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Econotech Simmentaler Bulls
We measure the profit so you don’t have to guess.
The bulls of Econotech Simmentaler are bred to add more value to the herds of commercial farmers. This value is best measured by an economic selection index. The index integrates all the various profit drivers in a commercial herd. With this aim the Simmentaler Society designed the SIMMENTALER PROFIT INDEX (SPI).
This SPI caters for the use of Simmentaler bulls by cattle farmers in their cross-breeding systems. Ideally a farmer should first note the SPI of a bull and then inspect it visually. In this manner a farmer would identify those bulls that add value to his herd. The top eight Econotech bulls perform on average as measured by their respective SBI’s R250 or 25% better than the average of the SA crop in 2024.
Econotech Simmentaler is leaning hard into data-driven breeding. We are constantly checking our data with the actual performance of our cattle on harsh Karoo veld. One of our main tools is the Simmentaler Profit Index (SPI). The SPI combine those breeding traits that actually impact a commercial farmer’s bottom line – like growth rates, fertility, calving ease, and carcass quality – before even looking at the animal.
The fact that our bulls are hitting the top 1% to 10% for genetic efficiently while being “veld-tested” in the Karoo is the real clincher. It proves they aren’t just “paper champions” fed in a kraal; they have the hardiness to actually deliver those growth and fertility numbers in a demanding environment. For a commercial farmer looking to maximize weaning weights, fertility, calving ease or carcass yield through cross-breeding, this data-backed reliability is a massive de-risking factor.
We are offering some of the most genetically efficient sires available for cross-breeding programs.
SPI IS THE QUARANTEE TO PROFIT
Every breeding trait has an economic value for a commercial farmer. The SPI (Simmentaler Profit Index) combines the most important traits into one index (measured in Rand).
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FERTILITY – a cow needs to get pregnant every year. The most important trait for fertility is the “days to calving after a bull has been put to the cow” (DC).
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CALVING EASE – Giving birth without any assistance (CED) adds profit to a cow’s economic value for a commercial farmer.
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GROWTH – the proof of the pudding is a healthy, heavy calve per cow at weaning.
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BULLS – these traits are also important when selecting a bull as he will contribute half of the values of each trait possessed by his calves/heifers.
VELD-TESTED BULLS
Our cow herd have evolved over many years in the Karoo – years of severe drought and years of abundance. Through tough selection criteria the herd were awarded he Veldplaas trophy for the most fertile herd in Southern Africa in 2025.
Our Econotech bulls are treated the same as the cows. Only the best bulls are selected.
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They rank in the Top 1% to 10% of the Southern African Simmentaler bulls.
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“Karoo-Proof efficiency” results in hardy bulls that keep their condition even in drought conditions.
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They have the staying power, walking ability and condition to actually deliver their genetic potential in the real world.
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An Econotech bull will work longer and survive the “tough years” without the need of extra feed.
PROFIT THROUGH CROSS-BREEDING
The Simmmentaler were developed as a separate breed of Bos Taurus. Thus, it is the BREED OF CHOICE for cross-breeding with other Bos Taurus, and even more so with Bos Indicus/Sanga, breeds.
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Most Econotech bulls rank in the Top 1% to 10% for the Simmentaler Profit Index (SPI).
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A Top 1% to 10% Econotech bull is not just lightly better; he is a genetic outlier – one of the best in the breed.
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Econotech Simmentaler bulls give extra growth to cross-bred calves – you are injecting “Hybrid Vigor” on steroids in your herd.
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The “free lunch” from cross-breeding with our bulls come even more to the fore when you keep cross-bred (F1) heifers. These F1 heifers inherit the calving ease and fertility traits in addition to growth from the Econotech Bulls (with their superior SPI indexes).
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Our Top 1% to 10% bulls are bred to produce daughters that breed back early and stay in the herd longer.
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In stead of buying expensive replacements, you start breeding “Easy-Keepers” that thrive on the veld and raise heavy calves year after year.
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ECONOTEC SIMMENTALER BULLS
POWER OF SELECTION
BULLS IN THE TOP 1% FOR ECONOMIC SELECTION INDEXES
PJD2213 SPI
RAND
PJD2213 668
% of SA 2024 1%
SA 2024 480
ECONOTECH PJD2213 is one of our elite bulls, with its SPI in the top 1% of SA crop. This results in R188 or 39% above the SA average. It outperforms the SA crop in:
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Calving Ease (CED, i.e. direct, as well as CEM, i.e. maternal through its heifers)
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Fertility (Days to Calving (DC) and Scrotal Size (SS))
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Growth (200 and 400 days)
Econotech Simmentaler Bulls: Class of 2021
The Class of 2021 excel in those breeding traits which underpin our herd’s main attributes, namely Calving Ease, Fertility, Body Condition and Growth (see attached table) (See graphs for Harold).
SON OF DAN
Econotech Harold PJD219 P
Harold is one of the rare examples of the breed with exceptional high breeding values for Calving Ease (top 1%), a small Birth Weight (top 5%) as well as excellent growth with his 400 days at the top 30%. He is also an excellent example of reproduction genetics with his ebv's for Days to Calving (DC) as well as Scrotum Size (SS) in the top 5%. Furthermore, Harold possesses top condition traits such as ebv's for Rib and Rump Fat in the top 5%. This underlies his ability to maintain his condition in a severe grazing environment. He stems from a fertile cow family. His mother, PJD1456, had DC of -3.1 (in the top 5%) and 6 calves with an ICP of 375 days. His grandmother, PJD0712, had 8 calves with an ICP of 376 days.
In summary, his economic selection indexes show that Harold is by far one of the top bulls in the market. He is in the top 5% of the 2032 SA crop regarding the cross breed index (SPI) as well as the breeders' index (SBI).
KALANT P: high REPRODUCTION and high GROWTH plus FEED EFFICIENCY (senior sire, sold)
SON OF KALANT PJD1565 P
ECONOTECH ARLO PJD2118 PP (homozygous polled)
Arlo is homozygous polled as tested by the Unistel Laboratory. As a homozygous polled bull he will produce only polled offspring in Taurus related cattle. This is a big PLUS for an extensive cattle operation.
Arlo has, as is the case with all the other sons of Kalant, strong body condition traits which makes him very adaptable to a range of climatic conditions.
His economic selection indexes are in the top 5% for SBI as well as for SPI. Arlo should inherit the feed-efficiency genes of his sire, Kalant (NFI-P = -0.08, top 15%) and those of the sires Kalhei (NFI-P = -0.12, top 5%) and Jimsu (NFI-P = -0.25, top 1%). Arlo is a genuine curve bender regarding calving ease (CED in top 5%A nd CEM in top 1%), fertility (SS in top 5% and DC top 20%) and growth (400 days in top 30%, whereas his MCW is only in the top 50%).
His dam, PJD1447 P, is very fertile with 9 calves, an ICP of 370 days and DC (days to calving) in the top 5% of the SA 2023 crop. She has also produced two excellent dams to date. Her dam (PJD103) was, in fact, one of our most fertile cows ever with 10 calves and an ICP of 378 days. She also produced three impressive stud bulls.
SON OF TIARK WC1221 P
Econotech Lewkowitz PJD2114 P
Lewkowitz is heterozygous polled as tested by the Unistel Laboratories.
Calving Ease is one of his best traits with CED in the top 20%, CEM in top 1% and Birth Weight in top 20%. His fertility traits such as Days to Calving(DC) and Scrotum Size(SS) are respectively in the top 20% and 10% of the SA crop. One of his condition traits, Intra Muscular Fat (top 5%), gives him his ability to maintain his condition in almost any type of grazing. Furthermore, Lewcowitz stems from a fertile cow family with his dam PJD178 (6 calves with a excellent ICP of 361 days and a DC in the top 15%). His grand mother, PJD0416 was a three star cow with 13 calves at an ICP of 364 days. These traits will strengthen his ability to breed fertile offspring.
Kolbe P was a bull par excellence. He integrated the feed efficiency of his sire, Kalant, and the fertility and body condition of his dam, PJD1633 P. His dam has Zolerz as sire (with a DC = -9.3) and a grand father, Blinkbou Herz (with a CD = -5.6). Kolbe's own DC equals -4.2. His four sons, listed below, have similar high fertility traits.
ECONOTECH PJD2217 P
PJD2217 P has all the attributes for improving the fertility of a herd. His mother, PJD178, is very fertile with an ICP of 360 days over seven calves. PJD2217 himself boasts with a Scrotum Size (SS) of 1.4 (in the top 1% of the SA crop) and a DC in the top 10%. His growth is modest with a medium frame. He has a 25% chance of being homozygous polled as both his parents are polled.
ECONOTECH PJD 2219 P
His dam, PJD1326, is a three star cow with a formidable set of sires, such as Kalhei (DC = -7.4 and NFI-P = -0.12) and Profeet. PJD2219 has a high fertility score of SS (=2.4)and DC(= -4.1) (in the top 1% and 5% respectively of the SA crop). He boasts also with high growth traits with his 400 days in the top 15%.
ECONOTECH PJD2223 P
PJD2223 P was sired by Kolbe P x PJD1531 P. He has a 25% chance of being homozygous polled as both his parents are polled.
His mother, PJD1531 P, was sired by Ibbie, a renowned AI bull with 2427 calves over 181 herds. PJD2223 P has excellent traits for Reproduction and Growth.
ECONOTECH PJD2230 P
PJD2230 is a heterozygous polled bull as tested by the Unistel Laboratories.
PJD2230 P is a real curve bender regarding Calving Ease, Reproduction and Growth. His fertility traits of SS and Days to Calving as well as those of his mother, PJD1638, are noteworthy - each one is in the top 1% of the SA crop for 2022. In summary, PJD2230 P, represents a real genetic explosion of breeding traits with his economic selection indexes in the top 1% of the SA crop.
SONS OF KALANT P
Kalant is known for his feed efficiency with a NFI-P of -0.08 (in the top 15% of the SA 2022 crop). This is coupled with positive condition traits (Rib and Rump Fat ebv's in the top 15%) as well as a positive fertility trait, SS, in the top 10%. Having mated to cows with excellent values themselves, Kalant's 2022 bulls are ranked with the best.
ECONOTECH PJD2212 P
PJD2212 has another very fertile cow as mother, namely PJD179. She has six calves with an ICP of 350 days and a SS in the top 10%. PJD2212 follows in her footsteps; also with a SS in the top 10%. He has also top body condition traits, which stands in good stead during varying grazing conditions.
ECONOTECH PJD2232 PP
PJD2232 PP is homozygous polled as tested by the Unistel Laboratory. As a homozygous polled bull he will only polled offspring in Taurus related cattle. This is a big PLUS for an extensive cattle operation.
He has, as is the case with all the other sons of Kalant, and addition to his dam's influence, strong body condition traits which makes him very adaptable to a range of climatic conditions.
ECONOTECH PJD2240 P
This bull, PJD2240 P, shows strong growth over 200 and 400 days, but with a lower MCW, namely from the top 10% at 200 days but only the top 40% at MCW. He should be especially suited for a range of climatic conditions having a medium frame.
SON OF LEEUPOORT JULIUS CEASAR PN05203
Julius Ceasar is renowned for his strong growth, but with a medium frame (MCW). He boasts also with exceptional high Calving Ease ebv's. In summary he has economic selection indexes ranging from the top 5% (SBI) to the top 1% (SPI).
ECONOTECH PJD2222 P
PJD2222 P inherits the exceptional high calving ease (CED = 9.5) of both his sire (CED = 10.3) and his dam (CED = 6.4). Julius Ceasar gave him also a low birth weight combined with a high growth rate (birth weight = 0.1 and 200 days =23 (in top 10%)). Due to Julius he has also a slightly above average MCW (in the top 25%) in comparison to his dam's MCW of 52 (in the top 10%).
SON OF ECONOTECH STROKER PJD1938 P
Stroker P has strong growth which is in the top 20% of the SA 2023 crop. He has economic selection indexes ranging from the top 10% (SBI) to the top 5% (SPI).
ECONOTECH PJD2213 P
PJD2213 P inherits the exceptional high growth of Stroker with his 200 days =21 (in top 15%). His fertility traits of SS (scrotal size) and DC (days to calving) are exceptional high, namely in the top 1% and 5% respectively.
He has economic selection indexes are in the top 1% for both the SBI and SPI indexes.
Econotech Simmentaler Bulls: Class of 2022
The Class of 2022 excel in those breeding traits which underpin our herd’s main attributes, namely Calving Ease, Fertility, Body Condition and Growth (see attached table).
SONS OF KOLBE PJD1929 P