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Which AI bull do you use and why?
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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 613581" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Please don't be offended, but a group of cows is a herd, not heard. And they're pure bred, not pure bread.</p><p></p><p>Now that I've nitpicked... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>We have a small registered Angus herd and have had for about 20 years. Our cows are where we want them to be. Angus cattle, in general, are a maternal breed. If you don't select for extremes, most Angus bulls will give you a good cow. But most smaller breeders make their living selling bulls to commercial cattlemen, not females. This spring we'll have calves sired by Strategy, Foresight and Lead On. I think they're all ABS bulls. We performance test our bulls, so we're looking for bulls that we think will do well on test. That helps sell them. We use proven bulls because we believe we'll have fewer sorry animals with those proven bulls. </p><p></p><p>We keep most every heifer until she's bred, has that first calf at side or goes to the sale barn. If one is a non-breeder, I want to know it before a customer starts telling the world about that sorry heifer he bought from us. It takes one breeding (AI) or otherwise to get a good heifer.....if the cow and bull are good animals. If either one isn't, you may never get a heifer you're happy with. When we started with the Angus, we tried to do it on the cheap. We bought cheap heifers/cows and AI-ed them to what we thought were the best bulls in the breed. It didn't take long to realize we would have been better off to buy fewer, higher quality cows/heifers instead. </p><p></p><p>I don't know what bulls we'll be using this spring. We've got several heifers to breed and will use the rest of our New Design 036 semen in a couple of those. We'll probably put Midland in a tall Krugerrand 490 heifer. And we'll get a look at these Lead On calves; we may use more of him. Also, for the first time in a very long time we're going to use a clean up bull.</p><p></p><p>My advice to you is to know where you plan to sell your registered cattle. You don't say where you are, but in this part of the country, commercial cattlemen want a bull with some leg under him. They'll almost always pick the tallest bull on the place if we're selling from home. At the test station, they go for the highest performance numbers....usually.</p><p></p><p>If you're planning to sell show heifers, you'll need to pay attention to what's winning in the show ring. That's an entirely different business, IMO, than performance breeding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 613581, member: 13"] Please don't be offended, but a group of cows is a herd, not heard. And they're pure bred, not pure bread. Now that I've nitpicked... :) We have a small registered Angus herd and have had for about 20 years. Our cows are where we want them to be. Angus cattle, in general, are a maternal breed. If you don't select for extremes, most Angus bulls will give you a good cow. But most smaller breeders make their living selling bulls to commercial cattlemen, not females. This spring we'll have calves sired by Strategy, Foresight and Lead On. I think they're all ABS bulls. We performance test our bulls, so we're looking for bulls that we think will do well on test. That helps sell them. We use proven bulls because we believe we'll have fewer sorry animals with those proven bulls. We keep most every heifer until she's bred, has that first calf at side or goes to the sale barn. If one is a non-breeder, I want to know it before a customer starts telling the world about that sorry heifer he bought from us. It takes one breeding (AI) or otherwise to get a good heifer.....if the cow and bull are good animals. If either one isn't, you may never get a heifer you're happy with. When we started with the Angus, we tried to do it on the cheap. We bought cheap heifers/cows and AI-ed them to what we thought were the best bulls in the breed. It didn't take long to realize we would have been better off to buy fewer, higher quality cows/heifers instead. I don't know what bulls we'll be using this spring. We've got several heifers to breed and will use the rest of our New Design 036 semen in a couple of those. We'll probably put Midland in a tall Krugerrand 490 heifer. And we'll get a look at these Lead On calves; we may use more of him. Also, for the first time in a very long time we're going to use a clean up bull. My advice to you is to know where you plan to sell your registered cattle. You don't say where you are, but in this part of the country, commercial cattlemen want a bull with some leg under him. They'll almost always pick the tallest bull on the place if we're selling from home. At the test station, they go for the highest performance numbers....usually. If you're planning to sell show heifers, you'll need to pay attention to what's winning in the show ring. That's an entirely different business, IMO, than performance breeding. [/QUOTE]
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