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<blockquote data-quote="u4411clb" data-source="post: 998678" data-attributes="member: 17248"><p>Maines are in the same boat with other Continental breeds they are just a little later coming to the party. The Maines have a hard time in the present cattle industry in the US. Due to color and size and late maturity. But just like other continentals if you make the breed close enough to Angus and incorporate Angus characteristics the more it will be accepted.There are homo black and homo polled Maines that are far more acceptable in the industry and you also have the Maintainer which is a percentage Angus and percentage Maine similar to Simangus, LimFlex, Chiangus or Balancer. The problem like the previous poster said is going to be availability and depth of gene pool. There are pockets or areas in the US that people swear by Chiangus usually those pockets are near by a large Chiangus breeder like Tennesse or South Dakota. There are going to be pockets close to Iowa where the larger Maine breeders are that people will swear by them as well because they have access to the cattle. The problem is going to be for wide acceptance is why choose a black Maine when a person can pick a black Simmental or a black Limosuine or a black Gelbveih that people are more accepting of and the gene pool is bigger. Or why drive half way around the earth for a Maintainer when you can get a Balancer, LimFlex, or Simangus in your local area. There really I hate to say it not a dimes worth of difference in them all the difference is the quality that you have available to you as a buyer not the breed. The same issues people are saying about 100% Maines can be said about almost every Continental breed so Maines are really no better or worse just late really.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="u4411clb, post: 998678, member: 17248"] Maines are in the same boat with other Continental breeds they are just a little later coming to the party. The Maines have a hard time in the present cattle industry in the US. Due to color and size and late maturity. But just like other continentals if you make the breed close enough to Angus and incorporate Angus characteristics the more it will be accepted.There are homo black and homo polled Maines that are far more acceptable in the industry and you also have the Maintainer which is a percentage Angus and percentage Maine similar to Simangus, LimFlex, Chiangus or Balancer. The problem like the previous poster said is going to be availability and depth of gene pool. There are pockets or areas in the US that people swear by Chiangus usually those pockets are near by a large Chiangus breeder like Tennesse or South Dakota. There are going to be pockets close to Iowa where the larger Maine breeders are that people will swear by them as well because they have access to the cattle. The problem is going to be for wide acceptance is why choose a black Maine when a person can pick a black Simmental or a black Limosuine or a black Gelbveih that people are more accepting of and the gene pool is bigger. Or why drive half way around the earth for a Maintainer when you can get a Balancer, LimFlex, or Simangus in your local area. There really I hate to say it not a dimes worth of difference in them all the difference is the quality that you have available to you as a buyer not the breed. The same issues people are saying about 100% Maines can be said about almost every Continental breed so Maines are really no better or worse just late really. [/QUOTE]
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