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McCoy Farms was founded in 1935 by Marion Nicholas. The farm began
with only 15 cows. Gary entered the operation full-time in 1958.
Marion and Gary proceeded to purchase purebred Hereford females
over the years. The use of polled bulls became prevalent in the
mid '70's with 90% of the herd being polled today.
In the fall of 1995 we bought our first Gelbvieh cattle as
somewhat of an experiment in a second breed. The Gelbvieh breed
impressed us with their ability to combine so many traits into one
package that the other exotics did not. These traits included
growth, muscling, milking ability, lean meat yield, early sexual
maturity and fertility, all combined in a relatively easy fleshing
package.
 The McCoy breeding program has been based on production related
selection criteria right from day one. The focus of our breeding
program has been to breed multi-traited cattle excelling in
maternal and performance traits that are put together in a sound
easy fleshing package.
The goal of our program
has been to produce yearling bulls equipped with the tools to
provide value to the commercial beef industry. We also offer
significant packages of replacement females to the industry on a
regular basis.
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