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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 140349" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Yes, you can cheat and make a Patfinder cow. But it would be harder to make a Pathfinder bull.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, we have several cows that I believe would have made Pathfinder status if we had managed our contemporary groups better. If you only run ten cows and keep then in a 90 day calving season, you can produce a Pathfinder cow. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'll not point any fingers at Angus breeders anywhere, but we generally don't use bulls until their accuracies are above .85. The Angus Assn holds accuracies to .85 until the bull is widely used in several herds. That's to make it harder for someone to promote their bull by only reporting calves that reflect well on him. As a personal thing, we don't generally use show bulls.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Of course there are liars and cheats in the cattle business, both commercial and purebred. No bull is perfect, but it's up to you to use the tools avilable to you and not get suckered into using bulls being promoted by people who don't have the beed's best interest at heart or just don't know any better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 140349, member: 13"] Yes, you can cheat and make a Patfinder cow. But it would be harder to make a Pathfinder bull. Yes, we have several cows that I believe would have made Pathfinder status if we had managed our contemporary groups better. If you only run ten cows and keep then in a 90 day calving season, you can produce a Pathfinder cow. I'll not point any fingers at Angus breeders anywhere, but we generally don't use bulls until their accuracies are above .85. The Angus Assn holds accuracies to .85 until the bull is widely used in several herds. That's to make it harder for someone to promote their bull by only reporting calves that reflect well on him. As a personal thing, we don't generally use show bulls. Of course there are liars and cheats in the cattle business, both commercial and purebred. No bull is perfect, but it's up to you to use the tools avilable to you and not get suckered into using bulls being promoted by people who don't have the beed's best interest at heart or just don't know any better. [/QUOTE]
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