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<blockquote data-quote="talltimber" data-source="post: 1229380" data-attributes="member: 22236"><p>What would be some of your recommendations on good bulls (contemplating AI as well) to put on my cows to produce some good replacement heifers. I don't know that I will be able to keep any/many for a year or two, but eventually I would like to hold some out of my better cows, and attempt to make those even better. Cows are Angus.</p><p></p><p>A little background: I am in debt on my cows right now (but right-side up). I'm trying to justify/balance my debt/heifer cost vs calf price in the future/expanding herd. I feel like I am generally having some pretty good calves now, some better than others. If I don't watch, I'm going to have some of my better cows getting some age on them before I get any heifers out of them. Average age is probably around 7.5 yrs old or so, but there are not any younger than 5 and none older than 9.</p><p></p><p>Any opinions or direction to another place for research of information I can use would be welcomed. I realize opinions are just that, and you have to take into account who/where it's coming from, but if I could get a sufficient amount of opinions I could get some commonly recommended bulls that I could research more myself (epd's, common problems of the bulls that would eliminate them, etc.)</p><p></p><p>Thanks to gizmom (or blame depending on your opinion of this thread :lol2: ) for planting the seed. I've been thinking about some of the things she shared with me concerning her bulls and her opinion of my current bull, and I don't want there to be a "gap" to my next bull due to ignorance on my part.</p><p>I'm considering this an attempt to "educate myself". If I can get to compare some well known replacement heifer/cow bulls to each other maybe some of the epd's will start to become a little more useful to me, although I realize that it won't tell me what I'll actually end up with due to the variable of my cows. Gotta start somewhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="talltimber, post: 1229380, member: 22236"] What would be some of your recommendations on good bulls (contemplating AI as well) to put on my cows to produce some good replacement heifers. I don't know that I will be able to keep any/many for a year or two, but eventually I would like to hold some out of my better cows, and attempt to make those even better. Cows are Angus. A little background: I am in debt on my cows right now (but right-side up). I'm trying to justify/balance my debt/heifer cost vs calf price in the future/expanding herd. I feel like I am generally having some pretty good calves now, some better than others. If I don't watch, I'm going to have some of my better cows getting some age on them before I get any heifers out of them. Average age is probably around 7.5 yrs old or so, but there are not any younger than 5 and none older than 9. Any opinions or direction to another place for research of information I can use would be welcomed. I realize opinions are just that, and you have to take into account who/where it's coming from, but if I could get a sufficient amount of opinions I could get some commonly recommended bulls that I could research more myself (epd's, common problems of the bulls that would eliminate them, etc.) Thanks to gizmom (or blame depending on your opinion of this thread :lol2: ) for planting the seed. I've been thinking about some of the things she shared with me concerning her bulls and her opinion of my current bull, and I don't want there to be a "gap" to my next bull due to ignorance on my part. I'm considering this an attempt to "educate myself". If I can get to compare some well known replacement heifer/cow bulls to each other maybe some of the epd's will start to become a little more useful to me, although I realize that it won't tell me what I'll actually end up with due to the variable of my cows. Gotta start somewhere. [/QUOTE]
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