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Cost of Using a Maternal Bull ?
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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1646511" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>When I said "not practical for beef", I was referring to the fact that chickens and pork are raised in high density confinement from birth to harvest. Vertically integrated company (Smithfields or Tyson for example) own the animal from start to finish, own the hatchery, the feed mill, the harvest facilities, the marketing effort, distribution, etc. Not practical to have the beef "hatchery" in a confinement situation. That occurs on many individual farms on many many acres. Mostly the beef cattle brood cows are owned by independent farmers with at least one transfer of ownership of the cattle from birth to retail distribution. So multiple owners and many parties are involved in decision making that drive genetic progress instead of a few companies that have complete decision making control for pork and chicken. Just an explanation of what I meant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1646511, member: 40418"] When I said "not practical for beef", I was referring to the fact that chickens and pork are raised in high density confinement from birth to harvest. Vertically integrated company (Smithfields or Tyson for example) own the animal from start to finish, own the hatchery, the feed mill, the harvest facilities, the marketing effort, distribution, etc. Not practical to have the beef "hatchery" in a confinement situation. That occurs on many individual farms on many many acres. Mostly the beef cattle brood cows are owned by independent farmers with at least one transfer of ownership of the cattle from birth to retail distribution. So multiple owners and many parties are involved in decision making that drive genetic progress instead of a few companies that have complete decision making control for pork and chicken. Just an explanation of what I meant. [/QUOTE]
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