Coota Park Blue-E has built there own on farm Efficiency Testing Facility. This 48 pen facility allows us to record the intake of each bull on a daily basis. We record the total amount of feed eaten for the test and then have total amount of weight put on during the test. These two figures then go to producing an efficiency figure.

Efficiency testing facility

The test is a 70 day test with a 21 day adjustment period. The diet is a high protein, lower energy diet that allows the bulls to grow at a satisfactory rate without being detrimental to the overall well being and longevity of the bull.

" Grassfed * Performance Recorded * Efficiency Tested * Fertility Tested "

The bulls are tested post weaning after a short adjustment time. We have made it part of our policy to test all bulls that we sell in our sale. Testing at this age enables us to let the bulls down after testing and before selling onto clients and also to use these bulls in our own breeding programme, thus giving us quick generation turn over and faster genetic gain.
Coota Park has tested a lot of cattle to date and are more confident of real merits in feed conversion than ever.

	Top left: Recording amount fed daily "Blue is the new Black"