G A R Home Base:
• As of the June 2nd update of the Fall 2023 NCE among all ORIgen sires - Number 3 for Calving Ease Maternal EPD, Number 7 for weaning weight from maternal Milk EPD, Number 8 for Calving Ease Direct EPD and Number 9 for Docility score EPD and Residual Average Daily Gain EPD.
• The Brumfield selection from the April 2022 Gardiner Angus Ranch sale by the $475,000 record-setting G A R Home Town from a young dam chosen to serve as a foundation donor by the ST Genetics program.
• With an ultra-elite top 1% ranking for $Combined value index, $Beef value index, $Grid value index and Marbling score EPD, G A R Home Base is elite for $Weaned calf value index, $Feedlot value index, maternal Milk EPD and Calving Ease Maternal EPD with a superior top 10% ranking for Calving Ease Direct EPD, Weaning Weight EPD, Yearling Weight EPD and PAP score EPD.
• Calving ease, explosive growth, added carcass value, great milking ability and the adaptability to produce progeny that will perform at high altitude make this exciting young sire a great addition to the Brumfield Angus program that produces Angus genetics in both Michigan and Montana and another excellent young low PAP score EPD option from the ORIgen marketing system.
• Elite for $Combined value index, $Beef value index, $Weaned calf value index, $Grid value index, $Angus x Holstein crossbreeding value index, $Angus x Jersey crossbreeding value index, Marbling score EPD, weaning weight from maternal Milk EPD and Calving Ease Maternal EPD, superior for Yearling Weight EPD, PAP score EPD and Docility score EPD and better than breed average for Hair Shedding score EPD, hoof Angle EPD, Calving Ease Direct EPD, Birth Weight EPD and Residual Average Daily Gain EPD.