NAPA DIRECTORS Contact these NAPA Directors via email - just click on the underlined address. Delon Shetler, Ohio - President delonshetler@hotmail.com Jerry Hofer, S.Dakota - Vice. Pres. lakeviewpieds@juno.com Peter DenOudsten, Alberta, CA - Treasurer peony@platinum.ca Roger Soukup, S.Dakota at rsoukup@cme.coop John Snover, Nebraska at memlane2010@live.com Ken Silva, California at KSM@shasta.com Joel Vaden, Tennessee at JVaden1958@aol.com Vicki Johnson - Executive Director Click HERE to buy Piedmontese Beef On-Line BREED ASSOCIATIONS The Italian Piedmontese Association (ANABORAPI) aDirect link to the Italian AI Sire Catologe - Direct link to the Italian AI Sires list of weights & measurements. The Canadian Piedmontese Association (CPA) Piedmontese Society of New Zealand Australian Piedmontese Association The British Piemontese Society Irish Piemontese Society

PIEDMONTESE BREEDERS and/or Branded BEEF Marketers Yoder Brothers Farms (Tennessee Piedmontese breeder & beef marketer) Lauras Lean Beef Corp. Montana Ranch Brand Poplar Ridge Piedmontese Southern Cross Land & Cattle Sandies Creek Farm (Texas) Stelly Farms (Mississippi) Emtman Brothers Farms (Washington) The Red Bird Farm (Michigan) Heartland Meats (Illinois) Reflections Ranch, Home of Sastex Beef (Texas Piedmontese breeders)     If you would like your Piedmontese website linked here, please contact NAPA. International Lake Farm Piedmontese - New Zealand

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INDUSTRY  Active Farming. com Farmers helping farmers farm better through collaborative efforts. {Excellent resource site !} Texas Animal Health Commission www.quietwean.com   PFIZER - the Gold Standard in Animal Health Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) Billings, Montana National Western Stock Show (NWSS) Denver http://metal.buildingsguide.com - Multiple price quote service & buyers guides for metal barns, agricultural storage buildings, riding arenas and more.

SERVICES Beef Improvement Ontario - go here to use the trial demo of BioTack and upload data for the Piedmontese EPD Project (BIO) Cattle Today DNA testing services - GeneStar Tenderness and GeneStar Marbling, plus more - visit either of these sites for details on these exciting services: Frontier Beef Systems or Genetic Soultions USDA Ag. Research Service - a Searchable Database of USDA Research Results. Open the main page and type in "piedmontese" or "myostatin". (USDA Research) Canadian Livestock Records Corp. (CLRC) The Cattle Pages (lots of links, industry news) Meating Place (up to the second information on the red meat & poultry industries...excellent, informative !) Browarny Photographics The Canadian Cattlemen's Association NATUR'S Way Inc - are you feeding cattle ? Check this site !

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Miscellaneous Links of Interest Tour the Piedmont Region of Italy website: Terre di Emozioni Land of Emotion Tour Operators REVIEW by MARIA GRAZIA ASSELLE and BRIAN YARVIN For review copies and interviews, please contact Rajni George by phone: 212-685-4371, by fax: 212-779-9338, or via e-mail: rgeorge@hippocrenebooks.com. Order Department: T: 718-454-2366; F: 718-454-1391; e-mail: orders@hippocrenebooks.com. Hippocrene Books, Inc. 171 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 www.hippocrenebooks.com Quarter Horse Spot

Miscellaneous Links of Interest Reining Appaloosa Northern Horse.com - Links .Plate Magazine (culinary journal devoted to "proteins" ! Beef, Pork, Poultry & Seafood) Frame Score & Tape Weights Chart agsites.net - Over 36,000 agriculture and outdoor world websites

 

The Links below will open Evaluation Summaries from the USDA Research at MARC (Germ Plasm Evaluations). To read the Introduction, click HERE....This report is a "Breeds of Livestock Comparison" of some 27 different breeds/categories, including Piedmontese. The results here are all from 'half-blood' Piedmontese 1-copy for myostatin; which post the highest dressing percent, the largest rib-eye area, and highest retail product percent.

Table 1 - Mating Plan

Table 2 - Biological Types (4 criteria)

Table 3 - Birth weight, calving to weaning performance

Table 4 - Post weaning daily gain, carcass dressing percent...

Table 5 - Carcass weight, Rib-eye measure...

Table 6 - Retail Products percent & weight, trim percent...

 

 

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