The Kalahari Purple sire ‘Sta Cushy’ (777-20-051), bred and offered via Bushra Stud in Botswana, lately fetched a file value of R165 000 (BWP120 000) at the once a year Trifecta Elite Sale held on the Nationwide Agriculture Showground in Sebele.
Picture: Equipped/Rulé Ernst
The dollar used to be purchased via South African Kalahari Purple stud breeder Rulé Ernst from the Bonisa Reds stud, close to Wolmaransstad in North West.
The brand new file value for Botswana beats the former file of R143 472 set in November 2021 for the dollar ‘Homeboy’, which used to be additionally offered via Bushra Stud.
Ernst expressed her admiration for Sta Cushy’s spectacular, masculine head, capability, remarkable period, and breeding values.
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She informed Farmer’s Weekly: “This dollar will upload very much not to most effective the genetic variety of my flock, but additionally to the nationwide Kalahari Purple genetics base. I’ve up to now bought a dollar from the Bushra stud that has added considerably to the standard of the Bonisa stud.”
Consistent with Faheem Kala, of Bushra Stud in Botswana, a Kalahari Purple and Boer Goat Stud breeder, Sta Cushy used to be born a dual and hails from a extremely confirmed genetic line.
“His sire-side is going again to the famed ‘Patchy’ bloodline, which has been one of the impactful breeding traces within the Kalahari Purple business, while his mom used to be a 2016 Serowe display champion right here in Botswana.”
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Discussing the dollar’s characteristics, Kala says that Sta Cushy is well-muscled and carries numerous meat; his intensity of frame and robust best line are completed off via one of the spectacular heads within the goat business.
Kala’s recommendation to farmers in need of to shop for goats: “Farmers must at all times take a look at to shop for right kind goats out of fine and confirmed bloodlines. This may increasingly lend a hand breed high quality transferring ahead, keeping off goats with faults and defects.”