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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm22" data-source="post: 839154" data-attributes="member: 7645"><p>Forage management probably plays a bigger role in longevity than genetics. If you can keep plenty of grass/hay in front of the cow 12 months a year every year you are going to have less changes in body condition, the calves will get more of their nutrition hustling on their own rather than relying on moma. She doesn't have to wear herself out hiking miles to find grass/water and you aren't stressing her rumen by going from forage to grain back to forage back to grain and you don't have cows getting overconditioned like they can on grain. I am not saying that genetics have not changed for the worse, but I think you can get a bigger improvement by management changes than from genetic changes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm22, post: 839154, member: 7645"] Forage management probably plays a bigger role in longevity than genetics. If you can keep plenty of grass/hay in front of the cow 12 months a year every year you are going to have less changes in body condition, the calves will get more of their nutrition hustling on their own rather than relying on moma. She doesn't have to wear herself out hiking miles to find grass/water and you aren't stressing her rumen by going from forage to grain back to forage back to grain and you don't have cows getting overconditioned like they can on grain. I am not saying that genetics have not changed for the worse, but I think you can get a bigger improvement by management changes than from genetic changes. [/QUOTE]
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