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Groove was the talk of the barn and the top selling Hampshire boar at the Iowa State Fair because of the tremendous muscle shape down his top.
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He has a definite groove from his blades to his rump and a huge dimple above his tail.
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Like his illustrious sire, SGI 4430 Icon 3-8, he has tremendous muscle expression and depth along his loin.
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Groove also has a big, thick, muscular ham with remarkable muscle expression through the center and stifle regions. With his above average frame size and good length of body, one is assured that Groove will generate his tremendous muscle volume on a big enough skeleton to grow efficiently and stay lean to heavyweights.
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Groove is also a stylish, level made, sound and free wheeling boar.
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The Icons are certainly doing the job in producing high cutability, good performing hogs. Six of the top eight pigs in Groove’s contemporary group were sired by Icon with Groove ranking second on Terminal Sire Index and two littermates 7th and 8th.
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On the bottom side, the Senator line has been a mainstay in the Stewart herd both from the standpoint of test station performance and sow productivity.
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Unfortunately, Groove has a somewhat limber penis. It is questionable whether he could serve a sow naturally. Thus, we caution customers about using him for purebred Hampshires or production of terminal boars.
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On the other hand, we certainly recommend Groove if you are interested in producing terminal market hogs that excel in total lean content combined with efficient production or if you desire to produce eye popping show pigs.
