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Avoid ‘Brown Paper Bag’ Bull Buys

Barb Baylor Anderson

Shopping for a bull should be no different than shopping for seedcorn, asserts Dave Seibert, retired University of Illinois animal systems educator. Speaking at the Beef Sire Selection & Management Seminar in southern Illinois recently, Seibert told producers in attendance that the “brown paper bag” concept doesn’t work. In other words, given the high cost of production, producers should not gamble with using unknown genetics.

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