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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron" data-source="post: 817734" data-attributes="member: 1682"><p>You honestly think things have changed in the last 30 years? Very few A.I. Hereford bulls fulfill the needs of the commercial cattlemen, and are only promoted based on their show string 'bling'. Not even 15 years ago, the north american herd was promoting polled bulls with BW epd's of 13+ and milk EPD's of -7. </p><p></p><p>If you think you going to sell junk like that to commercial cattlemen year after year, you are a fool. But, in North America, if you want some consistency and balance in your traits, you just use Horned Hereford. I know when I was buying Polled bulls or A.I.-ing with them, I wondered each and every time what the new bull would contribute to the herd. Every Polled bull was a 'trait leader' or bred some magical single improvement in all of it's progeny. Very few were balanced in their performance and maternal traits.</p><p></p><p>The older crowd might understand when I say Polled Herefords are GMC to Horned Herefords Chevrolet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron, post: 817734, member: 1682"] You honestly think things have changed in the last 30 years? Very few A.I. Hereford bulls fulfill the needs of the commercial cattlemen, and are only promoted based on their show string 'bling'. Not even 15 years ago, the north american herd was promoting polled bulls with BW epd's of 13+ and milk EPD's of -7. If you think you going to sell junk like that to commercial cattlemen year after year, you are a fool. But, in North America, if you want some consistency and balance in your traits, you just use Horned Hereford. I know when I was buying Polled bulls or A.I.-ing with them, I wondered each and every time what the new bull would contribute to the herd. Every Polled bull was a 'trait leader' or bred some magical single improvement in all of it's progeny. Very few were balanced in their performance and maternal traits. The older crowd might understand when I say Polled Herefords are GMC to Horned Herefords Chevrolet. [/QUOTE]
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