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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 1582530" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>I think Angus has turned into more of a gentleman farmers who's who club than a business breed in some ways, especially East of I35. I'm not in any way saying that there aren't good Angus cattle and breeders out there but it seems like what I see lately is part timers chasing numbers and making matings from a computer screen in their down time. It's a hobby that they get to write off on their taxes. If we were all ranchers for a living there wouldn't be a market for some of the extremes that we see because they don't work unless you plan to lose money or break even and people that do it for a living can't do that.</p><p>I can't tell you how many people I've bred cows for that need the cattle to work for them that I've suggested mid range bulls to that I've used somewhere along the way so I know they work. And yet they'll insist on using the latest greatest and then be upset with the results.</p><p>It really isn't complicated. Kill anything that doesn't work. If it kind of works but not the way you want tear the papers up and make a commercial cow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 1582530, member: 14661"] I think Angus has turned into more of a gentleman farmers who's who club than a business breed in some ways, especially East of I35. I'm not in any way saying that there aren't good Angus cattle and breeders out there but it seems like what I see lately is part timers chasing numbers and making matings from a computer screen in their down time. It's a hobby that they get to write off on their taxes. If we were all ranchers for a living there wouldn't be a market for some of the extremes that we see because they don't work unless you plan to lose money or break even and people that do it for a living can't do that. I can't tell you how many people I've bred cows for that need the cattle to work for them that I've suggested mid range bulls to that I've used somewhere along the way so I know they work. And yet they'll insist on using the latest greatest and then be upset with the results. It really isn't complicated. Kill anything that doesn't work. If it kind of works but not the way you want tear the papers up and make a commercial cow. [/QUOTE]
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