Company
The Stabiliser Cattle Company (SCC) was formed in 1996 by five significant beef producers in response to their requirement to develop an improved suckler cow type to replace their less efficient dairy bred cows.
The Company is a UK leader in beef genetics producing Stabiliser dam line breeding stock. The focus of the breeding programme is to improve the economic production of consistently high quality beef from forage-based systems.
Reducing costs is vital for the sustainability of the UK Beef Industry. SCC is leading the development of a composite breeding programme that offers a range of cost saving advantages whilst maintaining the economic production of high eating quality beef.
After several visits to the Leachman Cattle Company in Montana and the USDA Meat Animal Research Center in Nebraska, SCC members selected the Stabiliser to develop the breed in the UK as a replacement for Holstein cross bred cows.
The Company is expanding its activities by developing a UK network of nucleus breeders working within a multiplier agreement and breeders who are grading up to pure Stabiliser
from their existing cow base.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Several important economic traits in beef cattle are antagonistic towards each other. For example, extremes in growth and muscularity will often negatively affect calving ease, fertility and maintenance costs.
The optimum level for most traits is a balance between costs and performance which is used to create the greatest profit. This is enhanced by selecting animals for uniformity and consistency.
Most suckler cows are too big and produce too much milk for their environment. Their input costs are too high in relation to the kilograms of calf weight weaned per cow mated. When calf prices are high or they are supported by high subsidy levels then they are likely to be profitable but when that support takes a down turn then there will not be sufficient income to cover production costs.
Bigger is not always the most profitable.
Optimum production will always be more profitable than maximum production. Optimum production is the point at which net profits are maximised. Profit is the only thing we should maximise and depends on managing the imput/output balance to minimise the cost of producing a kilo of beef.
Price is largely out of the control of producers cost per kilo is not.
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Supply Chain Manager
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Ursula Taylor - 07790 018637
Breeding co-ordinator
- Lowri Williams - 07884 312782
