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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, August 18, 1971
THE BATTALION
‘Fantastic circumstances’ behind beef breed avalanch
e
The current avalanche of new
beef breeds coming into the Unit
ed States is the result of the
“most fantastic combination of
circumstances ever to occur in the
livestock industry,” members of
the 21st annual Beef Cattle Short
Course learned here Monday.
Some of these circumstances,
listed by Professor J. K. Riggs of
the Animal Science Department,
were high demand for beef
brought on by high consumer
preference and purchasing power,
and a zooming population.
Another factor, he said, is the
basically unprofitable commercial
cow-calf phase of the beef busi
ness. Many commercial cattle pro
ducers are also dissatisfied with
production levels of a large seg
ment of the existing cattle popu
lation.
“Entrepreneurs are trying the
new breeds in an attempt to make
some money through ‘first’ sales
before competition catches up,”
the speaker said.
Riggs said acceptance of cross
breeding has had much influence
High school
program will
include Science
The Superior High School Stu
dent Program initiated last Sep
tember at Texas A&M by the
Liberal Arts College will be ex
panded this fall to include the
College of Science.
Announcement of the expan
sion was issued jointly by Dr.
W. David Maxwell, Liberal Arts
dean, Dr. John M. Prescott,
Science dean.
“This expansion will provide
a greater variety of college
courses for academically-talented
students chosen in the Bryan and
Consolidated High Schools,” they
said.
Since last September, 28 out
standing Bryan and College Sta
tion students have attended reg
ularly scheduled classes in the
College of Liberal Arts.
This year, participating stu
dents will be allowed to choose
from course offerings in the Col
lege of Science as well.
Students selected for participa
tion in the program receive high
school credit for the college course
work. The Superior High School
Student Program is administered
by the Honors Program Office
of the Liberal Arts College.
Interested students should con
tact their high school counselor
for further details.
A&M gets $300
from C of C
A $300 scholarship was pre
sented to Texas A&M Univer
sity’s College of Engineering
Tuesday by B - CS Chamber of
Commerce President Joe Sawyer.
The annual scholarship rotates
among the university’s nine aca
demic colleges, Sawyer said, and
represents the chamber’s appre
ciation to the university.
Engineering Dean Fred J. Ben
son said the scholarship probably
will be awarded to a junior col
lege transfer.
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on the new beef breed trend.
Large commercial feedlots forced
this acceptance through prefer
ence for crossbred feeder cattle.
A well developed crossbreeding
technology in this country has
helped.
Other reasons cited were highly
developed artificial insemination
programs and easy communication
and transportation.
But despite the improvement of
established breeds and the sudden
influx of the new ones, Riggs said
the industry still suffers from one
major bottleneck: Inability to
break the 95 percent calf barrier,
shorten the gestation period, or
control the sex of the calf crop.
The professor said the exotic
breeds attracting the most inter
est are big, growthy and muscu
lar. Fast growth and muscling fa
vor efficiency, but large size
hikes the maintenance require
ment and hinders efficiency.
“These factors must be kept in
mind in the evaluation of breeds
and breeding programs if we are
to maximize production per unit
of land,” he said. “We must not
become obsessed with large size
in breeding cattle.”
A major problem in the beef
industry stems from cattle chang
ing ownership, Riggs said. Profit
able cow-calf production requires
a high percentage of heavy calves
weaned.
But if the grower makes his
cattle too heavy and then sells
to the feedlot operator, the latter
may object because he is unable
to take advantage of feedlot gains,
the speaker pointed out. This sit
uation tends to work against top
total efficiency by discouraging
optimum continuous growth and
finishing to slaughter weight.
“If growing and finishing are
profitable operations in them
selves, it seems logical that at
least the better organized and fi
nanced ranchmen could improve
their profit, position by retaining
ownership of their cattle until
slaughter. Some are custom feed
ing their own cattle, buying oth
ers, and hedging to protect their
position,” Riggs said.
On a short term basis, import,
ing beef cattle may seem a sin
pie way to provide for increasim
requirements. But he said adop.
tion of the practice without cot.
trol will undoubtedly hamper de.
velopment of the domestic bee[
industry, thereby throwing more
demand on foreign sources.
About 300 ranchers, feedlotvp.
erators and animal scientists at-
tended the short course.
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