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<blockquote data-quote="Bright Raven" data-source="post: 1533901" data-attributes="member: 27490"><p>Vince:</p><p></p><p>Having seen several of the major producers in Kentucky, my observations do not match your observations.</p><p></p><p>1. The size of the operations has nothing to do with making excuses or standing behind their cattle. That is a function of individual integrity. </p><p></p><p>2. In Kentucky, bulls are managed very similar regardless of the size of the operation. After weaning, the bulls are ran in bull pastures and all of the ones I have visited, feed their bulls grain in addition to hay/pasture. The bigger producers have more bull pastures or bull paddocks but that is the only difference.</p><p></p><p>3. None of the producers I have observed run their bulls under actual field conditions in which the bull is covering lots of ground and covering cows in a breeding situation which would reveal flaws in soundness, etc. Most are selling their bulls as virgins at 12 to 15 months of age. The only criteria for fitness is a BSE.</p><p></p><p>Maybe this is unique to Kentucky but most of the bigger producers, have accumulated several farms. For example, the Boyd's. They have several farms but if you go view their bulls ( and I have with Charlie Sr.), they will drive you into the pastures where the bulls are and you get out and look at the bulls. Those pastures are not more than 10 to 15 acres. Same with all the other producers. You seem to imply that the big producers run their bulls in 10,000 acre pastures and they are living off rocks and broomsedge. Maybe they just operate different in Kentucky.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bright Raven, post: 1533901, member: 27490"] Vince: Having seen several of the major producers in Kentucky, my observations do not match your observations. 1. The size of the operations has nothing to do with making excuses or standing behind their cattle. That is a function of individual integrity. 2. In Kentucky, bulls are managed very similar regardless of the size of the operation. After weaning, the bulls are ran in bull pastures and all of the ones I have visited, feed their bulls grain in addition to hay/pasture. The bigger producers have more bull pastures or bull paddocks but that is the only difference. 3. None of the producers I have observed run their bulls under actual field conditions in which the bull is covering lots of ground and covering cows in a breeding situation which would reveal flaws in soundness, etc. Most are selling their bulls as virgins at 12 to 15 months of age. The only criteria for fitness is a BSE. Maybe this is unique to Kentucky but most of the bigger producers, have accumulated several farms. For example, the Boyd's. They have several farms but if you go view their bulls ( and I have with Charlie Sr.), they will drive you into the pastures where the bulls are and you get out and look at the bulls. Those pastures are not more than 10 to 15 acres. Same with all the other producers. You seem to imply that the big producers run their bulls in 10,000 acre pastures and they are living off rocks and broomsedge. Maybe they just operate different in Kentucky. [/QUOTE]
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