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How many folks run AI sired bulls in the commercial sector?
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<blockquote data-quote="UG" data-source="post: 1211993" data-attributes="member: 714"><p>Over the years I have frequently heard seedstock producers comment that the calves out of their home-raised clean-up bulls are on average better than the calves out of the popular AI sires that they have used. They generally seem surprised and confused on why this is. My thought is that they are picking the top-end of their bull calf crop out of their better cows. These young bulls are the ones that excelled under their management and environment, so it makes sense to me that the calves out of these home-raised bulls perform well. </p><p></p><p>Another thought is that most of us use AI bulls that were raised under very different management and environment conditions 500 to 1000 miles away. For example, a producer from northern Arkansas, runs cows on endophyte-infected fescue grass, in hot, humid summer conditions. Should we really be surprised when the calves out of the AI bulls from the sandhills of Nebraska and the hard grass country of eastern Montana don't perform so well in Arkansas?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UG, post: 1211993, member: 714"] Over the years I have frequently heard seedstock producers comment that the calves out of their home-raised clean-up bulls are on average better than the calves out of the popular AI sires that they have used. They generally seem surprised and confused on why this is. My thought is that they are picking the top-end of their bull calf crop out of their better cows. These young bulls are the ones that excelled under their management and environment, so it makes sense to me that the calves out of these home-raised bulls perform well. Another thought is that most of us use AI bulls that were raised under very different management and environment conditions 500 to 1000 miles away. For example, a producer from northern Arkansas, runs cows on endophyte-infected fescue grass, in hot, humid summer conditions. Should we really be surprised when the calves out of the AI bulls from the sandhills of Nebraska and the hard grass country of eastern Montana don't perform so well in Arkansas? [/QUOTE]
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