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<blockquote data-quote="ROB" data-source="post: 503833" data-attributes="member: 3467"><p>are you looking at the RFI indicator correctly? a lower RFI indicator means better feed conversion. a negative RFI is a good thing. an animal with a good feed conversion will have a lower RFI indicator than an animal with poorer feed conversion. ADG is a seperate beast...as is REA, IMF, backfat...keep in mind that two animals with the same ADG probably didn't consume the same amount of feed to get that gain. we are too accustomed to averages, we are use to end wt. minus start wt. of a particular animal divided into the total amount of feed - fed to a group of calves shared equally over a specific time period: which equates to 'average daily gain'. check out the green springs bull test web site. they have info on-line of recent feed tests and results thereof. they still don't show total amount of feed consumed - but they do give the RFI, ADG, IMF, REA, backfat...</p><p></p><p>ROB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ROB, post: 503833, member: 3467"] are you looking at the RFI indicator correctly? a lower RFI indicator means better feed conversion. a negative RFI is a good thing. an animal with a good feed conversion will have a lower RFI indicator than an animal with poorer feed conversion. ADG is a seperate beast...as is REA, IMF, backfat...keep in mind that two animals with the same ADG probably didn't consume the same amount of feed to get that gain. we are too accustomed to averages, we are use to end wt. minus start wt. of a particular animal divided into the total amount of feed - fed to a group of calves shared equally over a specific time period: which equates to 'average daily gain'. check out the green springs bull test web site. they have info on-line of recent feed tests and results thereof. they still don't show total amount of feed consumed - but they do give the RFI, ADG, IMF, REA, backfat... ROB [/QUOTE]
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