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<blockquote data-quote="Weaver" data-source="post: 418711" data-attributes="member: 410"><p>Let's just say for ease of explaining that you have 100 cows in your herd, and of these 100 cows, 50 of them are predominately a british breed (we'll say angus), and the other half continental (we'll say charolais). If you run a british bull, such as angus, on your cows, then the calves out of the charolais based cows should be great with a great deal of heterosis, but the calves out of the angus based cows most likely will lag behind in growth and feed efficiency. On the other hand if you put a crossbred bull in there such as a simangus, then none of the calves out of either set of cows will have more than 3/4 continental or 3/4 british blood. In my original comment, I said running a crossbred bull will give you a more uniform calf crop. You may get some better calves by running a full blooded bull, but the uniformity won't be there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Weaver, post: 418711, member: 410"] Let's just say for ease of explaining that you have 100 cows in your herd, and of these 100 cows, 50 of them are predominately a british breed (we'll say angus), and the other half continental (we'll say charolais). If you run a british bull, such as angus, on your cows, then the calves out of the charolais based cows should be great with a great deal of heterosis, but the calves out of the angus based cows most likely will lag behind in growth and feed efficiency. On the other hand if you put a crossbred bull in there such as a simangus, then none of the calves out of either set of cows will have more than 3/4 continental or 3/4 british blood. In my original comment, I said running a crossbred bull will give you a more uniform calf crop. You may get some better calves by running a full blooded bull, but the uniformity won't be there. [/QUOTE]
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