Second day of World Forum sees some great, well fleshed Angus cows

Another nice day for our second day of touring herds. We started off at Argwen Angus with the Pope family who run 110 cows.

We were treated to a 5 minute slide show of the history of Argwen which was really interesting. The cows were bigger and longer than yesterday’s cows more like the size of cows we see back home. These cows were in working condition and the 2 and 3 year olds looked really impressive. They were running with a 3 year old bull DLMJ Image Maker 2S which was a good solid bull with good length and muscle. The young calves on them look good with plenty of growth, it’s clear to see David Pope has tried to keep size in his herd.

Argwen cows

Argwen yearlings

We didn’t make it to the Junior Show as it finished early and we were running a little behind time, but our next stop was to Belvin Angus where the Hamilton Family showed us a good portion of their 180 cow herd. We started with the donor cows and ET calves as well as their show team for the forum. These were good feminine cows with good size – maybe not as big as Argwen, but big enough with plenty of flesh.

Belvin cows at pasture

We also saw a cow that James Arnott (Coul Angus) from Scotland had bought and will be at show next week. On show also was a really smart ET calf from Argentina which I particularly liked with a great head and body on her.

Belvin 200W

Their main cow herd had many good cows in it and most of us were really impressed with them with over 70% going back to one cow the founder cow of the famous Lady Blossom family.

Belvin Lady Blossom 22M