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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1649476" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>[USER=28887]@ccr[/USER] - you do joke? There was no CAB when Simmental first came here, 1968. Almost all the bulls imported were from Switzerland, "Simmenthal" at that time. I had black Simmental back in 1972 because you bought semen, bred to whatever you had in your herd. I happened to have some BWF and had some straight blacks. Got black calves and/or greys out of the cows . I don't know when we started importing Fleck semen.</p><p>Yes, CAB had huge influence on all breeds because of the carcass increased prices.</p><p>The Simmental upgrading program was a necessity if the breed was going to be established in the USA. And we continue to have upgrading because with it we can "create" an animal that FITS your area, your program. All Continental breeds have upgrading because that was the only way to start the breed. Importing Fullbloods is too expensive and takes way too long.</p><p>I truly believe Angus beef "used" to be a super great breed, but I also believe they have done a great job in ruining their breed chasing carcass/marbling traits. I personally believe they started chasing marbling because their cattle were having a hard time certifying CAB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1649476, member: 968"] [USER=28887]@ccr[/USER] - you do joke? There was no CAB when Simmental first came here, 1968. Almost all the bulls imported were from Switzerland, "Simmenthal" at that time. I had black Simmental back in 1972 because you bought semen, bred to whatever you had in your herd. I happened to have some BWF and had some straight blacks. Got black calves and/or greys out of the cows . I don't know when we started importing Fleck semen. Yes, CAB had huge influence on all breeds because of the carcass increased prices. The Simmental upgrading program was a necessity if the breed was going to be established in the USA. And we continue to have upgrading because with it we can "create" an animal that FITS your area, your program. All Continental breeds have upgrading because that was the only way to start the breed. Importing Fullbloods is too expensive and takes way too long. I truly believe Angus beef "used" to be a super great breed, but I also believe they have done a great job in ruining their breed chasing carcass/marbling traits. I personally believe they started chasing marbling because their cattle were having a hard time certifying CAB. [/QUOTE]
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