Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
Inbreeding
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 382056" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>I can add to this list...</p><p></p><p>Overemphasis on showing bred all functionality out of the breed (the pony era) after that the overemphasis on growth and performance (the racehorse era) bred the rest of the traits that made herefords popular 100 years ago out of the breed. Luckily the turn has been made and more recently the more moderate more functional animals with maternal quality are doing well at the moment and are hopefully here to stay.</p><p></p><p>In SA the registered hereford cow numbers are up by 11% in the last year. If we stick with moderate cattle, with milk and muscle and fertility that can do it with mimimum inputs and work on eye pigment and BW this trend will hopefully continue.</p><p></p><p>I personally think the breed associations don't use the fertility of herefords enough in their advertising programs. It helps very little that the breeders know it, but no-one else does. In SA herefords have the smallest ICP of all breeds, 392 days, the national average of all breeds are 416 days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 382056, member: 4353"] I can add to this list... Overemphasis on showing bred all functionality out of the breed (the pony era) after that the overemphasis on growth and performance (the racehorse era) bred the rest of the traits that made herefords popular 100 years ago out of the breed. Luckily the turn has been made and more recently the more moderate more functional animals with maternal quality are doing well at the moment and are hopefully here to stay. In SA the registered hereford cow numbers are up by 11% in the last year. If we stick with moderate cattle, with milk and muscle and fertility that can do it with mimimum inputs and work on eye pigment and BW this trend will hopefully continue. I personally think the breed associations don't use the fertility of herefords enough in their advertising programs. It helps very little that the breeders know it, but no-one else does. In SA herefords have the smallest ICP of all breeds, 392 days, the national average of all breeds are 416 days. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
Inbreeding
Top