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<blockquote data-quote="Bright Raven" data-source="post: 1530703" data-attributes="member: 27490"><p>Luke</p><p></p><p>Your question has been covered to some extent.</p><p></p><p>The cow is the foundation of your herd. Ebenezer whom is very knowledgeable of breeding, agrees with that principle. There in Madison County, you have a lot of fescue pasture, however, it is likely diluted with clovers and other Kentucky grasses. Furthermore, we don't have the toxicity levels that Fire Sweep Simmental Ranch has in Missouri (if anyone wants a challenge, try raising beef cattle on the forages FSSR deals with. I know their program well enough that my challenges here are a piece of cake compared to theirs). Since your cows are adapted to fescue, using an SI sire whose ancestors were raised on prairie grasses will work there. Remember, you don't have to keep the bull there, only his semen. And his calves will adapt as they transition from a milk diet to pasture.</p><p></p><p>Therefore, the Dam that has acquired resistance to endophyte toxicity will provide some protection. </p><p></p><p>BTW: whether resistance to endophyte toxicity is entirely genetic is being studied in a program the Fire Sweep Simmental Ranch is enrolled in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bright Raven, post: 1530703, member: 27490"] Luke Your question has been covered to some extent. The cow is the foundation of your herd. Ebenezer whom is very knowledgeable of breeding, agrees with that principle. There in Madison County, you have a lot of fescue pasture, however, it is likely diluted with clovers and other Kentucky grasses. Furthermore, we don't have the toxicity levels that Fire Sweep Simmental Ranch has in Missouri (if anyone wants a challenge, try raising beef cattle on the forages FSSR deals with. I know their program well enough that my challenges here are a piece of cake compared to theirs). Since your cows are adapted to fescue, using an SI sire whose ancestors were raised on prairie grasses will work there. Remember, you don't have to keep the bull there, only his semen. And his calves will adapt as they transition from a milk diet to pasture. Therefore, the Dam that has acquired resistance to endophyte toxicity will provide some protection. BTW: whether resistance to endophyte toxicity is entirely genetic is being studied in a program the Fire Sweep Simmental Ranch is enrolled in. [/QUOTE]
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