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    OUR ACHILLES HEEL

    Great post.........Dr. Elsden............and a REAL reminder of ET REALITY.
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    Feral Cattle

    You may be mistaken about feral cattle.......check with local brand inspector.
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    A Steak in Genomics

    YES......there is much proven research that Sanga cattle do not have similar tenderness to Brahma or other Bos Indicus genetics. Take a look at MSA Research from Australia.........the largest palatability testing program in the world. Also review MARC data.......as well as Research from Texas A&M.
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    A Steak in Genomics

    AND......your point is??
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    A Steak in Genomics

    3 Paths to Heat Adapted Cattle Ironically……..2 new methods for obtaining heat adapted cattle were announced last week. That gives beef producers 3 paths toward Heat Adapted Cattle. 1. The 2 million dollar genetic research path to identify DNA sequences associated with greater heat...
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    Politicizing food?

    Checkoff folks were way ahead or their time.............promoting for people to eat smaller servings and less beef. Now the mainstream his it figured out. Of course.........IF eating less of a good thing like beef is good........what is eating less of a bad thing like sugar...
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    Subway to cut antibiocs in its meats

    George........how can you become a real politician with that attitude? Oh well........give it some time.......you might come around to a real politician attitude......after a few years in office........most do.
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    "Creating/Inflating EPD's"

    "It is dishonest to suggest, or imply, that BLUP (EPD) analysis will allow accurate genetic comparisons of all economically important traits across all environments. A trait such as fertility is determined by hormonal balance (largely unaffected by environment) and body condition (largely a...
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    The Folly of Following Fads

    VERY True......Silver..........work on making true genetic improvements. Cynically........I often say that I can teach me 5 year old grandson to select cattle as well as many.........if not most.......currently in the cattle business...... Just pick the biggest blackest ones
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    Week-end trek to Arizona, December 11-14, 2015

    Great Photo Tour! Buddy......Rowdy........once proclaimed...... "The older you get........the less you like winter'...........hard to disagree. Great that you were able to escape for a little while.
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    Full fed Bulls

    You are EXACTLY right..........fat is the prettiest color. Takes a pretty good cowman or cowgirl to see past that.
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    Pokes vs Rams this Saturday

    Good Ones.......Jody
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    Young new rancher

    IF you are serious.........get to Billings next week. You will learn more than anywhere else.... http://profitableranching.com/Profitable_Ranching/Courses.html
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    New to Ranching, moving from Maryland to Dallas Tx

    Would recommend to everyone to get a copy of Johann's Zietsman's Profitable Ranching book........MAN, CATTLE and VELD......it will answer many of the questions you are asking......IF not all of them. http://mancattleveld.com
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    Star Valley man still working full time to turn 104

    Much prefer this approach over NO soap and NO milk.......... 110-Year-Old Nebraska Man's Tip for Longevity: Beer (NEWSER) – Mark Behrends of Nebraska celebrated a milestone rare among men this week—he turned 110, qualifying him for supercentenarian status. The majority of people who reach that...
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    portable corrals

    Yes.........I do rent pasture. Let me rephrase my post........as you seem to have totally missed my main point. It takes very few medical bills to add up to more than the price of even the most expense system. When you consider that fact alone..........a well designed system such as a Rawhide...
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    portable corrals

    One question of good vs bad corral systems..........that is seldom asked is.............. How severe does an injury have to be in order for the doctor & hospital bills and/or Vet bills to be more of an investment than the investment for a well designed corral system? These injuries seldom come...
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    portable corrals

    Deja Vu...........have had mine for a little over a year.......so sure it is an upgrade from the older ones. Maybe my enthusiasm is boosted by perspective. Have worked a lot of cattle and buffalo in many different poor corrals over the years.
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    portable corrals

    All the good that DeJaVu mentions for my Rawhide corral.......with none of the bad. Best designed piece of equipment I have ever owned.
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    Breeding Season Garuntee....bull purchase

    Based on your entire description.....my question is.......why would you buy bulls from this supplier?
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