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<blockquote data-quote="Aero" data-source="post: 473973" data-attributes="member: 2076"><p>my particular path simplifies and diversifies at least for me.</p><p></p><p>2 (closed, linebred,) purebred herds.</p><p></p><p>breed the best (or all) purebred cows to the same breed of bull for 21 days. swap bull breed after 21 days.</p><p></p><p>purebred females calves either go into the purebred herd, are sold as registered heifers, or sold as commercial.</p><p>purebred males are sold for seedstock or sold as commercial.</p><p>F1 females go into the commercial herd, are sold as replacements or sold as commercial.</p><p>F1 males are sold as commercial or as hybrid breeding stock.</p><p></p><p>expect to sell everything at commodity prices.</p><p></p><p>there are a few things that are neat in this scheme: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">increased productive life of commercial cows through hybrid vigor (most important by far). Replacements are too costly to raise; longer productive life = lower replacement costs.<br /> increased fertility by using only animals that get bred in 21 days for the base (purebred) herds.<br /> sell calves into any livestock market (seedstock, feedlot, replacements).<br /> replacement females are consistent from year to year so customers know what they are getting.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aero, post: 473973, member: 2076"] my particular path simplifies and diversifies at least for me. 2 (closed, linebred,) purebred herds. breed the best (or all) purebred cows to the same breed of bull for 21 days. swap bull breed after 21 days. purebred females calves either go into the purebred herd, are sold as registered heifers, or sold as commercial. purebred males are sold for seedstock or sold as commercial. F1 females go into the commercial herd, are sold as replacements or sold as commercial. F1 males are sold as commercial or as hybrid breeding stock. expect to sell everything at commodity prices. there are a few things that are neat in this scheme:[list]increased productive life of commercial cows through hybrid vigor (most important by far). Replacements are too costly to raise; longer productive life = lower replacement costs. increased fertility by using only animals that get bred in 21 days for the base (purebred) herds. sell calves into any livestock market (seedstock, feedlot, replacements). replacement females are consistent from year to year so customers know what they are getting.[/list] [/QUOTE]
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