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Karl is an outcross to most of the recent Landrace boars housed at SGI
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Karl is a well balanced, wide made boar that is super sound and flexible
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Wide chested, big ribbed and deep bodied he has that extra volume needed for high feed intake during lactation to produce heavy 21-day weights, yet maintain proper condition to stay in the herd for numerous litters (note LWT EPD of 7.75 which is top 1%)
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Long fronted, long bodied, level in his top, wide and square in his rump; Karl is very maternal in his appearance
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Karl is a bold fronted, sound structured boar that excells in growth rate and feed conversion with a -6.94 EPD for days and -10.6 for feed efficiency which are both top 1% in the breed
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Very flexible, and athletic he is super sound both front and rear
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Karl’s sire, Karlson 178-10, has excellent EPDs of -4.9 Days, -8.0 FE, 0.27 NBA, 5.7 LWT with superior MLI of 132.3 (top 3% of breed), SPI 116.7 (top 10%) and TSI of 135.4 (top 6%)
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The dam of Karlson 128-10 (Karl’s paternal grandam) averaged 2.51 liter per year, 25.9 weaned per year with a 145 day farrowing interval for 10 parities. She averaged 11.2 NBA, 10.3 weaned and 178 Lb LWT. Her 133.7 MLI and 125.7 SPI are both top 2% of the Landrace breed
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Karl’s dam is sired by Boy 49-2. The Boy line originated at Waldos and is not closely related to recent SGI Landrace boars
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Karl is from a litter of 14 born alive and 12 weaned with a 173 lb 21-day weight
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The maternal grandam has averaged 2.59 litters per year, 28.1 weaned per year and a 139 day farrowing interval for 7 parities. She averaged 10.9 weaned and 176 lb 21-day weight per litter
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Although a somewhat different pedigree, Karl is a typical Tempel Landrace being stout made and big volumed with a superior maternal performance pedigree
