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<blockquote data-quote="gberry" data-source="post: 643535" data-attributes="member: 3325"><p>Wisteria, you have hit on the biggest problem raising Murray Greys, in my opinion. This split in the registries cripples Murray Grey breeders. It's no problem for folks like OKJeanne who have developed a good market for grassfed beef and can easily market their animals off the farm to a high paying customer. It does become a problem for someone such as me who is trying to grow their herd. </p><p></p><p>You realize to get any breeding stock registerable with AMGA, you have to travel 500 or so miles. Of course, you could buy some animals from the MGIA breeders who are closer, but have no way of obtaining EPDs on those animals as no records are reported. </p><p></p><p>It seems to me the common sense thing to do would be to merge the two organizations again and work out a fee and program schedule that would be reasonable for everyone. Unfortunately, it is now much more an issue of pride than practicality and that is hard to deal with. The loudest promoters have chosen a side and are not going to change or give in one inch. I for one would not buy animals who could not at least be enrolled in a program to generate EPDs, but I know that is not the consensus view. It does make it hard to see good bulls such as the ones posted recently by OKJeanne and know they aren't going to be usable in my program.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gberry, post: 643535, member: 3325"] Wisteria, you have hit on the biggest problem raising Murray Greys, in my opinion. This split in the registries cripples Murray Grey breeders. It's no problem for folks like OKJeanne who have developed a good market for grassfed beef and can easily market their animals off the farm to a high paying customer. It does become a problem for someone such as me who is trying to grow their herd. You realize to get any breeding stock registerable with AMGA, you have to travel 500 or so miles. Of course, you could buy some animals from the MGIA breeders who are closer, but have no way of obtaining EPDs on those animals as no records are reported. It seems to me the common sense thing to do would be to merge the two organizations again and work out a fee and program schedule that would be reasonable for everyone. Unfortunately, it is now much more an issue of pride than practicality and that is hard to deal with. The loudest promoters have chosen a side and are not going to change or give in one inch. I for one would not buy animals who could not at least be enrolled in a program to generate EPDs, but I know that is not the consensus view. It does make it hard to see good bulls such as the ones posted recently by OKJeanne and know they aren't going to be usable in my program. [/QUOTE]
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