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<blockquote data-quote="blacksnake" data-source="post: 475115" data-attributes="member: 566"><p>DOC</p><p></p><p>I am always eager to read your posts and I won't pretend to know a fraction of what you know about cattle but here is my reasoning. Some of my reasoning is trying to produce cattle that I can sell in my area to my customers so I am essentially trying to breed animals that they use.</p><p></p><p>Are you saying that you concentrate on "Single Trait Selection"?</p><p>No, I'm actually trying to match some of my current percieved weaknesses to the strenghts of some of these bulls and to meet my customer's demands.</p><p></p><p>What plans are in place for your NEXT breeding season with the progeny of this year's matings?</p><p>I will retain very few of the offspring. </p><p></p><p>What specific bulls do you plan to use with the remainder of the six names that you mentioned? Not sure of the question.</p><p></p><p>What modifications do you anticipate putting into place with the progeny of 2V1? What traits of the cows are you attempting to correct by mating to 2V1?</p><p>I used 2V1 on one animal, a smaller framed BR Midland daughter. I'm hoping 2V1 will increase frame size and increase milk.</p><p></p><p>You have an interesting classification of "Genetic Influences" with your indicated protocols. I am curious about your motives and rationals concerning your selections. Could you elucidate please? </p><p>I don't brother with trying to sell bulls, they are just too much of a hassle. My main focus is selling bred heifers. Most of these I sell to 2-3 repeat customers. One of these customers sells freezer beef and would like to see more tenderness as well as adequate marbling. I am trying to see if I can supply what he wants.The balance I am selling in a bred heifer sale. Here is a breif rationale for each bull selected.</p><p></p><p>Objective- will be used to breed heifers for a sale where Objective bred heifers have been top sellers in the past.</p><p></p><p>New Level- will be used to breed cows with the purpose of keeping replacement heifers. Many of the cows he will breed are of VRD descent. New level has a high heifer pregnancy epd, high efficiency, high milk. I think this breeding will generate some good replacements.</p><p></p><p>Mainline -high tenderness bulls with pretty good growth</p><p>will be used on heifers</p><p></p><p>Highmark-high tenderness bull with good growth, IMF and will be used to breed mature cows with the intent of saving some replacements</p><p></p><p>Foresight-will be bred to mature cows, may keep some as replacements. This is also a high tenderness bull.</p><p></p><p>Corona-I got a couple staws free with the past purchase of a heifer. Hadn't thought too much about him until I went to a sale where his progeny looked good and were in the upper tier in sales $ </p><p></p><p>Primestar- I forgot to mention him since I had already used him, again he is high tenderness, high IMF, I used him on heifers.</p><p>I am curently testing all heifers through Bovigen for tenderness, marbling, and feed efficiency genes. Just using these as another tool not as the one and only factor.</p><p>Hope this helps and please continue to educate all of us.</p><p>thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blacksnake, post: 475115, member: 566"] DOC I am always eager to read your posts and I won't pretend to know a fraction of what you know about cattle but here is my reasoning. Some of my reasoning is trying to produce cattle that I can sell in my area to my customers so I am essentially trying to breed animals that they use. Are you saying that you concentrate on "Single Trait Selection"? No, I'm actually trying to match some of my current percieved weaknesses to the strenghts of some of these bulls and to meet my customer's demands. What plans are in place for your NEXT breeding season with the progeny of this year's matings? I will retain very few of the offspring. What specific bulls do you plan to use with the remainder of the six names that you mentioned? Not sure of the question. What modifications do you anticipate putting into place with the progeny of 2V1? What traits of the cows are you attempting to correct by mating to 2V1? I used 2V1 on one animal, a smaller framed BR Midland daughter. I'm hoping 2V1 will increase frame size and increase milk. You have an interesting classification of "Genetic Influences" with your indicated protocols. I am curious about your motives and rationals concerning your selections. Could you elucidate please? I don't brother with trying to sell bulls, they are just too much of a hassle. My main focus is selling bred heifers. Most of these I sell to 2-3 repeat customers. One of these customers sells freezer beef and would like to see more tenderness as well as adequate marbling. I am trying to see if I can supply what he wants.The balance I am selling in a bred heifer sale. Here is a breif rationale for each bull selected. Objective- will be used to breed heifers for a sale where Objective bred heifers have been top sellers in the past. New Level- will be used to breed cows with the purpose of keeping replacement heifers. Many of the cows he will breed are of VRD descent. New level has a high heifer pregnancy epd, high efficiency, high milk. I think this breeding will generate some good replacements. Mainline -high tenderness bulls with pretty good growth will be used on heifers Highmark-high tenderness bull with good growth, IMF and will be used to breed mature cows with the intent of saving some replacements Foresight-will be bred to mature cows, may keep some as replacements. This is also a high tenderness bull. Corona-I got a couple staws free with the past purchase of a heifer. Hadn't thought too much about him until I went to a sale where his progeny looked good and were in the upper tier in sales $ Primestar- I forgot to mention him since I had already used him, again he is high tenderness, high IMF, I used him on heifers. I am curently testing all heifers through Bovigen for tenderness, marbling, and feed efficiency genes. Just using these as another tool not as the one and only factor. Hope this helps and please continue to educate all of us. thanks [/QUOTE]
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