Limousin

ABOUT LIMOUSIN

Up until 1950 the cattle of this breed were used to pull carts which has resulted in strong, muscular and large-sized descendants with lean carcasses and well-developed legs.

Live-weight indicators at KOLUMBI for cows — 600-800 kg, for bulls — 900-1100 kg, for separated calves at the age of 7-9 months — 280-365 kg, for young bovine animals at the age of 15-20 months — 480-650 kg. Easy calvings in 99 per cent of cases.

Basically German, Franch, Danish, Swedish genetics and also a little USA genetics is brought into the Limousin herd at the farm. In total 18 unrelated lines have been created and the herd is genetically polled. Their colour varies from lighter shades of brown to darker and varied. Around 15 per cent of the total number of Limousins are from artificial insemination.