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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 3943"><p>In a "crossbreeding operation", that is the key element of the whole thing. There are purebred Blondes and Maines too, and for the commercail operators to use the purebred bulls, you need the seedstock producers to keep cranking out those bulls. Limos are not a maternal breed they are a muscle breed, most folks that study this type of stuff claim that for optimum carcass quality you want no more then 50% of those breeds and some claim that 25% is even better. You need to remember that the big deal is quality grade when you sell on the rail. The terminal breeds give you high yeild grade but low quality grade, while the British breeds are more quality grade and less yeild grade. But, you gotta raise what you like, no matter how misguided. Like the folks that raise those off colored black Angus. Typically most continentals are considered terminal and most british are considered maternal. At least something good has come from merry olde england. But not all maternal breeds are british.</p><p></p><p>dunmovin farms</p><p></p><p>> So.... I shouldn't keep my full</p><p>> blood Limousin heifers ... I</p><p>> should keep the next crop of</p><p>> heifers which will be half Limo</p><p>> and Angus.... the reason that my</p><p>> full blood Limousin heifers aren't</p><p>> to be used for replacements is</p><p>> because finding something to cross</p><p>> to is difficult? I'm starting to</p><p>> get confused here.... my plan was</p><p>> to breed my full bloods to create</p><p>> a cross and breed the crosses back</p><p>> to a Limousin to keep my herd</p><p>> heavy on the Limousin breeding</p><p>> side. If Limousin is such a</p><p>> terminal breed, how come there are</p><p>> pure breds? Is this hard to</p><p>> understand because I keep leaning</p><p>> toward the Limousin, or is it hard</p><p>> to understand because one needs a</p><p>> college education in biology to</p><p>> figure it all out?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 3943"] In a "crossbreeding operation", that is the key element of the whole thing. There are purebred Blondes and Maines too, and for the commercail operators to use the purebred bulls, you need the seedstock producers to keep cranking out those bulls. Limos are not a maternal breed they are a muscle breed, most folks that study this type of stuff claim that for optimum carcass quality you want no more then 50% of those breeds and some claim that 25% is even better. You need to remember that the big deal is quality grade when you sell on the rail. The terminal breeds give you high yeild grade but low quality grade, while the British breeds are more quality grade and less yeild grade. But, you gotta raise what you like, no matter how misguided. Like the folks that raise those off colored black Angus. Typically most continentals are considered terminal and most british are considered maternal. At least something good has come from merry olde england. But not all maternal breeds are british. dunmovin farms > So.... I shouldn't keep my full > blood Limousin heifers ... I > should keep the next crop of > heifers which will be half Limo > and Angus.... the reason that my > full blood Limousin heifers aren't > to be used for replacements is > because finding something to cross > to is difficult? I'm starting to > get confused here.... my plan was > to breed my full bloods to create > a cross and breed the crosses back > to a Limousin to keep my herd > heavy on the Limousin breeding > side. If Limousin is such a > terminal breed, how come there are > pure breds? Is this hard to > understand because I keep leaning > toward the Limousin, or is it hard > to understand because one needs a > college education in biology to > figure it all out? [/QUOTE]
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