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<blockquote data-quote="VanC" data-source="post: 277371" data-attributes="member: 3355"><p>The way I see it, once some of a bulls heifers are retained he is no longer a "terminal" bull, no matter what he was originally bred for. Terminal means just that. All his calves go to market. Kind of knit-picky I suppose, but that's my opinion.</p><p></p><p>To me it's all about balance, especially if you're doing rotational crossbreeding. The best bulls are those that will give you good feeder calves AND good heifers. Calving ease, but not tiny calves. Growth, but not huge monsters that will eat you out of house and home. Milk, but not so much that she can't hold her weight on grass and breed back. Fertility, longevity, carcass, and on and on.</p><p></p><p>Some breeds are historically maternal and some historically terminal, but now it's getting harder to tell them apart. In trying to be all things to all people, some breeds are losing their identity. Maybe that's a good thing and I just don't see it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VanC, post: 277371, member: 3355"] The way I see it, once some of a bulls heifers are retained he is no longer a "terminal" bull, no matter what he was originally bred for. Terminal means just that. All his calves go to market. Kind of knit-picky I suppose, but that's my opinion. To me it's all about balance, especially if you're doing rotational crossbreeding. The best bulls are those that will give you good feeder calves AND good heifers. Calving ease, but not tiny calves. Growth, but not huge monsters that will eat you out of house and home. Milk, but not so much that she can't hold her weight on grass and breed back. Fertility, longevity, carcass, and on and on. Some breeds are historically maternal and some historically terminal, but now it's getting harder to tell them apart. In trying to be all things to all people, some breeds are losing their identity. Maybe that's a good thing and I just don't see it. [/QUOTE]
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