CreekAngus
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Personally, I think the AAA has some big issues at hand and they really don't know how to deal with it. Other than creating new indexes that truly will not correct anything. For some reason there is a mantra going around that Angus are no longer maternal and the herd is heading towards being a terminal breed. I got cows, they raise good calves, breed back, got feet, really good udders and aren't falling apart....isn't that maternal? I have a friend whose got a couple of bulls in the catalogs and he posted the following. .....
Why does breeding cattle that work, I mean truly work for a living need to be so complicated......?? Maybe it is time for the scientists and the computer derived formulas to come spend a calving season in the west, then come back and spend a few weeks during the fall run and shipping season. It's pretty simple, sort the purebred cattle the same way that your commercial customers sort them. Put em in the alley, and in and by them. No other way, quit making excuses, quit relying on manipulated data. The proof is in the pudding. If she has a calf, bred back on time, has a good udder, adequate body condition to do it again, good feet, etc etc. then she goes by, if not for any of the above reasons she goes in ( hence destined for our vast hamburger market). It's that simple!!I strongly believe when it's 10 below zero and a dirty western winter that is the time to talk about maternal. I also believe when it's been a hot long dry summer in the desert or the mountains and shipping season is upon us it is also the time to judge maternal. They have it or they don't!
Why does breeding cattle that work, I mean truly work for a living need to be so complicated......?? Maybe it is time for the scientists and the computer derived formulas to come spend a calving season in the west, then come back and spend a few weeks during the fall run and shipping season. It's pretty simple, sort the purebred cattle the same way that your commercial customers sort them. Put em in the alley, and in and by them. No other way, quit making excuses, quit relying on manipulated data. The proof is in the pudding. If she has a calf, bred back on time, has a good udder, adequate body condition to do it again, good feet, etc etc. then she goes by, if not for any of the above reasons she goes in ( hence destined for our vast hamburger market). It's that simple!!I strongly believe when it's 10 below zero and a dirty western winter that is the time to talk about maternal. I also believe when it's been a hot long dry summer in the desert or the mountains and shipping season is upon us it is also the time to judge maternal. They have it or they don't!