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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 116208" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>In this area there just aren;t any really quality Glebvieh herds to slect from but there are a good number of Simmenthal. Part of that I think is just the general disinterest in Gelbviehs.</p><p>We looked into them when we wanted to add some continental influence. We spent a lot of time at registered Gelbvieh sales and visiting herds in southern MO and got a couple of F1's (now called balancers). One twinned her first year and turned into a nut case shortly before we weaned her calves, 843 lbs combined weaning weight for a mixed sex set of twins. The other is still with us and will be for a long while. One of her daughters is a bred yearling we're keeping. Although Gelbviehs have made a point to select for better udders, I still saw way too many balloon teats and raggy udders. They also (around here anyway) haven;t done nearly as much to mitigate frame size as Simmenthals. I've alwasy classified them as a solid colored Simmenthal. Selecting some of the milk out of them seems to be a problem, but crossed with moderate milking Red Angus they do very well. If I could find reliable carcass data on marbeling and tenderness I'ld be more tempted to use them.</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 116208, member: 34"] In this area there just aren;t any really quality Glebvieh herds to slect from but there are a good number of Simmenthal. Part of that I think is just the general disinterest in Gelbviehs. We looked into them when we wanted to add some continental influence. We spent a lot of time at registered Gelbvieh sales and visiting herds in southern MO and got a couple of F1's (now called balancers). One twinned her first year and turned into a nut case shortly before we weaned her calves, 843 lbs combined weaning weight for a mixed sex set of twins. The other is still with us and will be for a long while. One of her daughters is a bred yearling we're keeping. Although Gelbviehs have made a point to select for better udders, I still saw way too many balloon teats and raggy udders. They also (around here anyway) haven;t done nearly as much to mitigate frame size as Simmenthals. I've alwasy classified them as a solid colored Simmenthal. Selecting some of the milk out of them seems to be a problem, but crossed with moderate milking Red Angus they do very well. If I could find reliable carcass data on marbeling and tenderness I'ld be more tempted to use them. dun [/QUOTE]
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