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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1588326" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>While it is hot weather, take stroll down memory lane by pulling out old catalogs, semen catalogs, ... and see the 100's if not 1,000's of bulls that were famed, got the AI catalog press, were the hot bulls yet now be never heard of again. Same for test station winners: being in a test station and excelling does not equal to a bull that can transmit all that he seems to be. </p><p></p><p>And if breeding to the greatest was a cure all, why is the industry, specifically Angus, looking for ways to correct feet, fertility, udders, ...? They have been breeding to the greatest for decades with the help of every modern tool at their disposal. What is one of the options? Go back in the annals of time and reuse a bull like 707 to restart the sort, use a young outlier of traits and then cross back over with another younger bull that is an outlier in other traits, and on and on. Seems the circle of life in purebred breeding can be defined in so many ways.</p><p></p><p> One reason that a serious commercial cattleman can select the better cattle, merely my opinion, is that his income is based on the quality and function of the cattle and he needs to get the most for his purchase ability. Most commercial producers like that are not here on CT posting about it because it is business and not tit for tat, a seeking of fame or friends, an ego boost or anything like that. They buy bulls and cows based on business and not tags, links or name brands. The registered breeders I admire the most have that same skill set and philosophy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1588326, member: 24565"] While it is hot weather, take stroll down memory lane by pulling out old catalogs, semen catalogs, ... and see the 100's if not 1,000's of bulls that were famed, got the AI catalog press, were the hot bulls yet now be never heard of again. Same for test station winners: being in a test station and excelling does not equal to a bull that can transmit all that he seems to be. And if breeding to the greatest was a cure all, why is the industry, specifically Angus, looking for ways to correct feet, fertility, udders, ...? They have been breeding to the greatest for decades with the help of every modern tool at their disposal. What is one of the options? Go back in the annals of time and reuse a bull like 707 to restart the sort, use a young outlier of traits and then cross back over with another younger bull that is an outlier in other traits, and on and on. Seems the circle of life in purebred breeding can be defined in so many ways. One reason that a serious commercial cattleman can select the better cattle, merely my opinion, is that his income is based on the quality and function of the cattle and he needs to get the most for his purchase ability. Most commercial producers like that are not here on CT posting about it because it is business and not tit for tat, a seeking of fame or friends, an ego boost or anything like that. They buy bulls and cows based on business and not tags, links or name brands. The registered breeders I admire the most have that same skill set and philosophy. [/QUOTE]
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