A Boer Goat sire, Komatsu (762210143), bred and offered through the Lucas Burger Boer Goat Stud in Griekwastad, just lately accomplished the best value ever recorded for a Boer goat offered at public sale.
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The dollar was once offered for R500,000 and was once bought through Kabelo Rametse from CSR Farms in Pretoria.
The dollar was once auctioned on the Lucas Burger Stud’s twenty fifth manufacturing public sale and were broadly used within the stud. Rametse advised Farmers Weekly that he was once prepared to pay one of these top value because of the animal’s outstanding qualities.
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“I used to be specifically inspired through Komatsu’s duration, width, and outstanding dimension. As a newbie stud breeder, this dollar will position my flock on a forged genetic footing. I’ve already won enquiries from potential consumers keen on acquiring semen and from consumers taking a look to order a few of his first youngsters,” he mentioned.
In line with Rametse, the dollar warranted its value as it mixed the entire peak breeding values of the Boer goat breed. Komatsu was once evolved in South Africa from confirmed genetics and was once a confirmed sire that got here from a top-quality bloodline.”
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