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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 961197" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>To George - thanks for some of the best reading I have ever seen on the internet. You really conveyed the scene and I think the truth. I appreciate you taking the time to write that post.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I personally don't think this is the future. This approach works against the diversity we need. What happens when 2/3 of the cows in the national herd come from a very few genetic donors???</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To Brandon - I share your attraction to a "romantic" approach. However I differ with you on a couple minor points. I don't think it needs to be a "young" man, at least I hope not! This is what I am trying to do, if on a small scale, and I am not very "young". I believe this is what the Hereford breed needs for the future, rather than the SL approach related by George. </p><p></p><p>With a variety of decent foundation stock, taking data, and using that data I think we can develop a herd that meets our needs much quicker than your (human) generations, and with a lot fewer resources. And I think with cattle prices as they are and likely will be over the coming few years, it can be profitable along the way rather than a sink hole for millions. I believe the future of the Hereford breed will be determined by the ability to efficiently produce a high quality commercial beef product that people want on their supper table, and do it with minimal inputs, not by how many winners circle photos and ribbons are on the mantle. </p><p></p><p>The world is moving to doing more with less. I see the Hereford breed with smaller more efficient cows that can calve on their own, stay healthy, use the woods for shelter and wean a 205 day calf over 50% of their own weight on grass only but produce a good sized marbled ribeye and other beef without excessive bone... This is the future and I think we can get there maybe quicker than might be thought in the past. I think there is a role for the smaller, maybe part time operation in this future. </p><p></p><p>The key to any engineering design project is to have, at the beginning, a clear picture (target "specs") in your head of what you want to end up with. That picture may change slightly as you go along but usually not much. If you use the available tools you can often turn that "picture" in your head into reality much quicker than most people realize. It is not easy, nor quick, but very rewarding as you get closer.</p><p></p><p>jmho.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p><p></p><p>(still a beginner with a very small, mostly commercial, herd)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 961197, member: 7509"] To George - thanks for some of the best reading I have ever seen on the internet. You really conveyed the scene and I think the truth. I appreciate you taking the time to write that post. I personally don't think this is the future. This approach works against the diversity we need. What happens when 2/3 of the cows in the national herd come from a very few genetic donors??? To Brandon - I share your attraction to a "romantic" approach. However I differ with you on a couple minor points. I don't think it needs to be a "young" man, at least I hope not! This is what I am trying to do, if on a small scale, and I am not very "young". I believe this is what the Hereford breed needs for the future, rather than the SL approach related by George. With a variety of decent foundation stock, taking data, and using that data I think we can develop a herd that meets our needs much quicker than your (human) generations, and with a lot fewer resources. And I think with cattle prices as they are and likely will be over the coming few years, it can be profitable along the way rather than a sink hole for millions. I believe the future of the Hereford breed will be determined by the ability to efficiently produce a high quality commercial beef product that people want on their supper table, and do it with minimal inputs, not by how many winners circle photos and ribbons are on the mantle. The world is moving to doing more with less. I see the Hereford breed with smaller more efficient cows that can calve on their own, stay healthy, use the woods for shelter and wean a 205 day calf over 50% of their own weight on grass only but produce a good sized marbled ribeye and other beef without excessive bone... This is the future and I think we can get there maybe quicker than might be thought in the past. I think there is a role for the smaller, maybe part time operation in this future. The key to any engineering design project is to have, at the beginning, a clear picture (target "specs") in your head of what you want to end up with. That picture may change slightly as you go along but usually not much. If you use the available tools you can often turn that "picture" in your head into reality much quicker than most people realize. It is not easy, nor quick, but very rewarding as you get closer. jmho. Jim (still a beginner with a very small, mostly commercial, herd) [/QUOTE]
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