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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 519584" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Bradley3's branded beef used to prefer feeders that were 3/4 Angus X 1/4 Continental for their program. If you were working toward that program, it always seemed more practical to me to have Angus cattle and run an Angus X Continental bull simply from a cow size point since Continental cows <strong>tend to be</strong> larger than Angus cattle. But research that I've read suggests that the cow benefits from heterosis more than a bull. There's tons of research available on the benefits of a <strong>planned</strong> program of crossbreeding on the cow herd. Longeivity, pounds weaned, fertility, etc. I don't know of any actual research done on the benefits of using a crossbred bull. Has anyone seen any research from universities, as opposed to the breed associations/organizations that are pushing composite bulls? If so, I'd be interested in reading it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 519584, member: 13"] Bradley3's branded beef used to prefer feeders that were 3/4 Angus X 1/4 Continental for their program. If you were working toward that program, it always seemed more practical to me to have Angus cattle and run an Angus X Continental bull simply from a cow size point since Continental cows [b]tend to be[/b] larger than Angus cattle. But research that I've read suggests that the cow benefits from heterosis more than a bull. There's tons of research available on the benefits of a [b]planned[/b] program of crossbreeding on the cow herd. Longeivity, pounds weaned, fertility, etc. I don't know of any actual research done on the benefits of using a crossbred bull. Has anyone seen any research from universities, as opposed to the breed associations/organizations that are pushing composite bulls? If so, I'd be interested in reading it. [/QUOTE]
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