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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 1188311" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>I would go crossbred for sure. If it were me in your shoes I would start with proven cows and then breed either balancer or simangus with hereford in a two way cross. That way you have maximum heterosis from three popular breeds and you're consistently producing calves that are a high percentage english and bulls from both breeds are easy to come by. Look for homozygous black bulls on the simangus/balancer side to keep the calves high percentage black. I feel that that is about as close as you can get for a quiet, trouble free, fertile cow herd that produces a very desireable market calf.</p><p>To keep input costs low, have a defined calving season that targets about a month before your grass gets strong. That way you're only feeding hay to dry cows instead of trying to keep wet cows with calves in condition with hay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 1188311, member: 14661"] I would go crossbred for sure. If it were me in your shoes I would start with proven cows and then breed either balancer or simangus with hereford in a two way cross. That way you have maximum heterosis from three popular breeds and you're consistently producing calves that are a high percentage english and bulls from both breeds are easy to come by. Look for homozygous black bulls on the simangus/balancer side to keep the calves high percentage black. I feel that that is about as close as you can get for a quiet, trouble free, fertile cow herd that produces a very desireable market calf. To keep input costs low, have a defined calving season that targets about a month before your grass gets strong. That way you're only feeding hay to dry cows instead of trying to keep wet cows with calves in condition with hay. [/QUOTE]
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