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<blockquote data-quote="Nite Hawk" data-source="post: 939388" data-attributes="member: 18682"><p>It seems that trends vary depending on where you are. In our "neck of the woods" for a long time Charolais were popular and then fell out of favor due to calving difficulties due to heavy bone.</p><p> Semmintal were popular for a while due to their fast growth rates, but they too fell out of favor due to the higher birth rates.</p><p>Angus were basically unheard of, and then they took over as the most popular due to easier calving and good survivability in tough conditions, and at this time are still at the top.</p><p> Breeders have been trying to change the type of cattle they are raising to meet the market in this area.</p><p>Many of the Charolais people in this area have been doing an incredible job at getting the heavy bone size and difficult calving down, ( often crossing with angus) and increasing the muscling till they really don't look much like the old style Charolais. I even heard they have black Charolais out there now!</p><p>The Semmintal people have been crossing with red angus for lower bith weights and smaller bone, and trying to get rid of alot of the real flighty type cattle.</p><p>Breeding some real nice looking cattle.</p><p>Alot more solid red cattle and more polled genetics.</p><p>On the big ranches with hundreds or with a few thousand head, that polled gene is really liked, as it means less work.</p><p>Also, the local stockyards are charging </p><p> at least $10 bucks a head for horned cattle as they don't want to deal with horned animals. When you have a large herd, it runs into bucks, so the breeders usually are running cattle that have been de-horned or polled cattle.</p><p> Some of the popularity in some breed trends are due not only to improved animals being bred and brought into the area, but sometimes due to lots of advertising and publicity and good public relations by breed associations. </p><p>Of course in some areas the show ring winnings in big shows also is a breed promotion in itself. </p><p> What is the next trend? What is the demand out there? excellent flavored extra lean meat, or what ever it is, the breed that can "re-invent" itself and has the right promotion.</p><p>Nite Hawk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nite Hawk, post: 939388, member: 18682"] It seems that trends vary depending on where you are. In our "neck of the woods" for a long time Charolais were popular and then fell out of favor due to calving difficulties due to heavy bone. Semmintal were popular for a while due to their fast growth rates, but they too fell out of favor due to the higher birth rates. Angus were basically unheard of, and then they took over as the most popular due to easier calving and good survivability in tough conditions, and at this time are still at the top. Breeders have been trying to change the type of cattle they are raising to meet the market in this area. Many of the Charolais people in this area have been doing an incredible job at getting the heavy bone size and difficult calving down, ( often crossing with angus) and increasing the muscling till they really don't look much like the old style Charolais. I even heard they have black Charolais out there now! The Semmintal people have been crossing with red angus for lower bith weights and smaller bone, and trying to get rid of alot of the real flighty type cattle. Breeding some real nice looking cattle. Alot more solid red cattle and more polled genetics. On the big ranches with hundreds or with a few thousand head, that polled gene is really liked, as it means less work. Also, the local stockyards are charging at least $10 bucks a head for horned cattle as they don't want to deal with horned animals. When you have a large herd, it runs into bucks, so the breeders usually are running cattle that have been de-horned or polled cattle. Some of the popularity in some breed trends are due not only to improved animals being bred and brought into the area, but sometimes due to lots of advertising and publicity and good public relations by breed associations. Of course in some areas the show ring winnings in big shows also is a breed promotion in itself. What is the next trend? What is the demand out there? excellent flavored extra lean meat, or what ever it is, the breed that can "re-invent" itself and has the right promotion. Nite Hawk [/QUOTE]
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