I agree with everything you said but we can consider Normande bulls,think it will be a better choice than Simmental (I'm a Simmental breeder)
> I prefer a beefmaster female b/c
> then you have the heat tolerance
> of the brahman, the rustling
> ablility of the hereford and the
> milking of the shorthorn in your
> COWS, not just calves, not to
> mention their docility. I dont
> have any experience with simmental
> cows but i hear they milk quite
> well and would probably perform
> well in your area. i hear
> conflicting reports of their
> nuttiness so i'm sure you could
> find docile simmentals as well. we
> have some beefmasterXsimmental
> heifers that should be calving any
> day now. i expect them to be quite
> good mothers. We have commercial
> beefmaster cows and use
> continental bulls like simmental,
> charolais and black limousin to
> stretch our calves out. you might
> want to consider using simmental
> cows and a brangus bull. then your
> calves will be black, black n
> white, gray, gray and white, etc
> which will be good at the salebarn
> since angus is the cool thing
> right now. plus you'll probably
> have some white markings and a
> little ear so your calves wont be
> just like angus, which you seem to
> be tired of seeing. (dont blame
> you)
> I wouldnt use a dairy breed unless
> its for the sole purpose of
> producing replacement heifers. and
> in that case you would need to use
> an angus or hereford bull to beef
> up the calves. its hard enough to
> get a good, solid colored calf
> that wont be discounted for being
> part holstein using angus, but if
> you used a simmental or beefmaster
> bull you would most definitely
> have some spots, white feet, etc
> that will get discounted.
> if you are looking for a niche to
> sale bulls when all those angus
> breeders around you start looking
> for soemthing more, you could look
> into a charolais or simmental
> seedstock operation. this will
> involve more recordkeeping and
> stuff so you may or may not want
> to look into that. last year the
> simmentalXangus cross was the hot
> commodity at the georgia sale
> barns.
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