FPL 16/03 (De La Hoya) van mnr. Zippo Lambrecht, Bloodline Borane, die toekenning ontvang. Dit is n eerste vir die Boranras in hierdie kategorie. Die bul het n silwer meriete ontvang vir die fase C toets by Glen en was ook die enigste bul wat in 2016 n meriete ontvang het. Mnr. Eloff Muller, Senior Inspekteur, het die volgende omtrent die bul gesê: Korrekte bul met besonderse goeie beenstruktuur, wat n aanduiding is dat die bul baie vleis kan dra. n Bul wat die regte kalwers sal teel vir die kommersiële boer wat betref vervangingsverse, sowel as vir die voerkraal. Baie geluk aan beide telers met hierdie uitsonderlike prestasies wat behaal is. SA STAMBOEK ELITE STOET TOEKENNINGS OOS VRYSTAAT Vastrap (Quentin de Bruyn) GOUD Letselaskraal (J Scheepers Bosiu) SILWER Bloodline (Zippo Lamprecht) BRONS D J Botha (Danie Botha Jodan) BRONS JTP Van Zyl (Theo van Zyl Faurzyl) BRONS WES VRYSTAAT W A Bredell (Anton Bredell Yatta) SILWER Jordaan Jansen van Vuuren (Palmyra) BRONS A.N.L Boerdery (Toks Liebenberg) BRONS OOS-KAAP E A Muller (Eloff Muller Tambaraine) SILWER P A Vienings (Hillock) SILWER S Scheeprs (Sirrs) BRONS Peinke Ranch (Keith Peinke) BRONS De Stades River Farm (Rory Kockott) BRONS 66 2018 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL
Borane IGMAR Pieter Erasmus 0824506705 erasmuspim@gmail.com Marise de Bruto 0827232325 miese90@gmail.com PME 14 086 M: NAB 07 001 P: CFH 10 177 PME 12 128 M: PME 11 002 P: B 05 106 Kalf: PME 17 120 CFH 13 389 M: CFH 09 122 P: CFH 06 445
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Links agter: Stephen Johnson; Quentin De Bruyn; Jordaan Jansen Van Vuuren; Buks Van Den Berg; Mario Du Preez. Links voor: Eloff Muller; Zippo Lamprecht; Makena Scheepers. JACQUES MOLL SNR GEDENK TROFEE (Vir mees produktiewe kudde - meer as 75 koeie) EERSTE PLEK: Tambaraine (Eloff Muller) TWEEDE PLEK: Bosiu Boerdery (J Scheepers) DERDE PLEK: Vastrap Boran (Quentin De Bruyn) DAVE GREEN GEDENK TROFEE (Vir mees produktiewe kudde minder as 75 koeie) EERSTE PLEK: Bloodline Borane (Zippo Lamprecht) TWEEDE PLEK: Palmyra (Jordaan Jansen Van Vuuren) DERDE PLEK: Faurzyl (J T P Van Zyl) SIMON HODGSON TROFEE (Vir mees produktiewe kudde minder as 50 koeie) Mpumalanga Klub: Van Links: Hendy-Hein Matheuws; Buks Van Den Berg; Jason Meadon; Hilton Philpot. DOUGLAS & TIM RALFE TROFEE/TROPHEE Vir rasbevordering / for promotion of the breed EERSTE PLEK: Fontier (S P Johnson) TWEEDE PLEK: Superior Genetics (C Collett / Mario Du Preez) DERDE PLEK: SP Els Familie Trust (F Els) 70 2018 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL
FASE PHASE C UITSLAE RESULTS UITSLAE RESULTS UITSLAE RESULTS UITSLAE RESULTS UITSLAE Contratulations to all our merit winning bulls! NR TEST CENTER ID NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 CEDARA PHASE C1 CENTRE CEDARA PHASE C1 CENTRE CEDARA PHASE C1 CENTRE CEDARA PHASE C1 CENTRE GLEN FASE C1 SENTRUM GLEN FASE C1 SENTRUM GLEN FASE C1 SENTRUM BORMPEEK 160018 BORMPEEK 160023 BORMPG 160858 BORMPG 160860 BORMFPL 170029 BORMVST 160153 BORMVST 160155 OWNER IDX NAME ADG ADG FCR IDX IDX FCR ADA ADA KLEIBER RATIO IDX KLEIBER COR SC PEEKAY BORAN 1477 124 5,86 102 934 117 19 118 335 PEEKAY BORAN 1710 144 5,54 107 1074 135 20 124 349 PG S BORANS 1590 143 5,41 110 866 114 20 132 268 PG S BORANS 1578 142 5,35 111 833 110 21 135 311 BLOODLINE BORANE 1564 115 6,10 96 1005 116 18 104 330 VASTRAP BORAN 1378 100 6,18 94 803 93 18 102 313 VASTRAP BORAN 1285 93 5,88 99 830 96 17 94 302 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Thanks to all the breeders that participated! 2018 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL 71
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If you have been brutally broken, but still have hte courage to be gentle to others then you deserve a love deeper than the ocean itself HILTON GILL 2018 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL 73
O GREEN STAR CONTRACTORS 4 AUGUST - PRODUCTION AUCTION 2018 D 11 28 (K6K 3534 x KPO 955) Srixon Srixon has already raced to the top of our list of sires, cementing his place at Circle H Boran amongst the legends of great bulls that have preceded him. He is the perfect example and definition of a bull that oozes masculinity and dominance. A direct son of the hard-muscled K6K 3534 and a Kenyan super cow KPO 955, Srixon summarizes the ideal combination of body, genetics and manlikheid. His services are exclusive to Circle H Boran and he has been used extensively in the herd via embryo flushings and conventional matings. With Srixon at the helm, we are confident that the future of Hurwitz Farming Boran is safe and secure. Simeon Hurwitz 082 415 5448 (owner) Jarren Hurwitz 082 412 3393 (owner) Hendy Mathews Jeannie Du Plessis 071 675 3012 (ceo) 072 680 8589 (stud manager)
AUCTIONS 10 OCTOBER - BULL AUCTION Picasso GF 10 23 (GF 06 10 x TLM 04 22) Appropriately named after the great artist Picasso, this younger picture-perfect version of Picasso is not only strikingly magnificent but is also one exceptional block of a beef machine! Broad-backed, deep-bodied and faultless, he has assumed the mantle of our leading bont bull and has been used as widely as possible across the entire herd. His dam is TLM 04 22, a bull breeder of distinction and one of our own super cows. His father goes back to the great matriarch B 96 615 cementing Picasso s pedigree as a desirable attraction to any stud. We are delighted to have Picasso in our herd and look forward to all his future progeny. Office 061 566 5572 Fax 086 609 7588 Web www.bhfarming.co.za Email info@bhfarming.co.za
Bloodline BORAN Zippo Lamprecht Dewetsdorp Smithfield Ladybrand 082 396 9071 082 492 4786 bloodlineboran@gmail.com MHB11-41 PUNCH (K6K 3534 X KPO 1082) Punch is a well muscled bull, with a broad back and lots of capacity. He is one of our herd sires with a uncommon bloodline that can be used on all other bloodlines in SA. He is in the top 4,3% with Growth, 1,02% with Kalf Growth and 0,10% with Fertility. This made him 1 of 9 Boran bulls that is, according to SA Studbook s Beef Bulls, the best Boran bull with a Cow Value Index of 146. Most Productive Medium Boran Herd OUR AWARDS IN 2017 SA Studbook Elite Gold Herd First ever Special Performance Test Class Boran bull
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KLUBS CLUBS KLUBS CLUBS KZN CLUB The success of a club is being driven by its chairman and we as club members just want thank Mark Hansmeyer for all his time he gave up for making our club a success. KZN BORAN CLUB ACTIVITIES FOR 2017 1. We had a very busy year and we stated with our AGM on the 3 March 2017 at Tim and Karen Ralfe farm Heavitree. After the meeting Tim gave us tour through his commercial Boran farming operation and showed us how well the breed is doing in his area. The day was closed by a braai. 2. On the 15 March 2017 we had a student information day for agriculture students from universities in KZN on Ivan and Naomi Voight Mount Verdi Estate. There were about 90 students and each one received a t-shirt from the club after the junior course. 3. The 2017 tour went to CEDERVILLE, KOKSTAD and RICHMOND. The first day we visited Simon Young, Henk Botha and Pete Muir. Simon showed us how he is using the Boran to produce beef from the veld which was very interesting. We also had a taste of the meat he is producing. That night we braaied at Pete s and had a great time. The next day we joined a farmer s day in that area that showed us some grazing practices and visited the winner of the best veld management in South Africa. The third day we visited commercial farmers, Bulldog, Morris, and the Newborn Family and Karl Aadnesgaard in the Umkomaas where we spent the night. We thank them all for their hospitality. On Sunday morning we visited a dairy farmer who has been using Boran bulls to build up a commercial beef herd. Then home. 78 2018 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL
5. The Royal Show took place from the 26/05/2017 to the 04/06/2017. We had a very busy show and lots of interest shown in our breed from our upcoming farmers and also from other breeders. Martín our previous Breed Managers presence was appreciated. We had our normal Wednesday braai and club members were well represented. We thank all the members for their support and help with the show with animals and everything else. 7. Mark also went down to Ulundi to give a small information day to students of James Nxumalo Agricultural School with AFASA. 6. Information days were held in alliance with AFSA in the following areas: Sweetwaters, Mpophomeni, Ulundi and Impendle.Three Bulls were donated to Sweetwaters community under the leadership of Nkosi Zondi and thanks to Mark, Ivan and Simon for their contribution to the community. 8. An information day was also held in Underberg in conjunction with RPO. We thank Mark Hansmeyer for representing the KZN Boran club. 4. Peter Kean s Information day with Weston Agricultural School on the 27 of April 2017 was a great success. We gave a mini Boran junior course and students had a small competition in judging animals. Peter gave them a presentation on his farm management and how and why he is using our breed. Each student received a t-shirt. After a successful year for our club we as committee of the KZN Boran Club thank our members for their support. We challenge other clubs to equal or beat our performance! 2018 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL 79
KLUBS CLUBS KLUBS CLUBS MPUMALANGA BORAN CLUB This article, to be published in the 2018 Boran Journal contains some of the information on activities that were reported on in the December 2017 newsletter. Certain information on activities undertaken by the club in the period April 2017 to date are repeated here as well as additional information on the events post the December 2017 newsletter. The Mpumalanga Boran Club Committee Members include: Buks van der Berg Chairman Hilton Philpot Secretary Hendy-Hein Mathews Member Marthinus Botha Member Jason Meadon Member The club was particularly pleased to be recognised by the society at the 2017 National Auction, as the club who had most actively promoted the Boran breed during the year. Although not resting on this laurel the club hopes to increase its activities through further information days, promotion of the breed at agricultural shows, cattle information tours etc., and particularly to reach-out to subregions in Mpumalanga and perhaps further afield (e.g Swaziland) so as to further extend the Boran society s reach and enhance the continued promotion of the breed. In late August 2018 an information day was held at the Pitsa Ya Metsi Boran Stud in the Lydenburg/ Machadodorp region where local farmers and active club members were able to communicate on a range of subjects concerning cattle farming and the Boran breed in particular. Attendees included Boran stud farmers, commercial farmers and other interested parties. In this regard Buks van der Berg introduced the breed and its particular characteristics focusing on the breeds hardiness and ability to thrive in a range of conditions. Simeon Hurwitz provided the audience with a very enlightening presentation on the performance of the breed in the feedlot environment. This information was well received. Hester Theron from SA Studbook provided the attendees with a recent update on the increase in the use of Genomic Breeding Values as a tool to predict performance criteria. The presentation also included information on the genetic Sishen CFH090257 Pitsa Ya Metsi s Herd Sire uniqueness of the Boran breed. The formal presentations were followed with a viewing of some of the Pitsa Ya Metsi Stud animals with Buks van den Berg providing explanation of the Boran breed physical traits. Of significant importance to the Boran breed in Mpumalanga is the increasing levels of interest from potential Boran stud breeders and commercial cattle farmers who, through the efforts of the society to promote the breed, have increasingly become informed as to the suitability of the Boran breed in cross breeding programmes. There has been an increase in the number of new Boran stud breeders in the region and this bodes well for the future. It is believed that this increased level of interest in the Boran breed is due 80 2018 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL