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Beef Cattle Industry - The Last 25 Years - What Happened?
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<blockquote data-quote="Herefords.US" data-source="post: 309828" data-attributes="member: 3972"><p>Great post! Posts like this were what I was hoping for when I started this discussion. Lots of good points! I'd like to address only a couple of them, at first.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Interesting point! My goal is to produce cattle that will excel in the show ring as well as work for the commercial producer. I was under the impression that herds like Colyers and Barbers were doing just that. Am I wrong? </p><p></p><p>If the show ring standards are at odds with what is good for commercial producers, perhaps the show ring standards should be changed? </p><p></p><p>I honestly haven't noticed that conflict in the shows that I've attended. The judges have generally picked sound, growthy, and, yes, attractive cattle. But perhaps I'm naive or uninformed in what works for the commercial cattleman. I'd love to see more comments concerning this aspect.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think this is still occurring, but the end is nearing. The financial advantage of doing it will no longer exist. One thing that we smaller breeders can do is to simply refuse to play the game and find and use those bulls from those breeders that are keeping semen/cert costs reasonable. The new non-cert program is another step in the right direction. Also, enough interest in buying Hereford semen has to be generated before the Breeding Services will step up an invest in more good Hereford bulls. I noticed that ABS had added the Harland and Progress bulls to their lineup. Perhaps more good bulls will become available soon. Other's thoughts?</p><p></p><p>George</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Herefords.US, post: 309828, member: 3972"] Great post! Posts like this were what I was hoping for when I started this discussion. Lots of good points! I'd like to address only a couple of them, at first. Interesting point! My goal is to produce cattle that will excel in the show ring as well as work for the commercial producer. I was under the impression that herds like Colyers and Barbers were doing just that. Am I wrong? If the show ring standards are at odds with what is good for commercial producers, perhaps the show ring standards should be changed? I honestly haven't noticed that conflict in the shows that I've attended. The judges have generally picked sound, growthy, and, yes, attractive cattle. But perhaps I'm naive or uninformed in what works for the commercial cattleman. I'd love to see more comments concerning this aspect. I think this is still occurring, but the end is nearing. The financial advantage of doing it will no longer exist. One thing that we smaller breeders can do is to simply refuse to play the game and find and use those bulls from those breeders that are keeping semen/cert costs reasonable. The new non-cert program is another step in the right direction. Also, enough interest in buying Hereford semen has to be generated before the Breeding Services will step up an invest in more good Hereford bulls. I noticed that ABS had added the Harland and Progress bulls to their lineup. Perhaps more good bulls will become available soon. Other's thoughts? George [/QUOTE]
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