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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron" data-source="post: 193755" data-attributes="member: 1682"><p>I agree, the Polled Herefords have many trait leaders, but are they all trait leaders for multiple traits? No. If you focus on one trait, say milk, it is real easy to get Herefords that milk like Holsteins within a few generations. But at what cost? Doability comes to mind. I think someone mentioned that the Polled and Horned guys should work together to promote the Hereford breed....which is good in theory. But the fact remains that so many commercial guys have gotten one bad Polled bull and given the whole breed a bad name, hence it is easy to understand why the horned guys want to distance themselves from that kind of association. I know one next door neighbour that only buys Alberta horned bulls for his herd because of the fact that "even the Polled linebred lines like Spidel and Four Square have to many genetic problems, and they are about the most balanced, hardy polled herefords you can get." Some horned guys use Polled bulls through AI to grab another corner of the market, but I have yet to see a Horned guy that actually runs a Polled bull in his herd, because, according to my conversations, the majority of their customers want no nonsense cattle....something that isn't attributed to the Polled cattle. Maybe horns are a bigger issue for breeders in the US. Most people up here just paste them when they tag them and saw the odd one or two they miss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron, post: 193755, member: 1682"] I agree, the Polled Herefords have many trait leaders, but are they all trait leaders for multiple traits? No. If you focus on one trait, say milk, it is real easy to get Herefords that milk like Holsteins within a few generations. But at what cost? Doability comes to mind. I think someone mentioned that the Polled and Horned guys should work together to promote the Hereford breed....which is good in theory. But the fact remains that so many commercial guys have gotten one bad Polled bull and given the whole breed a bad name, hence it is easy to understand why the horned guys want to distance themselves from that kind of association. I know one next door neighbour that only buys Alberta horned bulls for his herd because of the fact that "even the Polled linebred lines like Spidel and Four Square have to many genetic problems, and they are about the most balanced, hardy polled herefords you can get." Some horned guys use Polled bulls through AI to grab another corner of the market, but I have yet to see a Horned guy that actually runs a Polled bull in his herd, because, according to my conversations, the majority of their customers want no nonsense cattle....something that isn't attributed to the Polled cattle. Maybe horns are a bigger issue for breeders in the US. Most people up here just paste them when they tag them and saw the odd one or two they miss. [/QUOTE]
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