The maine anjou is one of the highest marbling of the continental breeds.
Maine anjou marbling.
The angus will hopefully get most of them black and contribute more in the calving ease area.
From a commercial standpoint it provides a favorable option for crossbreeding programs.
Fullblood maine anjou s potentially have the best carcass offered in today s cattle industry.
Due to their large size in the past they had some calving problems.
With careful selection even within purebred maine anjou the cattle structure is more conducive to calving ease.
On its own it is an excellent variety of beef cattle but when crossed with the angus.
In 1970 the canadian maine anjou association was formed.
It was created in the nineteenth century in the historic province of maine by cross breeding the local mancelle dairy cattle with durham stock from britain and was at first called the durham mancelle.
I would then top it off with a black purebred maine anjou to add extra thickness bone and growth.
Its large size and easy fattening abilities make them a resource many ranchers want to tap into.
The maine anjou is a french breed of domestic cattle raised mainly in the pays de la loire region in north western france.
Over the past 35 years in canada selective breeding has.
The first maine anjou arrived in canada in 1969 and later through artificial insemination the breed entered the united states.
Reduced the frame size of both fullbloods purebreds drastically reduced birthweights tightened up.
The maine anjou are feed efficient large cattle that provide high cutability and marbling qualities.
