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| Israel Longhorn Project |
| 2021-02-16 |
| [Long Horn Project.org] The Israel Longhorn Project is an educational and cattle crossbreeding improvement project helping Israel. Israel needs desert cattle that fit its desert environment; that breed of cattle is Texas longhorn. 1. Longhorns can eat invasive shrubs and cacti (decreasing fire hazards) 2..Longhorns have higher reproduction rates and very low loss rates 3..Longhorns have excellent calving and mothering abilities 4. Longhorns solve the problem of rising feed costs 5. Longhorns protect their calves from predators 6. Longhorns are highly resistant to diseases The Problems We Face Israeli cattle producers are trying to improve their cattle’s adaptation to the environment but are failing. They started out with the best America cattle breeds that feed on grass year round, had no predator and little or no disease or parasite resistance and put them into a semi-desert, semi-tropic hostile environment where they did not fit and expected them to function as if they were in America. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 A few years ago when I was in Israel, I noticed that the prickly pear cactus was all over the place. Although some Israelis think this plant, sometimes called the Sabre, is native, it is not native. If the Longhorns can eat this stuff, more power to them. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-02-16 15:27 |