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Corn price=breed change?
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<blockquote data-quote="Elder Statesman" data-source="post: 493809" data-attributes="member: 7371"><p>I will agree with you that there is more than the numbers. And the science may be getting a little ahead of the curve. But as a seedstock producer, I like to have as many marketing tools as possible to use. Especially when I have customers who want those numbers to help them make their choice. On the flip side, I have customers who don't care about ultrasound or EPD's. </p><p></p><p>When I get ready to select a herd bull or females, I want as much data as I can get. I use those numbers to trim down the selection. Once I find those cattle whose data will work for me, then I go to the visual. While you may be able to eyeball cattle and tell which one has better carcass traits, I sure can't. </p><p></p><p>That being said, I don't take all the data at face value. Testing situations and breeder reputation plays into how much weight I give the numbers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elder Statesman, post: 493809, member: 7371"] I will agree with you that there is more than the numbers. And the science may be getting a little ahead of the curve. But as a seedstock producer, I like to have as many marketing tools as possible to use. Especially when I have customers who want those numbers to help them make their choice. On the flip side, I have customers who don't care about ultrasound or EPD's. When I get ready to select a herd bull or females, I want as much data as I can get. I use those numbers to trim down the selection. Once I find those cattle whose data will work for me, then I go to the visual. While you may be able to eyeball cattle and tell which one has better carcass traits, I sure can't. That being said, I don't take all the data at face value. Testing situations and breeder reputation plays into how much weight I give the numbers. [/QUOTE]
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