David is a veterinarian and is a partner in the Morden Veterinary Clinic, a 7-person practice in Morden, and a 2-person practice in Pilot Mound. David and his wife Shelley, an Animal Health Technician, also own and operate Embryo Genetics Ltd., a full service Embryo Transfer company that provides ET services throughout Manitoba, south-eastern Saskatchewan and northern North Dakota. David enjoys the challenge of assisting with the management and breeding decisions in the Hamco Angus herd, and it gives him a chance to practice what he preaches.

Our breeding program focuses on producing cattle that will be widely accepted by the commercial beef producer. We screen and cull our bulls at least 3 times through their production phase, and end up selling from the top 60%. The bulls are selected based on performance, structural soundness, temperament, breeding soundness evaluations and calving ease. The bulls are developed on a high forage ration and evaluated on a 112 day home performance test. We rank our bulls for calving ease and sell a good selection of bulls suitable for heifers, a large group of bulls that would work well on heifers or cows, and some we recommend only using on cows.

A Hamco Angus bull will provide performance and desirable carcass traits to your herd while maintaining calving ease, high conversion rates, maternal strength, easy fleshing ability and Angus vigor at birth. The sold red color of the Red Angus will cross very well with almost any colored herd or crossbred herd. The Black Angus bulls will contribute their dominant Black hair coat color that is in demand in the marketplace.

Updated November 5, 2008