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<blockquote data-quote="Supa Dexta" data-source="post: 1325543" data-attributes="member: 23321"><p>The problem is people take this heterosis thing as a golden egg. Used to be ya'd use whatever nice purebred bull you could afford, and put them on your mixed cows. Now they're being fed these crossbred bulls are the greatest thing since sliced bread, increasing that magic genetic punch!</p><p></p><p> Meanwhile they already had calves of every colour, unknown breeding, and strung out over months and months of a calving 'season'. Heterosis and crossbred animals aren't doing them any favours there. </p><p></p><p>Funny how pure bred breeders have calves weaning off at 800lbs without creep, but heterosis is some kind of amazing fix to get you those 5 and 600lb calves. - And I'm not saying heterosis doesn't exist, only that many producers could do one of a dozen things towards better animal husbandry and reap similar results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Supa Dexta, post: 1325543, member: 23321"] The problem is people take this heterosis thing as a golden egg. Used to be ya'd use whatever nice purebred bull you could afford, and put them on your mixed cows. Now they're being fed these crossbred bulls are the greatest thing since sliced bread, increasing that magic genetic punch! Meanwhile they already had calves of every colour, unknown breeding, and strung out over months and months of a calving 'season'. Heterosis and crossbred animals aren't doing them any favours there. Funny how pure bred breeders have calves weaning off at 800lbs without creep, but heterosis is some kind of amazing fix to get you those 5 and 600lb calves. - And I'm not saying heterosis doesn't exist, only that many producers could do one of a dozen things towards better animal husbandry and reap similar results. [/QUOTE]
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