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<blockquote data-quote="Kent" data-source="post: 196133" data-attributes="member: 2134"><p>All I know is that both Hereford and RA breeders around here are selling the heck out of bulls the last couple of years. Angus breeders have continued their strong sales. There aren't that many new breeders, so those sales have to be eating into some breed's (or breeds') market share(s). The RA seemed to have a jump on the Herefords on the increase in sales, so I think it's possible the two could go back and forth for the #2 spot for a while as the Hereford breed will see an increase in registrations for the next several years.</p><p></p><p>It will be very difficult for Herefords to ever again surpass Angus for the #1 spot for two reasons, even if all performance, carcass, fertility, and maternal are equal between the two breeds. The Angus breed has two very important dominant traits: polledness and hide color. If you put an Angus bull on a herd of cows, you will get all polled and all black calves, and this uniformity helps sell. The Hereford breed cannot offer both of these, although red on red always breeds true. But with todays mongrelized herds, an Angus bull is a good choice. Of course, I favor the Herefords a little, but there's very little practical difference between the two breeds, especially when the hides are off.</p><p></p><p>I realize that other breeds are striving for homozygous polled and black bulls, but Angus delivers this every time. If you happen to get one of the very few Angus bulls that carries the red gene, a lot of breeders will take him back, replace him, and thank you for letting them know he has the gene.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kent, post: 196133, member: 2134"] All I know is that both Hereford and RA breeders around here are selling the heck out of bulls the last couple of years. Angus breeders have continued their strong sales. There aren't that many new breeders, so those sales have to be eating into some breed's (or breeds') market share(s). The RA seemed to have a jump on the Herefords on the increase in sales, so I think it's possible the two could go back and forth for the #2 spot for a while as the Hereford breed will see an increase in registrations for the next several years. It will be very difficult for Herefords to ever again surpass Angus for the #1 spot for two reasons, even if all performance, carcass, fertility, and maternal are equal between the two breeds. The Angus breed has two very important dominant traits: polledness and hide color. If you put an Angus bull on a herd of cows, you will get all polled and all black calves, and this uniformity helps sell. The Hereford breed cannot offer both of these, although red on red always breeds true. But with todays mongrelized herds, an Angus bull is a good choice. Of course, I favor the Herefords a little, but there's very little practical difference between the two breeds, especially when the hides are off. I realize that other breeds are striving for homozygous polled and black bulls, but Angus delivers this every time. If you happen to get one of the very few Angus bulls that carries the red gene, a lot of breeders will take him back, replace him, and thank you for letting them know he has the gene. [/QUOTE]
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