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<blockquote data-quote="Rydero" data-source="post: 1676090" data-attributes="member: 38101"><p>Again. It doesn't have to be so complicated or take years if the objective is being profitable. How far down this road of trait selection etc are you and what how are your cattle performing as far as weaning weights, %open, %of calf crop weaned, whatever measurable way you use to gauge success? </p><p></p><p>Often quality of replacements generated is used to justify practices that cost an operation money yet the outcome appears to be subjective. If the practice of refining the genetics of a herd is so valuable why is it so hard to put a value on? </p><p></p><p>Often a producer starts out with a herd of old mongrels cheap cows not knowing much about feeding or caring for them. As they improve their herd they also become better cattle farmers and build their knowledge base, improve grazing, feeding and vaccination protocols etc. As they expand the herd gets younger. The farmer becomes better as the herd gets better. </p><p></p><p>I'm not suggesting genetics don't have a role to play in improving a cattle herd, I'm suggesting there's a lot of good genetics out there that can be readily bought and as you move towards your generic improvement there's diminishing returns. It would probably be more profitable to concentrate on things that are limiting production or profit - in most cases it's not genetics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rydero, post: 1676090, member: 38101"] Again. It doesn't have to be so complicated or take years if the objective is being profitable. How far down this road of trait selection etc are you and what how are your cattle performing as far as weaning weights, %open, %of calf crop weaned, whatever measurable way you use to gauge success? Often quality of replacements generated is used to justify practices that cost an operation money yet the outcome appears to be subjective. If the practice of refining the genetics of a herd is so valuable why is it so hard to put a value on? Often a producer starts out with a herd of old mongrels cheap cows not knowing much about feeding or caring for them. As they improve their herd they also become better cattle farmers and build their knowledge base, improve grazing, feeding and vaccination protocols etc. As they expand the herd gets younger. The farmer becomes better as the herd gets better. I'm not suggesting genetics don't have a role to play in improving a cattle herd, I'm suggesting there's a lot of good genetics out there that can be readily bought and as you move towards your generic improvement there's diminishing returns. It would probably be more profitable to concentrate on things that are limiting production or profit - in most cases it's not genetics. [/QUOTE]
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