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"Straw Chasers" Good or bad for the industry?
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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 1208739" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>It's highly dependent on what's in the straw. :mrgreen: </p><p>If they are highly focused on making a certain kind of cow then it's the fastest way to do that and it's effective.</p><p>If all they want is to give their bulls some name recognition so they can run them through the sale, it works for that to but it can cost the customer a bunch of money by way of the cattle not really fitting the environment. </p><p>BUT... when bull seller A runs his high $EN range ready bulls through the same sale as seller B and seller B's genetics read like a who is who within that breed and every bull is fed up like a slaughter steer, the buyers will pay more for seller B's bulls most of the time, so I can't blame people for doing it that way.</p><p>Having been in the genetics side of things for many years, I can tell you first hand that what people say they need from a bull will fly out the window when they get a catalog full of wants in their hands... It's very hard to sell middle of the road bulls to customers even if that's what they said they want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 1208739, member: 14661"] It's highly dependent on what's in the straw. :mrgreen: If they are highly focused on making a certain kind of cow then it's the fastest way to do that and it's effective. If all they want is to give their bulls some name recognition so they can run them through the sale, it works for that to but it can cost the customer a bunch of money by way of the cattle not really fitting the environment. BUT... when bull seller A runs his high $EN range ready bulls through the same sale as seller B and seller B's genetics read like a who is who within that breed and every bull is fed up like a slaughter steer, the buyers will pay more for seller B's bulls most of the time, so I can't blame people for doing it that way. Having been in the genetics side of things for many years, I can tell you first hand that what people say they need from a bull will fly out the window when they get a catalog full of wants in their hands... It's very hard to sell middle of the road bulls to customers even if that's what they said they want. [/QUOTE]
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