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<blockquote data-quote="capt" data-source="post: 627304" data-attributes="member: 3759"><p>When I made my statement about the angus breeders I did not say all of them listed, I intended to say that not all of those in the original list posted that I would agree with calling them breeders. To me a breeder has to consider the entire animal and how its fits a program defined by that breeder. Since in my mind there is no perfect animal, you assess the positive and negative traits for that animal and mate them to an animal that you feel has the best chance at fixing or complementing those traits. The resulting crop of calves then needs to be sorted and evaluated as to how they meet the program criteria. For example, structurally sound cattle that are profitable in a western range environment with minimal annual precipitation might be the program they need to fit. To me the difference between a breeder and a mulitplier is the breeder raises cattle considering all environment as well as genetic factors to make a complete animal and having the discipline to cull those that do not fit or are not good enough and a multiplier copies what is being done on a large or small scale. Being a muliplier is not to be considered a demeaning term, it just means to me that they are copying what others have done without the discipline of a program or the discipline to cull those animals that do not fit the goal of the program. I am not sure the words I have chosen will convey my meaning, but hopefully so. lcc, I am not sure what your last sentence refers to. what is a predisder?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="capt, post: 627304, member: 3759"] When I made my statement about the angus breeders I did not say all of them listed, I intended to say that not all of those in the original list posted that I would agree with calling them breeders. To me a breeder has to consider the entire animal and how its fits a program defined by that breeder. Since in my mind there is no perfect animal, you assess the positive and negative traits for that animal and mate them to an animal that you feel has the best chance at fixing or complementing those traits. The resulting crop of calves then needs to be sorted and evaluated as to how they meet the program criteria. For example, structurally sound cattle that are profitable in a western range environment with minimal annual precipitation might be the program they need to fit. To me the difference between a breeder and a mulitplier is the breeder raises cattle considering all environment as well as genetic factors to make a complete animal and having the discipline to cull those that do not fit or are not good enough and a multiplier copies what is being done on a large or small scale. Being a muliplier is not to be considered a demeaning term, it just means to me that they are copying what others have done without the discipline of a program or the discipline to cull those animals that do not fit the goal of the program. I am not sure the words I have chosen will convey my meaning, but hopefully so. lcc, I am not sure what your last sentence refers to. what is a predisder? [/QUOTE]
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