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<blockquote data-quote="westman" data-source="post: 745161" data-attributes="member: 13980"><p>Bizin,</p><p> I am a smaller Purebred breeder, 50 head. I have only been in the purebred business for 5 years, so I do not claim to know much, but something I do know is that there are alot of smaller breeders that find it a pain to develop there own bulls. I am not a huge fan of the test stations, because there is a whole lot more to breeding beef then lbs/day. Things like Carcass merit, phenotype and soundness should also play a role. Also bulls selected for maternal traits often will not compete as well against the performance driven bulls. What I would like to see, and if cost effective would utilize, is a development station that would not focus on max lbs/day but rather a solid growth and development program. I would love to send my 6-8 bulls away for the winter and have them come back ready for sale. I think alot of guys have there own opinions on what works best for marketing their bulls, and giving them the option would good. Lastly I think a weel balanced grower ration would seperate the men from the boys as far as feed effeciency and gain, over a self feeder and all the hay they can tramp in to the manure!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westman, post: 745161, member: 13980"] Bizin, I am a smaller Purebred breeder, 50 head. I have only been in the purebred business for 5 years, so I do not claim to know much, but something I do know is that there are alot of smaller breeders that find it a pain to develop there own bulls. I am not a huge fan of the test stations, because there is a whole lot more to breeding beef then lbs/day. Things like Carcass merit, phenotype and soundness should also play a role. Also bulls selected for maternal traits often will not compete as well against the performance driven bulls. What I would like to see, and if cost effective would utilize, is a development station that would not focus on max lbs/day but rather a solid growth and development program. I would love to send my 6-8 bulls away for the winter and have them come back ready for sale. I think alot of guys have there own opinions on what works best for marketing their bulls, and giving them the option would good. Lastly I think a weel balanced grower ration would seperate the men from the boys as far as feed effeciency and gain, over a self feeder and all the hay they can tramp in to the manure! [/QUOTE]
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