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<blockquote data-quote="Arnold Ziffle" data-source="post: 141186" data-attributes="member: 43"><p>I think that in a relatively short time we will see a lot of deep south operations reduce the Brahman blood component of the cowherd to 25% or less. We'll always need to pick the cow herd that can thrive in our environment and then maybe use English or Continental bulls. There's a dinky little operation down in south Texas called the King Ranch that seems to be doing a lot of carcass improvement work, with both Santa Gertrudis and Santa Cruz. The later breed, of course, happens to be only a 3/16ths Brahman blooded animal and I gather that the ranch has apparently been well satisfied with their ability to thrive in the deep south Texas environment. The King ranch operates their own feedlot and I'd sure love to know some details about the carcass yield and grade and genestar results they've achieved with both breeds. Has anybody here been privy to any of that sort of information? Maybe I've just not seen any details that have been disseminated --- they seem to be a pretty private and close to the vest bunch. But a Santa Cruz (or any other 3/16th's Brahman composite) cow bred to English or Continental would of course yield a calf with less than 10% Brahman blood, and would probably be quite acceptable to the majority of feedlots operated by anybody other then the tapeworm!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arnold Ziffle, post: 141186, member: 43"] I think that in a relatively short time we will see a lot of deep south operations reduce the Brahman blood component of the cowherd to 25% or less. We'll always need to pick the cow herd that can thrive in our environment and then maybe use English or Continental bulls. There's a dinky little operation down in south Texas called the King Ranch that seems to be doing a lot of carcass improvement work, with both Santa Gertrudis and Santa Cruz. The later breed, of course, happens to be only a 3/16ths Brahman blooded animal and I gather that the ranch has apparently been well satisfied with their ability to thrive in the deep south Texas environment. The King ranch operates their own feedlot and I'd sure love to know some details about the carcass yield and grade and genestar results they've achieved with both breeds. Has anybody here been privy to any of that sort of information? Maybe I've just not seen any details that have been disseminated --- they seem to be a pretty private and close to the vest bunch. But a Santa Cruz (or any other 3/16th's Brahman composite) cow bred to English or Continental would of course yield a calf with less than 10% Brahman blood, and would probably be quite acceptable to the majority of feedlots operated by anybody other then the tapeworm! [/QUOTE]
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