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<blockquote data-quote="alexfarms" data-source="post: 701534" data-attributes="member: 8677"><p>I think you make some good points that trump most of the talk about phenotype selection: "isn't the real value of seedstock to produce quality calves and quality beef ? and hasn't "good "phenotype changed over the years? can't a "funnel butt" sway back, knocked knee bull have the genetics to produce quality calves?" I think the real money that is made in the cattle business over the long term is by the people who concentrate on FUNCTIONAL TRAITS as opposed to phenotype. Sure it is best to have both, but the functional traits are a constant and the phenotype selection is like aiming at a moving target. By functional traits I mean fertility, soundness, pounds weaned on limited resources, maternal efficiency, etc. The functional traits will always be in demand and very important to the bottom line no matter what the cattle may look like. In my experience the functional traits are the least highly heritable and the phenotype traits are the most highly heritable. The most highly heritable traits are the easiest to change and the least highly heritable are the most difficult to change or fix and that makes them doubly important not to compromise on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alexfarms, post: 701534, member: 8677"] I think you make some good points that trump most of the talk about phenotype selection: "isn't the real value of seedstock to produce quality calves and quality beef ? and hasn't "good "phenotype changed over the years? can't a "funnel butt" sway back, knocked knee bull have the genetics to produce quality calves?" I think the real money that is made in the cattle business over the long term is by the people who concentrate on FUNCTIONAL TRAITS as opposed to phenotype. Sure it is best to have both, but the functional traits are a constant and the phenotype selection is like aiming at a moving target. By functional traits I mean fertility, soundness, pounds weaned on limited resources, maternal efficiency, etc. The functional traits will always be in demand and very important to the bottom line no matter what the cattle may look like. In my experience the functional traits are the least highly heritable and the phenotype traits are the most highly heritable. The most highly heritable traits are the easiest to change and the least highly heritable are the most difficult to change or fix and that makes them doubly important not to compromise on. [/QUOTE]
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