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Mark, brings up a good point. Finding a good donor worth the money is difficult. Worry about the cow end and forget the bull end of the spectrum. Selling semen isn't an easy task and if you don't have experience selling semen then that's not where you need to put your money or time. If you find...

What's the pedigree of your heifer? What does she look like? Hot Commodity is a great CE option and has a huge sample size. For us, he seems to follow the cow and make a better version of her most of the time. If your heifer is really good haired then you should be fine with HC. I've seen some...

I guess it depends on what major breeders you have in mind. I agree with both of the comments above. The big boys aren't going to dabble until the bulls have enough proven results. They will let everyone else take the risk and they will keep making the same genetics that work for them. Look at...

That bull of Compton's looks good! I'd consider him for the cows talked about. Like said earlier, I wouldn't worry about DS as much unless PHA is in play. There are breeders that have bred DS on DS on DS and still been able to sell calves. The Outsider is a bull I'd consider. Evolution is a...

What are you wanting the offspring of your cows to do? I assume you are trying to raise show stock. Without having pictures or much to go on from the cows pedigrees it's kind of tough to say. What is your end goal? What are you ideally wanting to raise? A little more context may be helpful in...

Monopoly cross on Chars has been documented and it works. Does anyone think Monopoly's Angus background has a sizeable impact to why this mating works? I think it's an interesting thinking piece that I wanted to throw out. The reason why I say that is that if Monopoly's Angus background has a...

Thank you Gargan! I think her best days are ahead of her. If you like her there then you should see her on the move. Big footed and sound as a cat

I've got a Hot Commodity heifer for sale that I think is very interesting. This heifer goes back to JA Dazzling Naomi which some of you know as a daughter of Cedar Curve Colleen. This heifers grand dam is a half sib to CYT June Flower 9107. This heifer is sleek fronted, deep bodied, and sound...

I'm with you CRS. I didn't know about the Dominant Follicle Removal either. I've heard of some good cows that wouldn't flush as well and I would love to see if this was the problem. I also thought it was interesting how many cows he had data on in regards to heat detection dating back to the...

I know some people have had good luck crossing the JPJ with Monopoly. I saw some Red Rocky calves the other day and they sure are stout. I think that would be an interesting option for a Texas Shorthorn steer

I thought it may be a Texas Shorthorn deal but I figured I would ask haha. Reason why I asked is Idk if there was any JPJ already in the genetic line. Outsider is a great option and Mark would know better than me but what about Red Rocky?

I haven't heard much about Hawkeye tbh. What's the shorthorn side of the cow?

Currently my favorite podcast! I've learned a lot from this podcast and I thought the Maine episode was particularly interesting as well.

I am going to try to attach an excel spreadsheet of a nutrient calculator that I use. I got it from the University of Kentucky but can't seem to find it online right now. If there is something that you feed or have available to feed like a supplement, that isn't on the spreadsheet then you can...

The old Grand Slam bull!! I remember seeing some pretty good calves out of him for the times. His BW EPD through the Hereford Association is +7.2 and CED is -12.1 so take that as you may Mark. Would be interesting so how that bull would work today.

Today, Purdue announced that County Fairs in Indiana in July are a go. Hoping the second wave that will probably hit in late June/ early July doesn't cancel the Indiana State Fair.

I think it really depends. When you say "hype man" is this in specific reference to the rep in the block or any of the ringman? As for the speeches, any speech that takes place when bidding is occurring is counterproductive. If the auctioneer has to stall between bids or struggles to get one...

She is out of a Solution son. Id say she's in the 14's weight wise. I'm know there is a lot of knowledge from experience so I thought it would be interesting to see what people have experienced first hand.

I have a cow that's bred really well phenotypically and produces great quality calves but she is getting older and it's time I start thinking about how to breed her to replace her. The one area that I would like to improve the most is milk. Ideally would like to keep phenotype as much as...

Does Shadybrook Scotty 83K breed similar to Buckshot? Is there any Buckshot semen around anymore? What's the story on Austin City Limit and LC Diamond Cutter?