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<blockquote data-quote="farmer rich" data-source="post: 102806" data-attributes="member: 1952"><p>Yes. My reasons are as follows, please correct me if any details are wrong, I do not pretend to be an expert on the cattle industry in your country.</p><p></p><p>The reason black is sought after by commercial breeders is because buyers assume that a black animal has a certain percentage of angus blood. They want this angus influence because the animal is more likely to grade choice due to a high amount of marbling.</p><p>Continentals have poor marbling by comparison but greater yeild grades.</p><p>Hide colour has no effect on marbling and so selection for hide colour is pointless, and single trait selection can be detrimental to the breed as a whole. </p><p></p><p>To repeat my earlier statement. </p><p>If you want to improve your pedigree cattle you should select cattle within that breed which exell in the traits you wish to improve. In this case, instead of attempting to improve the marbling qualities of the charolais by breeding for this trait breeders have simply outcrossed to another breed to change the hide colour. In my opinion this is lazy and dishonest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmer rich, post: 102806, member: 1952"] Yes. My reasons are as follows, please correct me if any details are wrong, I do not pretend to be an expert on the cattle industry in your country. The reason black is sought after by commercial breeders is because buyers assume that a black animal has a certain percentage of angus blood. They want this angus influence because the animal is more likely to grade choice due to a high amount of marbling. Continentals have poor marbling by comparison but greater yeild grades. Hide colour has no effect on marbling and so selection for hide colour is pointless, and single trait selection can be detrimental to the breed as a whole. To repeat my earlier statement. If you want to improve your pedigree cattle you should select cattle within that breed which exell in the traits you wish to improve. In this case, instead of attempting to improve the marbling qualities of the charolais by breeding for this trait breeders have simply outcrossed to another breed to change the hide colour. In my opinion this is lazy and dishonest. [/QUOTE]
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