When we spend time with our cattle we realize that some are better adapted than others. It may be adaptation to heat or cold, it may be nutritional adaptation where they remain in better body condition, on poor pasture, than the rest of the herd.

My total grazing and adapted genetics/selection students know that to achieve a greater increase in stocking rate and faster improvement of their soils, adapted genetics, creating a composite, is the answer to many of our problems.

Here are the advantages of adapted genetics over non-adapted genetics!