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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 923905" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>That's the same story that faces every breeder in some form or another. I have registered angus cows that are really good cows with a fantastic production record but they are twelve year old genetics so there's no way their progeny can compete with the up and comers so they get crossbred to be commercial cows.</p><p>Indexes were built for cowmen/women that are either ignorant about genetics or already have top notch cows that can go any direction and still put out a good calf... otherwise they're horrible. </p><p>Over here it's $Cheese Merit. Overall it's a good index but if you understand how it's calculated, it's easy to see that alot of bulls that are low on CM can be more profitable on the right cow than some bull with a huge CM score that's really a compilation of average components and good type that average together well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 923905, member: 14661"] That's the same story that faces every breeder in some form or another. I have registered angus cows that are really good cows with a fantastic production record but they are twelve year old genetics so there's no way their progeny can compete with the up and comers so they get crossbred to be commercial cows. Indexes were built for cowmen/women that are either ignorant about genetics or already have top notch cows that can go any direction and still put out a good calf... otherwise they're horrible. Over here it's $Cheese Merit. Overall it's a good index but if you understand how it's calculated, it's easy to see that alot of bulls that are low on CM can be more profitable on the right cow than some bull with a huge CM score that's really a compilation of average components and good type that average together well. [/QUOTE]
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