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<blockquote data-quote="elkwc" data-source="post: 1128325" data-attributes="member: 22295"><p>I agree with your post. In Feb. I attended the an Angus sale and purchased a bull for the first time in many years. It was in western OK. The field representitive was very friendly. I was impressed with him. It was obvious he was interested in the new people at the sale. He had no way of knowing when he first talked to me if I was just a looker or was a potential buyer. As impressed as I was with him I was just as disappointed with the overall quality of the top AI sired bulls and the direction it seems the breed and the AI stations are going. If the Angus breed doesn't address some issues including the lack of muscling in the hindquarters they are going to lose a bunch of commercial customers. I'm alread looking at using some Hereford genetics and raising black baldies after attending this sale. Back to the field representative. He signed the letter and was one that was let go. From what little I've heard is that the working conditions in the office were bad under the current CEO. That several had tried to offer suggestions and talk to him about it and but it is his way of the highway. I feel for those that have lost their jobs but have heard some have already been offered jobs other places. What happens really doesn't mean alot to me. I hate to see anyone lose a job. For numbers to mean anything they need to be actual weights, ect and not adjusted. I found all of the genomic data provided of very little help. And all of the EPD's were adjusted. I visited another breeder and he listed actual weights along with the adjusted weights and ratios. The Angus breed needs to re evaluate the course they are pursuing. I have found a breeder now who is still raising the kind of bull that will sire calves that will be profitable from the time they hit the ground until they are hung on the rail. I have worked in the corporate world for 39 years. I will say from what I've heard this is a case of a CEO acting like a dictator and a board unwilling to reign him in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkwc, post: 1128325, member: 22295"] I agree with your post. In Feb. I attended the an Angus sale and purchased a bull for the first time in many years. It was in western OK. The field representitive was very friendly. I was impressed with him. It was obvious he was interested in the new people at the sale. He had no way of knowing when he first talked to me if I was just a looker or was a potential buyer. As impressed as I was with him I was just as disappointed with the overall quality of the top AI sired bulls and the direction it seems the breed and the AI stations are going. If the Angus breed doesn't address some issues including the lack of muscling in the hindquarters they are going to lose a bunch of commercial customers. I'm alread looking at using some Hereford genetics and raising black baldies after attending this sale. Back to the field representative. He signed the letter and was one that was let go. From what little I've heard is that the working conditions in the office were bad under the current CEO. That several had tried to offer suggestions and talk to him about it and but it is his way of the highway. I feel for those that have lost their jobs but have heard some have already been offered jobs other places. What happens really doesn't mean alot to me. I hate to see anyone lose a job. For numbers to mean anything they need to be actual weights, ect and not adjusted. I found all of the genomic data provided of very little help. And all of the EPD's were adjusted. I visited another breeder and he listed actual weights along with the adjusted weights and ratios. The Angus breed needs to re evaluate the course they are pursuing. I have found a breeder now who is still raising the kind of bull that will sire calves that will be profitable from the time they hit the ground until they are hung on the rail. I have worked in the corporate world for 39 years. I will say from what I've heard this is a case of a CEO acting like a dictator and a board unwilling to reign him in. [/QUOTE]
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