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I've had some discussions over the last month or so with people involved in pretty much every segment of the cattle business. I'm not sure what to make about the homogenizing of the North American cattle genetics-it seems to be that by all breeds becoming black and trying to be all things to everybody we are losing some of the differences that made them strong. It used to be if you purchased a set of british bred females you were pretty secure in the knowledge they'd make mother cows under ranch conditions-if you bought exotic bulls there was a good chance they'd improve yield grade if used back on those british cows. It's a conundrum. I know ourselves if we try and improve yield grade too much we start to have cattle fall out on the cow side of things-basically I've made the decisions to live with some Y3's and try and make profit by keeping cow carrying costs inline. I always keep a few benchmark cows to judge our straightbred cattle against-if the brahma/jersey cross heifers are doing well-everything else had better be thriving-unfortunately it's not always the case.
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