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The Hays converter cattle herd, created by crossbreeding in the 1950s is being donated to the University of Alberta, where it will be studied using genomic research techniques.

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Famed Hays Converter cattle find a new home — and a new future

Donating the herd to the University of Alberta will improve its genetics and make them more available

By Alexis Kienlen November 24, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes A herd of Canada’s first breed of beef cattle will soon be home on the range at the Roy Berg Kinsella Research Ranch. Dan Hays and his family are donating their herd of Hays Converter cattle to the University of Alberta for research purposes, with the herd moving to the Kinsella Research ranch by 2018. […] Read more