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<blockquote data-quote="txag" data-source="post: 40682" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>while some breeders tend to stay within the same line or family, others will breed to whatever the current national champion happens to be.</p><p></p><p>we like the victor bloodlines in our cowherd. victors are known for being a highly maternal line. if you have a good cow line, you can breed them to almost anything & be ok (that's not to say you <em>should</em> breed them to just anything). imo, you need cows that are fertile, efficient, and milk. without that, it doesn't matter what kind of bulls you use.</p><p></p><p>while we like the victor lines, we don't linebreed or even like too much victor in our cows. we like to similate it to weaving a web........every once in a while, when the victor bloodline gets too far back in the pedigree, you need to weave some more back in. that's what we're doing with our herd right now. we've been outcrossing for a couple of generations to some growthier bulls and are now using several victor bulls again. </p><p></p><p>the main thing to do is to develop a plan. what is your market? are you planning to sell herd bulls, females, show steers? then you can look at which lines fit best into that plan. what works for us may not work for someone in a different environment or a different market.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="txag, post: 40682, member: 8"] while some breeders tend to stay within the same line or family, others will breed to whatever the current national champion happens to be. we like the victor bloodlines in our cowherd. victors are known for being a highly maternal line. if you have a good cow line, you can breed them to almost anything & be ok (that's not to say you [i]should[/i] breed them to just anything). imo, you need cows that are fertile, efficient, and milk. without that, it doesn't matter what kind of bulls you use. while we like the victor lines, we don't linebreed or even like too much victor in our cows. we like to similate it to weaving a web........every once in a while, when the victor bloodline gets too far back in the pedigree, you need to weave some more back in. that's what we're doing with our herd right now. we've been outcrossing for a couple of generations to some growthier bulls and are now using several victor bulls again. the main thing to do is to develop a plan. what is your market? are you planning to sell herd bulls, females, show steers? then you can look at which lines fit best into that plan. what works for us may not work for someone in a different environment or a different market. [/QUOTE]
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