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<blockquote data-quote="Willow Springs" data-source="post: 958251" data-attributes="member: 9002"><p>By this comment you are presuming that he is breeding cattle on paper. In a commercial environment the most profitable cow (for the producer) is the one that lasts the longest. In the Purebred environment this gets distorted with numbers and banners allowing otherwise unprofitable cows to become profitable. I have used number and banner bulls that have taken me backwards a lot faster than the older more proven bulls that I have used. I now breed for function (and hopefully therefore longevity), and let the numbers and banners fall where they may.</p><p></p><p>I think the older cows are exactly the ones to be flushed. I even prefer to buy 6-7 year old cows or older becasue the work is done, and they are just as likely (or more so) to produce another five years as are bred heifers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willow Springs, post: 958251, member: 9002"] By this comment you are presuming that he is breeding cattle on paper. In a commercial environment the most profitable cow (for the producer) is the one that lasts the longest. In the Purebred environment this gets distorted with numbers and banners allowing otherwise unprofitable cows to become profitable. I have used number and banner bulls that have taken me backwards a lot faster than the older more proven bulls that I have used. I now breed for function (and hopefully therefore longevity), and let the numbers and banners fall where they may. I think the older cows are exactly the ones to be flushed. I even prefer to buy 6-7 year old cows or older becasue the work is done, and they are just as likely (or more so) to produce another five years as are bred heifers. [/QUOTE]
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