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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 1031950" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>Forgive me if it's been said and I missed it but feed efficiency is not as directly tied to size as you'd think. If you look at angus sires in a lot of the big studs there are some surprises in there on efficiency. Fame was an early one... Big cows that didn't eat much, Forsight is one, SAF Connection was a great one, In Focus, Destination928, epic, None of them are smaller cattle but they're proven to use less energy. The real efficiency standouts like Wave and Nebula do tend to be smaller but there are plenty of smaller framed bulls that don't match up in the efficiency category.</p><p>Limousins have been winning feed efficiency trials at a few places and they're not small cattle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 1031950, member: 14661"] Forgive me if it's been said and I missed it but feed efficiency is not as directly tied to size as you'd think. If you look at angus sires in a lot of the big studs there are some surprises in there on efficiency. Fame was an early one... Big cows that didn't eat much, Forsight is one, SAF Connection was a great one, In Focus, Destination928, epic, None of them are smaller cattle but they're proven to use less energy. The real efficiency standouts like Wave and Nebula do tend to be smaller but there are plenty of smaller framed bulls that don't match up in the efficiency category. Limousins have been winning feed efficiency trials at a few places and they're not small cattle. [/QUOTE]
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