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DDW6 cadet offers as much potential for combining leanness, durability and carcass quality with high reproduction levels as any Hampshire boar at SGI.
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The historical data that has been collected to date on Cadet is quite impressive. It is well documented that he will reduce fat and add muscle quality to his offspring. The average on 178 farm tested sons was 164 days to 230 and 0.73 backfat while 6 centrally tested sons averaged 2.21 ADG, 0.66 BF and 6.11 LEA. The tested heritage in his ancestry is rich and has been constant over a long period of time.
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Cadet features excellent muscle expression, leanness and near perfect structure and balance. He is heavy-duty in his bone work, big-footed and moves out confidently with true grit.
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Cadet ranks #7 in the overall standing in the most recent Hampshire Elite Sire Summary with the following influential sons contributing to his ranking: DMP8 Cadet 12-1, DMP8 3D, DMP Cadet 27-9.
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Cadet’s sire, SP85 12-1, stood #1 in this same summary. Sons or grandsons of Cadet recently sired the Champion Barrow at the 1991 Oklahoma City Barrow Show and Champion Hampshire Barrow at the 1991 Houston Livestock Show.
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Cadet was Premier Sire at the 1989 Winter Hampshire Type Conference and Champion Boar at the 1989 World Pork Expo. At the 1990 Illinois State Fair the Champion and Reserve Champion Females were both daughters of Cadet, with Cadet daughters winning five out of seven female classed. The 1990 Ohio State Fair Champion Hampshire Female was sired by a direct son of Cadet and the 1991 Ohio Champion was out of a granddaughter of Cadet.
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Cadet is also the grandsire of current SGI boar Navajo. Cadet has excelled in producing functional offspring well adapted to the needs of both seedstock breeders and commercial producers.
