Thanks for helping me learn more about Charolais. Commercially, it seems like we need to move beyond breed predjudices . Within breed predjudices are very useful points of reference, I think, because usually these preferences stem from real experience in particular management environments. The accuracies on 9108 were very high, whereas for the French bulls not so much... The marbling in the French bull was very interesting to me and the lower growth might be better suited to all forage production. It the very good growth on 9108 is the trait I would seek to transmit, without compromising marbling.
I am wondering if growth can be injected PROPORTIONAL to the frame size of the British derived cows? This may be a very stupid question, but I pose it anyway.
The object is to blend more growth into an old style Angus cow type, just as Freddy advised. Not an extreme overnight sensation growth rate, but just enough to balance a bump in frame size. This potential increase in eventual hanging weight is built into to the F1 cow rather than sought after from a terminal cross. The terminal cross, in this instance, swings back to the security of Galloway grass fattening ability.
Does this approach make sense....formerly, I thought Shorthorn should impart the growth factor, but now I begin to think there are Charolais that may be more predictable.
