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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 785004" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>There are three parts to my cattle system. Charolais, Registered Angus, and whatever odd-bred pairs I can pick up cheap in the spring when everyone else runs out of grass that I will split in the fall and sell for beef with almost no input... So far I've made as much or more on the junk cows as I have the good ones so I do understand low input economics. I also understand that even in these cattle that I don't put anything into, genetic improvement has been made somewhere in the past wheather it was intended or not. These low input guys buy cull bulls that the seedstock guys don't register for whatever reason and wind up with some pretty good calves or they buy a cull cow that didn't make the grade in a top notch herd but is WAY better than "junk" and keep a daughter out of her. When the genetics get out there, they get into the junk herds eventually.</p><p>That being said, why would I quit trying to improve my registerd cattle just because 50% of the market doesn't see the value? That's a glass half empty point of view and I've worked hard to get to where I can see the glass as half full. I'll produce good cattle for the other 50% of the market that sees the value.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 785004, member: 14661"] There are three parts to my cattle system. Charolais, Registered Angus, and whatever odd-bred pairs I can pick up cheap in the spring when everyone else runs out of grass that I will split in the fall and sell for beef with almost no input... So far I've made as much or more on the junk cows as I have the good ones so I do understand low input economics. I also understand that even in these cattle that I don't put anything into, genetic improvement has been made somewhere in the past wheather it was intended or not. These low input guys buy cull bulls that the seedstock guys don't register for whatever reason and wind up with some pretty good calves or they buy a cull cow that didn't make the grade in a top notch herd but is WAY better than "junk" and keep a daughter out of her. When the genetics get out there, they get into the junk herds eventually. That being said, why would I quit trying to improve my registerd cattle just because 50% of the market doesn't see the value? That's a glass half empty point of view and I've worked hard to get to where I can see the glass as half full. I'll produce good cattle for the other 50% of the market that sees the value. [/QUOTE]
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