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<blockquote data-quote="HerefordSire" data-source="post: 666743" data-attributes="member: 4437"><p><em>Here is what I am getting at....all other inputs being equal......</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Most cattle ranchers are losing money mostly because of recent (several years) commodity prices including fuel, and irratic climate patterns many times throwing us into drought situations. We then scramble for feed or begin to cull. So I am wondering if our fundamental concepts of light size high performing cows, as a majority, are accurate. Could we be wrong as a majority? For example, say I have a 1,000 pound cow weaning a 600 pound calf, or 60% wearning weight ratio, but the cow consumes more than 60% of the average cow's alloted resources. The output looks like the cow is superior to all other cows because of the percentage weaning weight ratio relatively speaking. But, where is the measurement of the intake? How can anyone human, say one cow is more efficient than any other cow without measuring intake?</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HerefordSire, post: 666743, member: 4437"] [i]Here is what I am getting at....all other inputs being equal...... Most cattle ranchers are losing money mostly because of recent (several years) commodity prices including fuel, and irratic climate patterns many times throwing us into drought situations. We then scramble for feed or begin to cull. So I am wondering if our fundamental concepts of light size high performing cows, as a majority, are accurate. Could we be wrong as a majority? For example, say I have a 1,000 pound cow weaning a 600 pound calf, or 60% wearning weight ratio, but the cow consumes more than 60% of the average cow's alloted resources. The output looks like the cow is superior to all other cows because of the percentage weaning weight ratio relatively speaking. But, where is the measurement of the intake? How can anyone human, say one cow is more efficient than any other cow without measuring intake?[/i] [/QUOTE]
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