I am wondering how many US breeders were considering Norsman King this spring now that ABS is distributing him??
http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/redang ... o=29AR0218
http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/redang ... o=29AR0218
Sage":1awn71kw said:Don't let the BW game kick you in the pants, if you keep using low BW bulls on every thing you will create your own calving problems.
dun":1fowlrdv said:Sage":1fowlrdv said:Don't let the BW game kick you in the pants, if you keep using low BW bulls on every thing you will create your own calving problems.
Wth all due respect, BS. There are a lot of good bulls that have low BW with acceptable WW and YW and still have daughters that calf easily. There are also those big weight bulls that have daughters that are a pull waiting to happen.
dun
Pelvic area and scrotal cir have a small relationship .04
Pelvic area and Yearling Wt have a high relationship .57
Pelvic area and BW are only slightly related .13
Pelvic area is highly heritable .40-.60
Good post, dun! You are absolutely right. Irresponsible breeders are induced to "cheat" on their own set goals and keep heifers as replacements becase of how they "LOOK", and ignore their EPD statistics, thereby disrupting their established herd-building plans. "Plan Your Work - and - Work Your Plan!"dun":3mas2xy2 said:I might would use him as a terminal sire. What irritates me is when a bull has such good maternal values and has such terrible maternal calving ease values. You use him as a terminal bull and get a really nice heifer out of him then decide to keep her as a replacement because she is just too good to send to the feedlot. Then you have to live with the consequences. Too often people then blame the bull the heifer was bred to instead of putting the fault where it belongs.
dun