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Angus $EN/DMI
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<blockquote data-quote="Air gator" data-source="post: 1500284" data-attributes="member: 20755"><p>I believe in the idea of $EN. I just don't believe the numbers actually translate to dollars.</p><p>So, if you have a cow with a $EN of -21...I think she costs you more than $21 extra a year.</p><p>If you paid $300 a ton for cow feed that's 15 cents a pound. A cow that is in the top one percent with a milk epd of 39 only eats 3 pounds a week more than an average cow? That's less than 7 ounces a day difference.</p><p>I think she costs you a lot more than that. I think you can look at $EN and identify extremes but I wouldn't want to order feed based on $EN.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Air gator, post: 1500284, member: 20755"] I believe in the idea of $EN. I just don't believe the numbers actually translate to dollars. So, if you have a cow with a $EN of -21...I think she costs you more than $21 extra a year. If you paid $300 a ton for cow feed that's 15 cents a pound. A cow that is in the top one percent with a milk epd of 39 only eats 3 pounds a week more than an average cow? That's less than 7 ounces a day difference. I think she costs you a lot more than that. I think you can look at $EN and identify extremes but I wouldn't want to order feed based on $EN. [/QUOTE]
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