Whats wrong with Simmental cattle?

[ALACOWMAN]

as a commercial man,,, its good not to be anchored down to any breed.. a good herd of crossbred moma cows and a simple change of bulls will put you right back in the flow

[Dylan Biggs]

truth is,, most folks dont know what a angus is suppose to look like

Ah heck Alacowman, suppose to look like? Suppose to look like went out the window with breed standards a long time ago. Don't know if that is good or bad. No shortage of types to choose from, that is for sure, seems to me from a breed standpoint to be more like genetic disorder. The type bell curve gets wider by the day, it may be that breed type diversity is good, or it may as well be at this point. Like you say there was a day when breeds were identifiable by type in addition to color, but heck things have a way of changing. Breeders you can make them look however they like, and if they prove functional for the chosen application then Hooray!!

Here is a cow that is working here so far, in all her imperfect glory, and she is an Angus cow. Would you have guessed it? Her type is my personal prefernce for a maternal range cow application, under my management, in my environment. My goal is to make more of her functional type, more often and more consistently. Give me another 20 years or so and I may have a more or less stabilized type with some degree of genetic order.

[Galloway2]

as a commercial man,,, its good not to be anchored down to any breed.. a good herd of crossbred moma cows and a simple change of bulls will put you right back in the flow

Very well said.

[ALACOWMAN]

so your saying their suppose to look functional,, well allright, ill take 50 like her

[sim.-ang.king]

as a commercial man,,, its good not to be anchored down to any breed.. a good herd of crossbred moma cows and a simple change of bulls will put you right back in the flow

That sure is the way to live. That's why i'm prepered for any color change with these 2 bulls.

[Dylan Biggs]

so your saying their suppose to look functional,, well allright, ill take 50 like her

That is the challenge to my way of thinking, I hope you're a patient fellow. No doubt you are, I hope I live long enough!

[Anguscattle]

SSGenetics,

We run registered angus and commercial cattle. So both.
You have a good point that i failed tO notice when i typed that. I think your point was "if you dont pay attention to other breeds and what theyre doing, then you most likely wont stay at the top" correct?

[Anguscattle]

Sim-ang,

Looks like a good diversity. What breed is the red? Just curious.

[SSGenetics]

SSGenetics,

We run registered angus and commercial cattle. So both.
You have a good point that i failed tO notice when i typed that. I think your point was "if you dont pay attention to other breeds and what theyre doing, then you most likely wont stay at the top" correct?

Correct!

[Anguscattle]

Gotcha! And for once we agree on something. Lol
I def think your right.

[SSGenetics]

Gotcha! And for once we agree on something. Lol
I def think your right.

lol... We probably agree on many issues, just like a lot on these boards, but maybe some view them a little differently?

[sim.-ang.king]

Sim-ang,

Looks like a good diversity. What breed is the red? Just curious.

30/32 PB Simmy, Homo Black

[Anguscattle]

Cool! They look good