2017 Benoît CASSART - Ferme du bois de Remont - 5370 Porcheresse - Belgique Tél.: +32 (0)478 27 29 26 / [email protected] www.fabroca.com On a tight rope or on a peak ... balance is vital! MEAT QUALITY IS AT THE HEART OUR CONCERNS. Let’s not lose sight of our purpose! Maintaining our distinctiveness while remaining competitive is the challenge that we want to help you meet in this time of crisis. More than ever, to achieve this goal, functional Let’s not lose sight of our purpose! concerns such as fertility or ease of breeding are our selection priorities. It’s enough to drive you crazy! The relentless attacks against meat are never-ending! The programme «Questions à la une” in May on RTBF reached new heights of vilification To do so, we have further expanded our range of bulls so that everyone can find their and defamation. Unfortunately, it reflects the current trend of public opinion. Faced with balance ... but it’s no accident that Nayakou, our most fertile bull and the one that will this sad evolution, we have to respond by denouncing strong and loud the misinformation probably give the most growth, is our best seller. The market trend is towards the hardy and stigma to which we are subject. selection that has earned Fabroca its reputation. Unfortunately, we can only turn this around in the long term and today, to survive, we have We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your confidence. Let us end with a to adapt to the market while reducing production costs. positive message: outside Europe, meat prices and consumption volumes are on the rise ... We can only hope that we will soon be able to take advantage of this global trend thanks There are ever fewer carnivores out there and our goal must be to satisfy them so that they to new exports (such as Turkey, which has improved the trade in weanlings during recent do not give in to the temptation of foreign meat. months) and that those who lobby on our behalf help us restore our image! The strength of double-muscled cattle is that they produce tender meat and a maximum of noble cuts. To ensure the best use of these noble cuts, they must be tasty. Today there On behalf of the Fabroca team are animals that are so meaty that they produce meat that is too lean and therefore too Benoît dry. These animals are damaging the image of our race and have no real purpose outside producing breeding bulls earmarked for industrial crossbreeding or to improve the conformation of animals that do not conform. On the other hand, they must no longer be considered as the main objective of our breed. Producing meat that is tasty but not too fatty, producing a carcass with high yields but that is flavourful, producing a double- muscled animal that does not cost too much or an economically superior animal that meets the conformation criteria are challenges that are sometimes difficult to reconcile but that determine our future. Selecting has become a real balancing act! Videos of several bulls available at www.fabroca.com All the bulls in the FABROCA catalogue are FREE OF THE 9 KNOWN GENETIC DEFECTS. Aladin: a pilot livestock farm WHITE DOSES B E L G I A N B L U E Haricot 3260 de Mehogne B Flash d’Izier Décision d’Izier Impartial d’Izier Animé d’Izier R Ecartée d’Izier Coquine d’Izier Apache de l’Orgelot E Tournure Harpon de l’Orgelot d’Hontoir Eglantine de l’Orgelot 98 / 84,8 / 83 Mimosa d’Hontoir E NEW Parure d’Hontoir 94 / 75 / 86,3 Lentille 3681 d’Hontoir D The selection of the Hontoir livestock farm reflects the strong character of André ALADIN D’HONTOIR Willem (0479/43 68 72): clear objectives and a straight line to get there! (born and bought at André Willem in Sommière) I BE 4-57323722 / Semence: 15480 He makes no concession when it comes to selecting traits related to profitability. 2 years 5 months, 1001 kg, 1,44 m (+6) A calf must suck and a cow must suckle while feeding on simple food and producing kilos. It is N born on 08/10/2012 not by chance that the reproductive bulls born in Sommière are renowned for their efficiency in the herd and that, as part of the genome project, the ADG of the Hontoir calves are among the G best of the race. Aladin is a heavy and very complete bull whose parents and T grandparents combine size and musculature. Y P E The first 3 daughters of Aladin at B.Cassart on Important, Sansonnet and Gagneur: a great model of economical breeding. FABROCA - Catalogue 2016 / 3 Cantona: the best of bois Rémont! RED DOSES B E L G I A N B L U E Like all bulls in widespread use, Cantona has his supporters and detractors. In CANTONA (BOHERARD CANTONA ET) (born and bought at David Pearson, CO Laois in Ireland) the bois Rémont breeding operation, headed by Benoit Cassart where he has IE 221157380755 / Semence: 15376 been massively used since the beginning, Cantona is definitely the best so far. 3 years 6 months, 1345 kg, 1.58 m (+15) He does a fantastic job from all points of view: growth, exceptional length, Linear score: Final score 90.4 skeletal development, vitality, ease, finesse and meat qualities ... Almost all of Born on 15/09/2008 his sons have been sold as breeding stock. Today, Cantona’s daughters are calving and proving to be very good mothers: Implant 8315 Repute ET de My Beauffaux Gageuse 8067 Beauffaux excellent maternal instinct, suckling capacity, quality calves and already far Empire d’Ochain B Istamboul de l’Orgelot bigger than the size of the first category of adult cows between 24 and 30 Balise d’Ochain months! Farmers who are disappointed are often those who were expecting Eruption d’Ochain R Baron du Bois Bauloye miracles from a large bull and hoped to recover in one generation years of Blak 5075 Baty Eprave Boherard Alison Manie 6956 Baty Eprave selection that tended to focus exclusively on meat. However, watch out for 100 / 86,8 / 85,6 E As de Trefle du Vanova inbreeding on the Baron and Brulot strains or you may find yourself with a 93 / 80 / 88 Boherard urelia ET Castlecuff Quenelle E small meaty type animal! D To correct the inbred small meaty animals, opt I rather for Dandi, Goulu, Gagneur or even better ... N our French bulls! G T Y P E Cantona’s daughters at Tihange, Custinne Cantona’s son at P. et N. Dave (0472 44 57 81) in Miécret: FABROCA - Catalogue 2016 / 4 Dynamite: the number 1! MASTICS DOSES B E L G I A N B L U E 35 MONTHS OLD, AND ALREADY MORE THAN 1300 KG! Index carcasses: 113 His mother is the most popular in England: she has had more than 110 calves, ten DYNAMITE (SOLWAY VIEW DYNAMITE ET) of which have become AI bulls. (Born and bought at Kévin Watret in Annan, England) UK 581435200598/ Semence: 15364 In auctions, his descendants are selling at exorbitant prices. These genes are set 2 years 11 months, 1310Kg, 1,50m (+9) B to leave something in the breed. The evolution of Dynamite is impressive and he is Linear score: Final score 86.7 shattering the record of ADG: 1310 kg at 35 months! Born on 24/04/2008 R Orvet Bois de Baillonville E Affute du Ry Ossogne Baron du Bois Papila E Bauloye Faradiba du Bois Guliver du Coin Bauloye Vertueuse de Biert Adequat de Somme D Elite de l’Orgelot Bringlee Joconde de l’Orgelot Sandy Pedro de Hodoumont I Bringlee Nestor Bringlee Kitty N G T Y P E First calf from Dynamite at I. Brouckaert (0496 66 35 80) in Ruddervoorde Dynamite’s son at F. Vanderbiest in Moorsel If Dynamite is the biggest seller at Fabroca, it is because his calves have notched up an almost clean run of successes in the 4 corners of the country! FABROCA - Catalogue 2016 / 5 Edifiant:the darling of the fatteners! TRANSPARENT DOSES B E L G I A N B L U E Exceptional fecundity EDIFIANT DU PONT DE MESSE (Born and bought at H. and P-H. CHRISTOPHE in Fexhe le Haut Clocher) The “Pont de Messe” breeding operation run by Henri and Pierre-Henri Christophe was made B BE 8-53712041 / Semence: 15437 famous by some of the sires of the BBB breed including Notez-Le, Rocky and Orphéon. And it 24 months, 902 kg, 1,39 m (+6) is these exact same origins that we find in the pedigree of Edifiant, who is the son of Rocky R Born on 15/05/2011 (famous for economic performances) and a great grandson of Notez-Le (famous for the large E cows which he sired, including the heaviest national champion in the history of the BBB). Bijoutier ET Bruegel ET d’Au Chêne On his mother’s side, we find only heavy cows that can be traced back, like Orphéon, to de Roupage Sultane de Roupage E Rocky du Pont the very large Usurière at Au Chêne (more than 1000 kg and a competition winner) whose de Messe Nappée du Pont Ubidet d’Aux Houx embryos were bought by the crafty Sheriff de Fexhe. Rocky’s mother was also a prize D de Messe Louise ET du Pnt de Messe Davidson de l’Ecluse winner in national competitions, as were the mother and grandmothers of Héros, one of Cavalière du Pont Héros du Peroy I de Messe Brillante du Peroy the Fabroca bulls whose offspring were even weightier versions of it.