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<blockquote data-quote="Big Cheese" data-source="post: 1484629" data-attributes="member: 23385"><p>I'll say here before I start typing that I prefer buying my bulls as registered virgin bulls from a seller and have all of that but I have this question.....</p><p></p><p>If you have a cow that is a really really good cow....that raises amazing calves every year that sells at the top of the market no matter the time of year. You consider her the best cow that you have ever had. Why not keep a bull out of her? You would be getting those genetics into your herd for every calf you have and be getting more replacements out of her bloodline then by hoping to keep one heifer from here every year if she doesn't have a bull?</p><p></p><p>I know that with this EPDs and stuff that that has improved calving and calving ease out of all breeds of bulls but I feel like it has all gotten watered down to an extent. 30+ years ago all of this stuff wasn't around. When farmers needed bulls they would just raise their own and boom they would have a good young bull for however long they wanted to keep them. There wasn't all of this focus on EPD this EPD that. People would have their good cows and they would leave bull calves as bulls and raise them for future prospects if they needed them or they would sell them. My grandpa kept many a calf as bulls and they produced really good calves for him (even though my dad did say the calves got better when they bought a good bull lol). I think these bulls we all buy nowadays are way better bulls then those don't get me wrong but I think there is to much hype on all the EPD stuff that comes with bulls that you buy. If the bull looks good, is sound, and is what your looking for in your herd, get him and use him. The EPD stuff is a plus in my opinion not a necessity for picking a bull.</p><p></p><p>I wanted to throw this topic out there to start a good discussion. I think it would be a good topic to discuss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Cheese, post: 1484629, member: 23385"] I'll say here before I start typing that I prefer buying my bulls as registered virgin bulls from a seller and have all of that but I have this question..... If you have a cow that is a really really good cow....that raises amazing calves every year that sells at the top of the market no matter the time of year. You consider her the best cow that you have ever had. Why not keep a bull out of her? You would be getting those genetics into your herd for every calf you have and be getting more replacements out of her bloodline then by hoping to keep one heifer from here every year if she doesn't have a bull? I know that with this EPDs and stuff that that has improved calving and calving ease out of all breeds of bulls but I feel like it has all gotten watered down to an extent. 30+ years ago all of this stuff wasn't around. When farmers needed bulls they would just raise their own and boom they would have a good young bull for however long they wanted to keep them. There wasn't all of this focus on EPD this EPD that. People would have their good cows and they would leave bull calves as bulls and raise them for future prospects if they needed them or they would sell them. My grandpa kept many a calf as bulls and they produced really good calves for him (even though my dad did say the calves got better when they bought a good bull lol). I think these bulls we all buy nowadays are way better bulls then those don't get me wrong but I think there is to much hype on all the EPD stuff that comes with bulls that you buy. If the bull looks good, is sound, and is what your looking for in your herd, get him and use him. The EPD stuff is a plus in my opinion not a necessity for picking a bull. I wanted to throw this topic out there to start a good discussion. I think it would be a good topic to discuss. [/QUOTE]
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