This is an "informative" open letter to all of the CattleToday Forum members who are sincerely interested in discovering, learning, and understanding the finer points of breeding and raising EXCELLENT beef cattle.
Ned Jr. has just about the finest HERD of Hereford beef cattle that I have observed pictured on this forum. His breeding is an example of years of studying his BU$INE$$ and the minute details that are required in making a success of the Beef Catlle business. Many of you newer breeders have shown pictures and have asked questions - such as "What do you think of this Bull?" - or - "Critique this bull. I have a thick hide and can take criticism.". In order to answer these types of questions, many of the posters on CT have attempted to help you understand that more information is needed before one can really offer a reasonable kind of assistance for you than just giving an opinion of an individual animal, Bull or Cow. We need to know of what kind of cows your herd is comprised - Phenotype, Genetics, Ages, and the kind or type of operation you are running, such as Cow-calf, or Terminal (Feedlot candidates), size of your cow herd and many other details which will point us in the general direction of what you need to know for us to be able to help you in making breeding selection decisions - not "Just what we think of a particular bull".
These pictures that Ned Jr. has posted here show you what really can be accomplished by knowing what you wish to achieve in raising Beef Cattle, and the direction you want to take your herd IN THE FUTURE!
I suggest that you use these pictures as a TEMPLATE for patterning your efforts in raising beef cattle and aim for the success that Ned Jr. has acquired with HIS breeding program!
Ned, you have beautiful cattle, My Friend!
DOC HARRIS
You make this black hided guy want to raise red and white! No doubt that in June 2010 there will be some Hereford semen in my tank.
