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"Straw Chasers" Good or bad for the industry?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1208937" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>Producing for the seed stock industry, using a straw makes my cattle way more valuable than a herd bull. Go to any breed sale, and I can pretty much guarantee you that cows/Bulls/heifers that are sired by a KNOWN AI sire will always bring more money than an animal out of a herd bull with no known name. Even if the "no known name" bull comes from AI sired bull/cow, the value is deminished if the sire is not well known. </p><p>So in the nature of my industry, I have to use straws. Or embryos. I am not big enough, nor have I been in this since my "grand daddy was born", to establish myself as a big name breeder. My cattle have to speak for themselves at sales or shows if I expect to get top dollar for them right next to the well known breeders. I let THEM take the chance on the "new stuff" and try to learn as fast as I can what the "new stuff" clicks with, and then match them to my cows. I look at offspring, and then search the cow family of that offspring, to see what kind of cow he is working on. Being in the show industry, I see THOUSANDS of cattle at many different stages, and can identify trends quickly. Hopefully, I am not too late to get ahold of some of those genetics and use them wisely. I may not be at the front of the pack, but by watching the pack run I hopefully can see who will last the race and grasp "those" genetics and use them in my herd. "Those" being the top AI sires in my industry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1208937, member: 18809"] Producing for the seed stock industry, using a straw makes my cattle way more valuable than a herd bull. Go to any breed sale, and I can pretty much guarantee you that cows/Bulls/heifers that are sired by a KNOWN AI sire will always bring more money than an animal out of a herd bull with no known name. Even if the "no known name" bull comes from AI sired bull/cow, the value is deminished if the sire is not well known. So in the nature of my industry, I have to use straws. Or embryos. I am not big enough, nor have I been in this since my "grand daddy was born", to establish myself as a big name breeder. My cattle have to speak for themselves at sales or shows if I expect to get top dollar for them right next to the well known breeders. I let THEM take the chance on the "new stuff" and try to learn as fast as I can what the "new stuff" clicks with, and then match them to my cows. I look at offspring, and then search the cow family of that offspring, to see what kind of cow he is working on. Being in the show industry, I see THOUSANDS of cattle at many different stages, and can identify trends quickly. Hopefully, I am not too late to get ahold of some of those genetics and use them wisely. I may not be at the front of the pack, but by watching the pack run I hopefully can see who will last the race and grasp "those" genetics and use them in my herd. "Those" being the top AI sires in my industry. [/QUOTE]
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