Bred by: Goodwin Family Farm - Ames, IA
Owned With: SGI
Born: 7-04-04
Teats: 14
Namatjira combines outstanding meat quality traits with excellent maternal production
He is 25% English with his paternal grandsire (100% English) a top ranking boar for meat quality at the NBS Progeny Test. Paternal Grandsire has an EPD for Intramuscular Fat (IMF) of 0.45 which ranks 13th in Berkshire breed
Also represented on his sire side is the Rockwood Stone line that also ranks very high on meat quality with Rockwood Stone 7-6 ranking 9th in Berkshire breed on IMF with an EPD of 0.46 as well as 10th on Instron Tenderness
On dam side, Namatjira’s maternal grandsire, Rosette Count 15-3, and double great grandsire, Rossette Count 56-1 rank 1st and 2nd on EPD Instron Tenderness, 4th and 6th on cooking loss while 15-3 also ranks 9th on juiceness
A full sib to Namatjira’s dam ranks 7th on Taste Panel tenderness and 7th on cooking loss
Both the paternal and maternal granddams excelled in longevity (11 & 12 parities) and maternal production with over 10 born alive and 8 weaned lifetime averages
Namatjira is a wide spriung, big ribbed boar that also has excellent bone and foot size
He is well balanced and very sound and functional
Namatjira puts together supreme meat quality wtih excellent maternal traits in a productive, tough, sound and very functional package
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