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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1325572" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>Not trying to steal the thread, but if hybrid vigor is highly researched, proven, benefits the commercial producer, ... then why have many producers turned to cross breed bulls like balancers, sim angus and other crossed bulls that will "steal" part of the hybrid pop on the first generation? Seems counterintuitive.</p><p></p><p>Hybrid vigor is real, no doubt. But the extra growth on calves is not free. Each pound either requires more milk or more forage.</p><p></p><p>Somebody earlier said (in a clearer way) that there is no difference in % heterosis when using either a generic parent of breed A crossed with breed B regardless of inbreeding or wide line crossing. That is true. So a $2200 bull and a $350000 bull from the same breed would deliver the same hybrid vigor. The difference is the quality of the crossed results and the traits that have either been concentrated or eliminated by the line work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1325572, member: 24565"] Not trying to steal the thread, but if hybrid vigor is highly researched, proven, benefits the commercial producer, ... then why have many producers turned to cross breed bulls like balancers, sim angus and other crossed bulls that will "steal" part of the hybrid pop on the first generation? Seems counterintuitive. Hybrid vigor is real, no doubt. But the extra growth on calves is not free. Each pound either requires more milk or more forage. Somebody earlier said (in a clearer way) that there is no difference in % heterosis when using either a generic parent of breed A crossed with breed B regardless of inbreeding or wide line crossing. That is true. So a $2200 bull and a $350000 bull from the same breed would deliver the same hybrid vigor. The difference is the quality of the crossed results and the traits that have either been concentrated or eliminated by the line work. [/QUOTE]
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