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<blockquote data-quote="cbcr" data-source="post: 1293010" data-attributes="member: 16303"><p>He is using a Charolais bull on BWF and Black cows, so some of those cows are already 3-way crosses. That is fine as the 3-way crosses have around 87% hybrid vigor. The 2-way crosses have around 66%.</p><p></p><p>While the English/Continental crosses are very nice cattle, he could go back with any one of the breeds, Angus or Hereford he would still have around 66% to 87% hybrid vigor. If he were to use another breed, such as Simmental, Gelbvieh, etc., some of the offspring would be a 4-way cross and would have around 93% hybrid vigor. If he were to breed straight one breed he would have NO hybrid vigor.</p><p></p><p>Look at the chart on our website for the amount of hybrid-vigor with different matings: <a href="http://compositebeef.com/why-composites.html" target="_blank">http://compositebeef.com/why-composites.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cbcr, post: 1293010, member: 16303"] He is using a Charolais bull on BWF and Black cows, so some of those cows are already 3-way crosses. That is fine as the 3-way crosses have around 87% hybrid vigor. The 2-way crosses have around 66%. While the English/Continental crosses are very nice cattle, he could go back with any one of the breeds, Angus or Hereford he would still have around 66% to 87% hybrid vigor. If he were to use another breed, such as Simmental, Gelbvieh, etc., some of the offspring would be a 4-way cross and would have around 93% hybrid vigor. If he were to breed straight one breed he would have NO hybrid vigor. Look at the chart on our website for the amount of hybrid-vigor with different matings: [url]http://compositebeef.com/why-composites.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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