Bonsmara Cattle
G. R. Chapman of Amarillo, Texas has pioneered the importation of the
Bonsmara breed of cattle into North America. Mr. Chapman imported embryo
recipients that calved January-March, 1997. These full-blood calves embody
the total North American population of a breed highly prized in its native
South Africa for adaptation to heat and drought and for meat quality.
The breed is unique in the world because it was developed through an intensive systematic process for these traits by the world-acclaimed scientist from the University of South Africa, Professor Jan Bonsma. Professor Bonsma converted his unique vision into a unique breed of cattle that holds the promise of accomplishing for North America something attained by no other breed: productivity in hostile, subtropical climates while producing beef preferred by markets in North America and the Pacific Rim.
- January 25, 1997
Amarillo Globe-News cover story on the birth of the first Bonsmara in North America--with photo of Mr. Chapman and the calf.
- March 7, 1999
Amarillo Globe-News story suggesting Chapman "could be on the cutting edge of a new era in beef production with his Bonsmara herd." Article includes comments made by Bill Holloway, professor and resident director of research at Texas A&M Agriculture Research and Extension Center at Uvalde.