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<blockquote data-quote="DOC HARRIS" data-source="post: 831968" data-attributes="member: 1683"><p>Knersie-</p><p></p><p>You have hit upon the concealed and often 'unseen' cost factors which destroy profits. </p><p></p><p>In light of current "Profit" management protocols, such as smaller cows being more profitable, feed efficiency genetics, and capturing breed differences and heterosis,there is no question that by using Composite breeding practices, one may optimize increased uniformity and hybrid vigor in our seedstock cattle for Terminal operations. The operative terms in this regimen are "Profitable" seedstock, and smaller size cows. Simmmental genetics is a terrific way to achieve those profits, <strong><u>IF</u></strong> the seedstock are not so large that the profits are minimized by high cost of maintaining those large breeding animals, by high feed and high pasture costs. Here again the specter of selecting the <strong>correct</strong> traits <em>within</em> those compound breeds determines the bottom line in the profit column!</p><p></p><p>Big, heavy cows (and bulls) don't necessarily result in big, heavy PROFITS! </p><p></p><p>But that is pretty academic, isn't it?</p><p></p><p>DOC HARRIS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DOC HARRIS, post: 831968, member: 1683"] Knersie- You have hit upon the concealed and often 'unseen' cost factors which destroy profits. In light of current "Profit" management protocols, such as smaller cows being more profitable, feed efficiency genetics, and capturing breed differences and heterosis,there is no question that by using Composite breeding practices, one may optimize increased uniformity and hybrid vigor in our seedstock cattle for Terminal operations. The operative terms in this regimen are "Profitable" seedstock, and smaller size cows. Simmmental genetics is a terrific way to achieve those profits, [b][u]IF[/u][/b] the seedstock are not so large that the profits are minimized by high cost of maintaining those large breeding animals, by high feed and high pasture costs. Here again the specter of selecting the [b]correct[/b] traits [i]within[/i] those compound breeds determines the bottom line in the profit column! Big, heavy cows (and bulls) don't necessarily result in big, heavy PROFITS! But that is pretty academic, isn't it? DOC HARRIS [/QUOTE]
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