Telos
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It's Christmas Eve and wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.
I have always wanted to ask this question to all you experienced cattle breeders and thought it would be an interesting discussion... Is it true that you don't get as much power or heterosis when you use a Continental sire; ie. Angus, Shorthorn, Hereford on your more European based cows as opposed to your mostly European influenced sires on Continental based cows?
Genetically there should not be a difference since half of the genes comes from the sire and the other half comes from the dam.
From past experience I have been disappointed with the results when Angus sires were used on my powerful Maine cows. They have always seemed to lack the thickness even when extra stout Angus bulls were used.
I have always wanted to ask this question to all you experienced cattle breeders and thought it would be an interesting discussion... Is it true that you don't get as much power or heterosis when you use a Continental sire; ie. Angus, Shorthorn, Hereford on your more European based cows as opposed to your mostly European influenced sires on Continental based cows?
Genetically there should not be a difference since half of the genes comes from the sire and the other half comes from the dam.
From past experience I have been disappointed with the results when Angus sires were used on my powerful Maine cows. They have always seemed to lack the thickness even when extra stout Angus bulls were used.