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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 377716" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>The problem with breeds like Brangus or Gerts or others that are a true breeding composit is that you end up losing heterosis when they are bred to the same composit. Something about recombining genes. We retain heifers that are crosses from some of our better cows. But we breed primarily as a 2 breed rotation and some we strait breed. Once in a while we'll toss in a little something else, Simmenthal, just to see if that will increase the bottomline without hurting the breeding program.</p><p>We use the Simmenthals generally as a termnal cross, but we also have Polled Hereford and Red Angus bulls that we use as terminals also.</p><p>We're down to one cow and 3 of her daughters that is part Gelbvieh. If I could find a red Gelbvieh bull that brought the same things to the table that Simmenthals do we would have a few more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 377716, member: 34"] The problem with breeds like Brangus or Gerts or others that are a true breeding composit is that you end up losing heterosis when they are bred to the same composit. Something about recombining genes. We retain heifers that are crosses from some of our better cows. But we breed primarily as a 2 breed rotation and some we strait breed. Once in a while we'll toss in a little something else, Simmenthal, just to see if that will increase the bottomline without hurting the breeding program. We use the Simmenthals generally as a termnal cross, but we also have Polled Hereford and Red Angus bulls that we use as terminals also. We're down to one cow and 3 of her daughters that is part Gelbvieh. If I could find a red Gelbvieh bull that brought the same things to the table that Simmenthals do we would have a few more. [/QUOTE]
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