Welcome to the OBBA and OJBA Website! We are excited to announce the upcoming events and activities!!!

    NEW! NEWS--

       Okie Extravaganza is right asround the corner. Please make you accomodations to attend this year big event.

The Okie Extravaganza will be held in Durrant, Oklahoma May2-4 2008!! Please Come Join The FUN!

Also, Parents I need pictures of your children showing or even you!! I am updating the website and I need newspaper clipping, pictures, and etc.... Please Help me.. Also if you or your children in a member of the OBBA or the OJBA I need a article about yourself and how the OJBA/AJBA has influenced your life! This will take some time to get in order, but get it on your mind!!! I will use this information in a quarterly flyer that I will be sending out to each member!! I'm excited about this and we are growing. So let us grow together again as one happy family!!

HISTORY OF OUR BREED!

   As the first beef breed developed in the United States, the American Brahman has played an important role not only in crossbreeding programs throughout the United States and beyond, but it has become a common thread among other American breeds developed in the last century.

American Brahman influence in the beef industry is felt world-wide, and their genetics are sought by cattlemen in every continent. Their development is a success story unparalled. Today's cattlemen breed Brahmans for all the right reasons.

Originiating from a nucleus of approximately 266 bulls and 22 females of several Bos indicus (cattle of India) types imported into the United States between 1854 and 1926, today the Brahman breed has achieved acceptance for their environmental adaptivity, longevity, mothering ability and efficient beef production.

Bos indicus cattle have been serving man for thousands of years. Throughout their evolution they have endured famine, insect pests, diseases and extreme temperature fluctuations. Thus through natural selection these cattle came to have the ability to survive and thrive where other types have failed. In their expansion, these cattle have improved beef produciton in every country in which they have been introduced, as they are mated to existing native cattle.

While some 30 defined breeds or types of Bos indicus cattle have been identified in India, only a few of these breeds were selected to develop the American Brahman.

The first importation of Indian cattle of any notoriety came in 1854, when sugar and cotton farmer, Richard Barrow of St. Francisville, Louisiana, was presented with two bulls by the Government of Great Britian, for his services in teaching cotton and sugar cane production to British officials establishing these crops in the deltas of India. Their offspring, known as Barrow grade Cattle, would achieve recognition and their fame would soon spread around the globe.

Later importations would see cattle brought from Brazil, where large numbers of these Indian cattle could be found.

After this, the American Brahman Breeders Association was formed which transformed many other organzation  including the Oklahoma Brahman Breeders Association. Which we are proud to serve you today in Oklahoma!

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