southernblues
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badroute":21eevhed said:I recently purchased a few bulls from a breeder that has never waivered from using the older bloodlines. These bulls are chalk full of red meat and moderate in frame. I figure these bulls will sire some very functional cattle that add weight in the form of red meat rather than frame.
The thing about these bulls is their EPD's are not impressive at all. Their WW EPD's are only slightly higher than the milk EPD's of some of the various semen companies top bulls. Their production EPD's are indeed inferior to those of our present day sires but their Maternal EPD's are superior to those of our present day sires.
The question I ask is why are most using Black Angus bulls? Is it to produce superior maternal momma cows as the breed was originally intended, or is it to just to geta black hided calf in order to quench the industrys thirst for black hided calves that grow like weeds.
The two choices, while neither wrong, will definetly require completely different bull types and I'm not sure there is one bull that can accomplish both. It all depends on your priorities.
I did an Internet search on 3R9 and this thread came up from 2007. I've read through and totally agree with this statement. Angus (and Hereford) were meant to be maternal breeds. The modern day marketing is no muscle (mostly fed, fat cattle), too much frame, no efficiency with HIGH milk. In a world when the cow-calf guy is crying about profits...