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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 7128"><p>Feedlot efficiency</p><p>> still drives profit in much of the</p><p>> industry and I don't think Wagyu</p><p>> cattle are feed efficient. Is</p><p>> there any information showing that</p><p>> WSU has improved the feed</p><p>> efficiency in their Wagyu cattle</p><p>> over the years? How do they match</p><p>> up in fertility to beef breeds?</p><p></p><p>Frankie,</p><p></p><p>I'm still wading through data and abstracts, and have found no mention of fertility studies (yet).</p><p></p><p>The wagyu are slow growing, no arguement there, but I do have a strong interest in the prepotency of wagyu marbling genetics, and get the impression that infusing another breed with wagyu could possibly improve marbling abilities, while retaining the growth potential/feed effeciency/maternal traits of, say, some lines of Angus.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for the link. I tend to rely on research data from universities simply because tenured professors have a vested intrest in producing unbiased work (repeated sloppy research can ruin an academic in a heartbeat). I've become quite wary of breed associatin 'blurbs', but will keep an open mind. The focus seems to be the faster the better, get the weight on 'em and get 'em out. The industry has been doing this for years, yet the percentage of carcasses that grade prime has remained at (around) 6%, even with those fabulous Angus genetics ..... So the production of cattle that will consistantly and predictably produce the prized prime carcasses will need a different approach....don't ask me what kind of approach, I do not know.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:BeccaAllred@cs.com">BeccaAllred@cs.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 7128"] Feedlot efficiency > still drives profit in much of the > industry and I don't think Wagyu > cattle are feed efficient. Is > there any information showing that > WSU has improved the feed > efficiency in their Wagyu cattle > over the years? How do they match > up in fertility to beef breeds? Frankie, I'm still wading through data and abstracts, and have found no mention of fertility studies (yet). The wagyu are slow growing, no arguement there, but I do have a strong interest in the prepotency of wagyu marbling genetics, and get the impression that infusing another breed with wagyu could possibly improve marbling abilities, while retaining the growth potential/feed effeciency/maternal traits of, say, some lines of Angus. Thank you for the link. I tend to rely on research data from universities simply because tenured professors have a vested intrest in producing unbiased work (repeated sloppy research can ruin an academic in a heartbeat). I've become quite wary of breed associatin 'blurbs', but will keep an open mind. The focus seems to be the faster the better, get the weight on 'em and get 'em out. The industry has been doing this for years, yet the percentage of carcasses that grade prime has remained at (around) 6%, even with those fabulous Angus genetics ..... So the production of cattle that will consistantly and predictably produce the prized prime carcasses will need a different approach....don't ask me what kind of approach, I do not know. [email=BeccaAllred@cs.com]BeccaAllred@cs.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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