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Stirring the pot on the LH/corriente topic
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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1834965" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>The thread has taken a new life and various topics. What has always puzzled me is that one breed association can successfully launch a market changing campaign and there has never been another association that can compete. Is there an answer what the other breeds didn't jump in quicker or don't "save their breed (color)" now?</p><p></p><p>If CAB disappeared today, there would still be a premium for prime beef of adequate portion size. So CAB alone does not make the meat more valuable but it throttles down the marketing and value of prime meat from other cattle. </p><p></p><p>Profit is made, on anything, from the last dollars earned rather than the first income. Shaving off the premiums of quality calves or the unfair hide color seal is removing potential profit. I don't care how cheap you buy off type cows - the profit is made on the marketing of the calves and the salvage value of the spent cows. </p><p></p><p>The SE USA has had a long image of a source of low value beef calves. It was legitimate for some calves and they were dairy crossed, had to make do on sorry pastures, were mineral deficient from poor mineral supplementation, weaned at the barn, poorly vaccinated, if vaccinated,... The price dock was real and is likely still real but might be more of a transportation cost now rather than quality issues on good calves. All of this junk cow, hide the breed, Scooter and Skippy talk, gather them from kudzu, trick the buyers or whatever really brings back up the reason that SE USA calves can still be seen as lesser. We worked hard to have decent animals and calves that buyers will pay for with profitable per pound or per head prices. I do value added to make it even more worthwhile. This is why I despise the junk cow push. Same old same old to keep the image of the regional cattle tarnished.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1834965, member: 24565"] The thread has taken a new life and various topics. What has always puzzled me is that one breed association can successfully launch a market changing campaign and there has never been another association that can compete. Is there an answer what the other breeds didn't jump in quicker or don't "save their breed (color)" now? If CAB disappeared today, there would still be a premium for prime beef of adequate portion size. So CAB alone does not make the meat more valuable but it throttles down the marketing and value of prime meat from other cattle. Profit is made, on anything, from the last dollars earned rather than the first income. Shaving off the premiums of quality calves or the unfair hide color seal is removing potential profit. I don't care how cheap you buy off type cows - the profit is made on the marketing of the calves and the salvage value of the spent cows. The SE USA has had a long image of a source of low value beef calves. It was legitimate for some calves and they were dairy crossed, had to make do on sorry pastures, were mineral deficient from poor mineral supplementation, weaned at the barn, poorly vaccinated, if vaccinated,... The price dock was real and is likely still real but might be more of a transportation cost now rather than quality issues on good calves. All of this junk cow, hide the breed, Scooter and Skippy talk, gather them from kudzu, trick the buyers or whatever really brings back up the reason that SE USA calves can still be seen as lesser. We worked hard to have decent animals and calves that buyers will pay for with profitable per pound or per head prices. I do value added to make it even more worthwhile. This is why I despise the junk cow push. Same old same old to keep the image of the regional cattle tarnished. [/QUOTE]
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