gpl said:
Branded, you've made a few references about using high DMI sires with no mention of RADG. I'm curious, do you prefer higher DMI sires and why?
I don't use high DMI sires, haven't for the past few years. In the past
however we did use them, so we have high DMI in our older females.
RADG is important to me, hence why I like using SAV genetics. Crossing SAV with top DMI dams has resulted in progeny that is still above breed average for DMI, but I get a lift in RADG and $B.
I hear about fire and ice matings, but nothing ventured nothing gained. I bred a low input type cow to SAV International 2020 and I got a very nice bull out of that mating. The bull is not like the sire or the dam, and he is Angus GS tested, he was a very pleasant surprise. Had we not done that mating how would we have known?
As for the fire and ice matings, why wouldn't a non tested bull to a non tested cow be fire and ice? I at least make an educated guess in sire selection, and I base it on genomic epds, not just phenotype.
Check out this bull calf I have right now
AAA 19193579
He's the one I'm talking about