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<blockquote data-quote="novatech" data-source="post: 698628" data-attributes="member: 5494"><p>All cattle are genetically designed to consume forage/grass. You know this because they have a ruminant system.</p><p>Phenotypically one cow may do better than another on different types of grasses. I will give you that phenotypic expression is genetic. You can have different phenotypes within any breed. It has also been proven that efficiency is genetic via, DNA studies. I don't know about Limms but if you will do <strong>your research</strong> you will find that Brahman and Brahman influenced cattle are some of the most efficient cattle of all the breeds. I also know through experience that there are those individual Brahman that do not do well no matter what you feed them. The only grain my Brahmans get is when they are weaned. they get one coffee can per day in the lot for gentling purposes. They stay butterball fat year round on grass alone for there entire lives or get shipped.</p><p>Corn fed beef did not get up on it's feet until the late 50's or 60's (Correct me if I am wrong on this.) So basically what you are saying is that most breeds were some how <strong>geneticly</strong> altered to be grain fed. </p><p>I have stated before I am interested in grass fed beef but I do not have to swallow what the purists have to say "hook line and sinker".</p><p>You may think I am being just hard headed about this, Well I am, until you show me something that will prove otherwise. I have changed my openion about a lot of things since I came onto these boards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novatech, post: 698628, member: 5494"] All cattle are genetically designed to consume forage/grass. You know this because they have a ruminant system. Phenotypically one cow may do better than another on different types of grasses. I will give you that phenotypic expression is genetic. You can have different phenotypes within any breed. It has also been proven that efficiency is genetic via, DNA studies. I don't know about Limms but if you will do [b]your research[/b] you will find that Brahman and Brahman influenced cattle are some of the most efficient cattle of all the breeds. I also know through experience that there are those individual Brahman that do not do well no matter what you feed them. The only grain my Brahmans get is when they are weaned. they get one coffee can per day in the lot for gentling purposes. They stay butterball fat year round on grass alone for there entire lives or get shipped. Corn fed beef did not get up on it's feet until the late 50's or 60's (Correct me if I am wrong on this.) So basically what you are saying is that most breeds were some how [b]geneticly[/b] altered to be grain fed. I have stated before I am interested in grass fed beef but I do not have to swallow what the purists have to say "hook line and sinker". You may think I am being just hard headed about this, Well I am, until you show me something that will prove otherwise. I have changed my openion about a lot of things since I came onto these boards. [/QUOTE]
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