About Our Program

When we first came into the industry we felt that we would try and buy as many daughters of great bulls as we could and then AI them to the great bulls of today. I still think that is a pretty good strategy, however we have kinda circled the wagons in our breeding program. Due to the fact that we are in the industry as breeders, we want to breed around certain bloodlines and try to find a match. Of course, an example of this is Johnnie Hoffman. Once he found the combination that worked, he bred it over and over and over again. Now when you look at a pedigree you can tell if it is Hoffman breeding without seeing his name. There are other great breeders in this industry as well, however Mr. Hoffman is a good example.

We have focused our attention on Emperor, Phenomenon and VJ Tommie genetics. These are the three lines that we are going to base our program around. At this time we own several Emperor & Phenomenon daughters, as well as two VJ Tommie daughters. 

It is our plan to cross Phenomenon gentetics over Emperor, because that is a proven producer. Emperor over Phenomenon has not worked as well as the Phenomenon over Emperor cross, however when it does work, it REALLY works. We plan to try several different bulls with these genetics and see what we produce. Our Phenomenon genetics will come from our herd sire, M Arrow the Boss, who goes back to the greatest cow of all-time, Lambs Temptation (Phenomenon x Bet I can).  We will also use AI to achieve our goal.

In the midst of Emperor and Phenomenon lines we will put in VJ Tommie. We have VJ Tommie semen in our tank and we are using two of his sons, JL Baracade and JM Sue. VJ Tommie is a proven bull producer and has some very good daughters.

We will, of course, have other bulls involved in our program, but these three lines will be the core of it. We are exctied about all of the great bulls in our industry today and will try our best to utilize as many of these as possible.

In our humble opinion, we think Emperor is one of, if not the, best bulls in longhorn history. He has done things that no other bulls has and is in elite company in other categories. There is little doubt that he has sired more 60 & 70" daughters than any other bull in longhorn history.

We know that no bull is perfect, but we are convinced that you can't go wrong with Emperor.

Natural Service

As our program has grown we have added a famous bull in Salida Slick and a Temptations the Ace Son, M Arrow The Boss to our program.  Salida Slick produces well in the show ring and Horn Showcase and M Arrow The Boss has one of the best pedigrees in the breed.   He is the only bull I know of that has an 80" Sire and an 80" granddam.   We will use these bulls along with our AI program to create predictable genetics. 

Embryo Transfer

We are also using the proven technique of embryo transfer and the new method of IVF (invitro fertilization) to utilize our best producers.  This is also allowing us to get the most out of our very limited supply of Phenomenon semen.    We have used GRI in Navasota, Texas with a lot of success .   Other flushes we have in the works is JP Rio Grande to Delta Darlene and Tempter to Cloud Waltzer!!

If you have any questions or comments about our breeding program, please give us an e-mail or call. If you have any Emperor, Phenomenon or Unlimited progeny for sale then we would be interested.