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<blockquote data-quote="CattleMan1920" data-source="post: 1545934" data-attributes="member: 37967"><p>Depends on what grain you are feeding, not all rations are created equally. When our bulls are semen tested, they test high, then our buyers put them to work. I'm not denying that a half starved bull won't get the job done, some can, but a bull that has the nutrition he needs can really kick some ass, that's assuming other factors are in place, genetics, healthy females, etc. I've seen what under conditioned bulls look like in my area and I bet they are lucky if they settle 10 cows. One of my buyers said that he knew the bull he was getting from me would fall apart because he was on grain and he would not be feeding grain, hay only, well he trimmed up a little but not much after working 20 plus cows. Again, I use humans as an example, a half starved kid eating crap for most of his childhood is not suddenly going to turn into a strapping big man in adulthood, or at least that's my opinion. Not trying to be a wise a...s but I've seen my share of the "starve your cattle" people, and many are so fat that they can barely fit in their trucks. If they followed their own advice they would have abs instead of a 46 waist. Like I said not trying to be funny but..... nutrition matters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CattleMan1920, post: 1545934, member: 37967"] Depends on what grain you are feeding, not all rations are created equally. When our bulls are semen tested, they test high, then our buyers put them to work. I’m not denying that a half starved bull won’t get the job done, some can, but a bull that has the nutrition he needs can really kick some ass, that’s assuming other factors are in place, genetics, healthy females, etc. I’ve seen what under conditioned bulls look like in my area and I bet they are lucky if they settle 10 cows. One of my buyers said that he knew the bull he was getting from me would fall apart because he was on grain and he would not be feeding grain, hay only, well he trimmed up a little but not much after working 20 plus cows. Again, I use humans as an example, a half starved kid eating crap for most of his childhood is not suddenly going to turn into a strapping big man in adulthood, or at least that’s my opinion. Not trying to be a wise a...s but I’ve seen my share of the “starve your cattle” people, and many are so fat that they can barely fit in their trucks. If they followed their own advice they would have abs instead of a 46 waist. Like I said not trying to be funny but..... nutrition matters. [/QUOTE]
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