shortybreeder
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to get an A.I. stud to carry a shorthorn bull? Now before we go on a tangent about colors and discounts and showiness and etc., I'm asking what are the traits that would make a shorthorn bull desirable enough to be listed by a commercially-oriented AI stud such as Genex? What are commercial producers currently looking for in their sires? Shorthorns down in Australia are hard-working, production machines, so why can't we bring some of their genetics up here to work in the United States? You'd be hard-pressed to find a tougher environment, so I'd expect the cattle to thrive around here.
I guess the main question that I'm looking for a thread to form around is this: If you had the opportunity to travel down into Australia and look for the "Ideal" commercial bull, what traits would you be looking for? I believe in order for the commercial industry to accept him in this country, he would have to be solid red. Beyond that, I want to hear opinions from the commercial side--if you don't use A.I., for the sake of this thread, let's assume you breed every cow/heifer at least once A.I. per year.
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I guess the main question that I'm looking for a thread to form around is this: If you had the opportunity to travel down into Australia and look for the "Ideal" commercial bull, what traits would you be looking for? I believe in order for the commercial industry to accept him in this country, he would have to be solid red. Beyond that, I want to hear opinions from the commercial side--if you don't use A.I., for the sake of this thread, let's assume you breed every cow/heifer at least once A.I. per year.
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