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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1782285" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>That's exactly correct. I'm entirely against the CAB marketing scheme... but I have to admit it's working brilliantly and driving prices at all levels in favor of black hides.</p><p>And I've never had any issues with black angus until their organization started shoving them down our collective throats. Right away I could see where it was all leading, including the genetic issues. Of course I didn't know the specific genetic anomalies but I haven't been surprised.</p><p>One thing I didn't anticipate was that Simmental and Limousin and others would pollute their gene pool with angus blood to compete, but who knows, it may have invigorated stagnant lines in the various breeds. At some point we'll see.</p><p>And as a result of other breeds developing black hair the angus crowd are scrambling to develop a way to weed those cattle out at the sale barn. They don't care about the industry... or the people involved trying to feed their families... just their short term thickness-of-their-wallet interests.</p><p></p><p>But yeah... black hides bring more. Sad but true. It's a lot like so many great businesses that make a big name for themselves by legitimate competition and once they are on top the quality gets diluted and no longer applies... but they'll milk it for all it's worth until people wise up and it begins to stink.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1782285, member: 42463"] That's exactly correct. I'm entirely against the CAB marketing scheme... but I have to admit it's working brilliantly and driving prices at all levels in favor of black hides. And I've never had any issues with black angus until their organization started shoving them down our collective throats. Right away I could see where it was all leading, including the genetic issues. Of course I didn't know the specific genetic anomalies but I haven't been surprised. One thing I didn't anticipate was that Simmental and Limousin and others would pollute their gene pool with angus blood to compete, but who knows, it may have invigorated stagnant lines in the various breeds. At some point we'll see. And as a result of other breeds developing black hair the angus crowd are scrambling to develop a way to weed those cattle out at the sale barn. They don't care about the industry... or the people involved trying to feed their families... just their short term thickness-of-their-wallet interests. But yeah... black hides bring more. Sad but true. It's a lot like so many great businesses that make a big name for themselves by legitimate competition and once they are on top the quality gets diluted and no longer applies... but they'll milk it for all it's worth until people wise up and it begins to stink. [/QUOTE]
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