Not a fan at all here. People either like Remitall or they don't. IMO, they represent everything that is wrong with the Hereford breed, in focusing on the showring. I have witnessed many times how much they feed them cattle at the shows, and I just shake my head. I don't know who else besides them can afford to feed cattle like that, but most of the commercial guys I know can't. The Hereford breed needs to focus on gains in the pasture, particularly on the cow side of things. I wouldn't use their bulls for anything more than a terminal cross, and that's if the bull could survive one good winter on our type of management. A lot of people have gotten sucked into their marketing and by peer pressure. You'd be amazed at how many people think they need a Remitall bull just because it's 'Remitall'. Very few lines left in the Polled Hereford breed that don't have a good shot of Remitall in them. Nope, any cow (or calf) can look good on barley...but is it economical? About 5% of the producers in our area creep feed, so I wonder what kind of calves would be brought in, in the fall. One larger producer with 600 cows has used a fair bit of Remitall Boomer in his breeding, and it's interesting to note what happened to the weaning weights on those calves compared to his non-Remitall bloodlines. No creep except on the show prospects. Average on the Boomers at 205 is about 300-350 lbs, while the average across all others is about 450-500 lbs.
