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Breeding Decisions -- how far in the future do you plan?
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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 1091226" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>Choosing sires is my default setting when I'm not otherwise occupied. I can easily waste two hours looking at genetics and still not have a favorite. Genetics is what got me excited about cattle in the first place. I start watching AI sires the minute they hit the catalog but NEVER use them until either their epd's trend up from where they started or they are extremely proven. The proof is in the progeny.</p><p>I myself am commercial with a small herd of seedstock cows mixed in but have registered herds that I service. I have semen on hand for the seedstock for the next three matings if I need to take it out that far but will likely find something else that fits in between here and there and that's okay as well. On the commercial cows I'm digging up genetics for next breeding season which is right around the corner in November. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p>There is a ton of money left sitting on the table in the cattle industry by either ignorance to genetics or apathy in its application.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 1091226, member: 14661"] Choosing sires is my default setting when I'm not otherwise occupied. I can easily waste two hours looking at genetics and still not have a favorite. Genetics is what got me excited about cattle in the first place. I start watching AI sires the minute they hit the catalog but NEVER use them until either their epd's trend up from where they started or they are extremely proven. The proof is in the progeny. I myself am commercial with a small herd of seedstock cows mixed in but have registered herds that I service. I have semen on hand for the seedstock for the next three matings if I need to take it out that far but will likely find something else that fits in between here and there and that's okay as well. On the commercial cows I'm digging up genetics for next breeding season which is right around the corner in November. :D There is a ton of money left sitting on the table in the cattle industry by either ignorance to genetics or apathy in its application. [/QUOTE]
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