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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1729972" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>There are so many factors that go into how genetics line up and pass down, it's one of those things that we as humans that are involved in the cattle industry want to predict, manipulate and control. It's also something that I don't think we can do a very good job of it. I would take the knowledge of a longtime cattleperson from years of practical experience any day over the EPD's, and even the genetically enhanced EPD's. People somehow maintained their herds for years and decades without them. </p><p>My personal opinion is that a Charolais X Highland is not a cross that would be desirable in most situations, quite frankly can't think of any as far as a bull. That's the extreme end of fire and ice matings. Fire and ice matings even within the same breed rarely give consistent results so I certainly wouldn't expect it to in the capacity of a crossbred bull of that description. </p><p>I am not at all opposed to using a good crossbred bull, that comes from known lines, as long as there are not extremes and the cowherd is of the type and kind that would work well with the individual bull.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1729972, member: 24816"] There are so many factors that go into how genetics line up and pass down, it's one of those things that we as humans that are involved in the cattle industry want to predict, manipulate and control. It's also something that I don't think we can do a very good job of it. I would take the knowledge of a longtime cattleperson from years of practical experience any day over the EPD's, and even the genetically enhanced EPD's. People somehow maintained their herds for years and decades without them. My personal opinion is that a Charolais X Highland is not a cross that would be desirable in most situations, quite frankly can't think of any as far as a bull. That's the extreme end of fire and ice matings. Fire and ice matings even within the same breed rarely give consistent results so I certainly wouldn't expect it to in the capacity of a crossbred bull of that description. I am not at all opposed to using a good crossbred bull, that comes from known lines, as long as there are not extremes and the cowherd is of the type and kind that would work well with the individual bull. [/QUOTE]
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