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<blockquote data-quote="toughntender" data-source="post: 1105955" data-attributes="member: 21587"><p>I tend to agree with the majority opinion here. Purchasing embryos would be a good approach for a smaller operation. One of the problems with dropping thousands and thousands of dollars on some expensive donor is that she needs to be constantly flushed in order to make it pay. If you don't have a way to utilize all of the embryos produced, and you can't sell all of them, what's the point. In my mind you would be much better of putting a variety of good embryos in some of your more plain cows and advancing that way. After all it's the calves, and the genetics they represent, that you are after not just the cow.</p><p></p><p>One other thing that often gets forgotten about is the adaption period that occurs any time you move cattle. Some fancy donor running on land out west would have a pretty tough time making it in the southeast for example. They claim that it can take anywhere from 120 days up to a full year for a cow to get used to a new area. I personally wouldn't want to risk so much money on an animal that might not even make the adjustment. At least with embryos, the genetics you want will come out in a calf that is already adapted to your area. Anybody else ever experienced trouble with cattle adapting? Just my 2 cents. Its worth what it cost you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughntender, post: 1105955, member: 21587"] I tend to agree with the majority opinion here. Purchasing embryos would be a good approach for a smaller operation. One of the problems with dropping thousands and thousands of dollars on some expensive donor is that she needs to be constantly flushed in order to make it pay. If you don't have a way to utilize all of the embryos produced, and you can't sell all of them, what's the point. In my mind you would be much better of putting a variety of good embryos in some of your more plain cows and advancing that way. After all it's the calves, and the genetics they represent, that you are after not just the cow. One other thing that often gets forgotten about is the adaption period that occurs any time you move cattle. Some fancy donor running on land out west would have a pretty tough time making it in the southeast for example. They claim that it can take anywhere from 120 days up to a full year for a cow to get used to a new area. I personally wouldn't want to risk so much money on an animal that might not even make the adjustment. At least with embryos, the genetics you want will come out in a calf that is already adapted to your area. Anybody else ever experienced trouble with cattle adapting? Just my 2 cents. Its worth what it cost you. [/QUOTE]
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