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<blockquote data-quote="BAGTIC" data-source="post: 322828" data-attributes="member: 3757"><p>They fill the same role as small chickens fill in the poultry business. All those chickens in the grocery store are not from the traditional 'big breeds' or chickens. They are selected for rate of growth and food conversion efficiency.</p><p></p><p>Tha is where the beef industry is behind the dairy, poultry, and pig business. The beef industry is still, for the most part, at the biggest is better stage. When comparing a lot of cattle we have too long assumed that the ones that are largest at any stage of growth (age?) are the most efficient. </p><p></p><p>If one steer if 10% heavier but consumed 20% more feed getting there is it really 'more efficient'. Also, the animals that are more efficient on grass may not be the most efficient on feedstuffs, and vice versa.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BAGTIC, post: 322828, member: 3757"] They fill the same role as small chickens fill in the poultry business. All those chickens in the grocery store are not from the traditional 'big breeds' or chickens. They are selected for rate of growth and food conversion efficiency. Tha is where the beef industry is behind the dairy, poultry, and pig business. The beef industry is still, for the most part, at the biggest is better stage. When comparing a lot of cattle we have too long assumed that the ones that are largest at any stage of growth (age?) are the most efficient. If one steer if 10% heavier but consumed 20% more feed getting there is it really 'more efficient'. Also, the animals that are more efficient on grass may not be the most efficient on feedstuffs, and vice versa. [/QUOTE]
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