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<blockquote data-quote="Campground Cattle" data-source="post: 28035" data-attributes="member: 195"><p>Arnold I'm also a small operator 25- 30 head.I'm in the same boat as you are on tangible results as the AHA recently went to TPR. I take a little different approach as I have bought cows versus bulls to improve my genetics. I have been working to get a more moderate framed Hereford with pigment around the eye. In my travels I'm not seeing the improvements that a lot of breeders are boasting. I am becoming more skeptical as I have not encountered the BW and YW many boast . The most reliable bloodline on BW and YW is the Braxton Giant I have found and run, which is a very old line that does not have the popularity today as the breeders who are putting advertisement money behind their cattle. The Braxton bloodline(from New Zealand) throws very small calves that grow off rapidly, it does not have the pigment that I want. I just wonder how questionable some of the EPD reporting is. So I have went to raising my own bulls to get the traits I want replacing cows to keep from inbreeding. This is also the reason I withdrew from TPR and became a pedigee breeder. I just don't believe the results everyone is boasting. This only applies to Herefords as I have no knowledge of the other breeds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Campground Cattle, post: 28035, member: 195"] Arnold I'm also a small operator 25- 30 head.I'm in the same boat as you are on tangible results as the AHA recently went to TPR. I take a little different approach as I have bought cows versus bulls to improve my genetics. I have been working to get a more moderate framed Hereford with pigment around the eye. In my travels I'm not seeing the improvements that a lot of breeders are boasting. I am becoming more skeptical as I have not encountered the BW and YW many boast . The most reliable bloodline on BW and YW is the Braxton Giant I have found and run, which is a very old line that does not have the popularity today as the breeders who are putting advertisement money behind their cattle. The Braxton bloodline(from New Zealand) throws very small calves that grow off rapidly, it does not have the pigment that I want. I just wonder how questionable some of the EPD reporting is. So I have went to raising my own bulls to get the traits I want replacing cows to keep from inbreeding. This is also the reason I withdrew from TPR and became a pedigee breeder. I just don't believe the results everyone is boasting. This only applies to Herefords as I have no knowledge of the other breeds. [/QUOTE]
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