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What's wrong with Simmental cattle?
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<blockquote data-quote="fitz" data-source="post: 1214991" data-attributes="member: 1306"><p>You nailed it for me. There are certainly still plenty of great Simmental breeders in these parts. Mine was a commercial Simmental herd. My FIL was a Simmental guy and as he began to wind down I started buying him out. I didn't get scared, but I did get tired of pulling calves during the time frame you mentioned. They were big girls but I didn't care for the amount of daylight under them and the amount of forage required and still carry that empty look. </p><p>Then the market changed and if they weren't black you took a hit. Had what I thought were nice commercial calves, but the red/yellow/whites just didn't suit the market. Finally broke down and went to a black Simmental Bull and then bit that bullet and went to an Angus Bull. That's were it changed for me.The breeds compliment each other well. </p><p>Over time I've gotten to mostly all SimAngus cows. Still have a few Simmental girls left. Last two Bull have been SimAngus Hybrids and will probably run that route for the foreseeable future. If I get to far to the Angus I won't hesitate to buy a good Sim Bull. I don't see that happening using the Hybrids. The cross just seems to work well here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fitz, post: 1214991, member: 1306"] You nailed it for me. There are certainly still plenty of great Simmental breeders in these parts. Mine was a commercial Simmental herd. My FIL was a Simmental guy and as he began to wind down I started buying him out. I didn't get scared, but I did get tired of pulling calves during the time frame you mentioned. They were big girls but I didn't care for the amount of daylight under them and the amount of forage required and still carry that empty look. Then the market changed and if they weren't black you took a hit. Had what I thought were nice commercial calves, but the red/yellow/whites just didn't suit the market. Finally broke down and went to a black Simmental Bull and then bit that bullet and went to an Angus Bull. That's were it changed for me.The breeds compliment each other well. Over time I've gotten to mostly all SimAngus cows. Still have a few Simmental girls left. Last two Bull have been SimAngus Hybrids and will probably run that route for the foreseeable future. If I get to far to the Angus I won't hesitate to buy a good Sim Bull. I don't see that happening using the Hybrids. The cross just seems to work well here. [/QUOTE]
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