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<blockquote data-quote="rwtherefords" data-source="post: 152446" data-attributes="member: 778"><p>Dun, here are my comments about what you said concerning registration. First, I'm a small operation. Second, slightly over half of my herd is Black Angus. That means that the registered Hereford females I have must all be very good. Good females bred to an excellent bull should always produce an average or better calf (barring genetic defect, injury, etc.). In the AHA, if a female isn't registered, you don't get EPD's for her offspring. So, if you've got average or better dams bred to a bull with EPD's in the top 15% or better for the breed, and the heifer calves (before 4 months of age) appear to be delivering on their genetic potential, it's worth paying the $10 to register them. The AI route brings into play the semen certificate fee which, in your words, was astounding.</p><p></p><p>Now, bulls are a completely different story in my opinion. Sires affect every calf in a herd and set the direction your herd is going. In my opinion, they must truly be excellent specimens in order to be registered. I've only registered one bull in the past 2 years. If you'd like, check out 42638970 on the AHA web. If you click the graph view of his EPD's, I think you'll see why I registered him. There's a lot of performance history in his pedigree. What I was saying earlier was, if you can get a bull like this for $1500 and use him for 2 years on 25 cows, why would you pay an additional $3500 - $4500 just to AI? (I know you do your own AI work and wouldn't have those expenses, but most don't do their own AI work.) Do people think the genetics are really that much better? I think people are often times paying for name recognition in a pedigree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rwtherefords, post: 152446, member: 778"] Dun, here are my comments about what you said concerning registration. First, I'm a small operation. Second, slightly over half of my herd is Black Angus. That means that the registered Hereford females I have must all be very good. Good females bred to an excellent bull should always produce an average or better calf (barring genetic defect, injury, etc.). In the AHA, if a female isn't registered, you don't get EPD's for her offspring. So, if you've got average or better dams bred to a bull with EPD's in the top 15% or better for the breed, and the heifer calves (before 4 months of age) appear to be delivering on their genetic potential, it's worth paying the $10 to register them. The AI route brings into play the semen certificate fee which, in your words, was astounding. Now, bulls are a completely different story in my opinion. Sires affect every calf in a herd and set the direction your herd is going. In my opinion, they must truly be excellent specimens in order to be registered. I've only registered one bull in the past 2 years. If you'd like, check out 42638970 on the AHA web. If you click the graph view of his EPD's, I think you'll see why I registered him. There's a lot of performance history in his pedigree. What I was saying earlier was, if you can get a bull like this for $1500 and use him for 2 years on 25 cows, why would you pay an additional $3500 - $4500 just to AI? (I know you do your own AI work and wouldn't have those expenses, but most don't do their own AI work.) Do people think the genetics are really that much better? I think people are often times paying for name recognition in a pedigree. [/QUOTE]
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