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<blockquote data-quote="alexfarms" data-source="post: 1120173" data-attributes="member: 8677"><p>I was laughing about that last line too. "We'll make sure you have a great time while you're there." You know what they say about people pleasers: They never get what they want. I'd like to get to the meeting just to see what others are saying. I don't think people in the Hereford breed have come to terms with the current economics of feed costs and its effect on profitability. A good example of that is discussion about whether the AHA's profit indices need to be updated to reflect current feed costs and the difficulties of maintaining profit indices if they aren't updated often. </p><p></p><p>Did you ever wonder about Titan 23D, S Titan 7777, Tex Prime Time (two time Denver champion), DH Yampa Dominator and their many descendants throughout the breed? Its surprising how many of their descendants are now polled. Have you ever wondered why we still have so many horned Herefords when the polled gene is dominant and if nature were let take its course then the number of horned cattle in the breed should be slowly declining. </p><p></p><p>Here's an article about the horn/poll gene in Holsteins, one of the other breeds where horns are common. There is a statement in the first paragraph that might interest you: "Oddly enough, the history books tell us that the ancestors of our modern-day cattle did not have horns and that mutations must have occurred that gave rise to horns."</p><p></p><p>Its interesting to read through the article and see the examples of the polled gene popping out in Holsteins from parents that were believed to be horned but had distant ancestors that were known to be polled. Often times scurrs are mistaken for horns and when a smooth headed calf comes along it really isn't the result of a recent mutation, but one that occurred several generations earlier. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fextension.psu.edu%2Fanimals%2Fdairy%2Fdocuments%2Fpolled-holsteins-history&ei=u9A6U83rKemh2QWtwIHIAg&usg=AFQjCNGUY5TDJF7h7egrfw_2idtyuyKeWA" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... idtyuyKeWA</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alexfarms, post: 1120173, member: 8677"] I was laughing about that last line too. "We'll make sure you have a great time while you're there." You know what they say about people pleasers: They never get what they want. I'd like to get to the meeting just to see what others are saying. I don't think people in the Hereford breed have come to terms with the current economics of feed costs and its effect on profitability. A good example of that is discussion about whether the AHA's profit indices need to be updated to reflect current feed costs and the difficulties of maintaining profit indices if they aren't updated often. Did you ever wonder about Titan 23D, S Titan 7777, Tex Prime Time (two time Denver champion), DH Yampa Dominator and their many descendants throughout the breed? Its surprising how many of their descendants are now polled. Have you ever wondered why we still have so many horned Herefords when the polled gene is dominant and if nature were let take its course then the number of horned cattle in the breed should be slowly declining. Here's an article about the horn/poll gene in Holsteins, one of the other breeds where horns are common. There is a statement in the first paragraph that might interest you: "Oddly enough, the history books tell us that the ancestors of our modern-day cattle did not have horns and that mutations must have occurred that gave rise to horns." Its interesting to read through the article and see the examples of the polled gene popping out in Holsteins from parents that were believed to be horned but had distant ancestors that were known to be polled. Often times scurrs are mistaken for horns and when a smooth headed calf comes along it really isn't the result of a recent mutation, but one that occurred several generations earlier. [url=http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fextension.psu.edu%2Fanimals%2Fdairy%2Fdocuments%2Fpolled-holsteins-history&ei=u9A6U83rKemh2QWtwIHIAg&usg=AFQjCNGUY5TDJF7h7egrfw_2idtyuyKeWA]http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... idtyuyKeWA[/url] [/QUOTE]
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