NEFarmwife
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We haven't culled based on that alone but it could sure help you. If you got those numbers back, you could dig into your records and determine if she needs to go. I.E. last year she raised a dink. Year before? She lost a calf. In a herd our size, it could be beneficial.Jeanne - Simme Valley":2zyd4d2u said:It would be a cold day in he!! before I used DNA to help me cull my heifers. I may use it to help pick a bull to better her in some trait, but I'm not putting my eggs in that basket.
I looked at our records last year before AI. Calving interval. Offspring records. Weaning weight averages, etc... I'd tend to go that route before choosing the DNA. But if I had a small herd that I was trying to develop and make culling decisions, I wouldn't think twice.