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Anybody measure how much their cows eat?
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<blockquote data-quote="djinwa" data-source="post: 930926" data-attributes="member: 8265"><p>If you're talking about the government, believe it or not, the private sector can do studies.</p><p></p><p>I'm not necessarily saying every cow one has should be tested, but seems one would want to know what type of cow does best for their situation, and maybe if the type was adjusted, would the total herd consumption drop for the same production.</p><p></p><p>Kind of like a trucking company. Knowing how much your trucks can haul isn't enough - you'd want to know how much fuel they burn. The biggest engines possible probably aren't the most efficient.</p><p></p><p>To me the question would be how muscled do you want your cows. Sure, the cow gives a calf half it's genes, so a more muscular cow would make a more muscular calf, but the extra muscle makes her eat more all year long to support herself.</p><p></p><p>You would think the commercial guy would want a lighter muscled cow, that could put fewer calories toward body maintenance, and more toward milk for the calf. Breed her to a heavy muscled bull so the calf exceeds the muscle of the cow.</p><p></p><p>So I guess I'm wondering if a herd of good milking longhorns bred to Charolais wouldn't make more beef per pound of feed than your average angus bred to angus, or angus to Charolais.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djinwa, post: 930926, member: 8265"] If you're talking about the government, believe it or not, the private sector can do studies. I'm not necessarily saying every cow one has should be tested, but seems one would want to know what type of cow does best for their situation, and maybe if the type was adjusted, would the total herd consumption drop for the same production. Kind of like a trucking company. Knowing how much your trucks can haul isn't enough - you'd want to know how much fuel they burn. The biggest engines possible probably aren't the most efficient. To me the question would be how muscled do you want your cows. Sure, the cow gives a calf half it's genes, so a more muscular cow would make a more muscular calf, but the extra muscle makes her eat more all year long to support herself. You would think the commercial guy would want a lighter muscled cow, that could put fewer calories toward body maintenance, and more toward milk for the calf. Breed her to a heavy muscled bull so the calf exceeds the muscle of the cow. So I guess I’m wondering if a herd of good milking longhorns bred to Charolais wouldn’t make more beef per pound of feed than your average angus bred to angus, or angus to Charolais. [/QUOTE]
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