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<blockquote data-quote="Engler" data-source="post: 1030646" data-attributes="member: 4110"><p>I raise show pigs also so we are always using unproven young sires to try to raise the next one. A lot of them are priced somewhere between stupid and insane. One thing I can say is that the ones that are supposed to be the next big thing and get priced at $500 a dose only get used in the really good sows, and not at my place. When you're only getting used on the good ones, then there shouldn't be as many poor offspring.</p><p></p><p>In your beefmaster example would you breed him to every cow on the farm at $100 a crack(but would you at $20 a straw)? I'm guessing that if you did use the bull it would be in very special cows with the potential to make the best calves. Theory is the same, no semen going in to junk cows, way less chance of dud calves. Even if the bull isn't all that, there should be enough cow power to make good calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engler, post: 1030646, member: 4110"] I raise show pigs also so we are always using unproven young sires to try to raise the next one. A lot of them are priced somewhere between stupid and insane. One thing I can say is that the ones that are supposed to be the next big thing and get priced at $500 a dose only get used in the really good sows, and not at my place. When you're only getting used on the good ones, then there shouldn't be as many poor offspring. In your beefmaster example would you breed him to every cow on the farm at $100 a crack(but would you at $20 a straw)? I'm guessing that if you did use the bull it would be in very special cows with the potential to make the best calves. Theory is the same, no semen going in to junk cows, way less chance of dud calves. Even if the bull isn't all that, there should be enough cow power to make good calves. [/QUOTE]
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