Does it strike anyone else as odd that the Angus breed is in a position of having to identify specific bulls in the breed as "cow makers"? I may be suffering from some nostalgic notions, but was there not a time when virtually all Angus were "cow makers"? I guess that is the reward, or the cost, depending on your perspective of the "jack of all" breeding pursuit that the Angus breed has essentially embraced the last 25 years. It is virtually impossible for one breed to be the master of all traits and functions simutaneously. And so the question of cow maker or not is the inevitable result of a breeding pursuit that assumed the breed could keep maternal excellence and at the same time compete with the continental breeds on growth, ribeye, less fat, more marbling, etc, etc, and keep calving ease. So, good, bad or indifferent, the question acknowledges the functional traditional breed distinguishing sacrifice.