Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
Longevity or Lack of It
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 75508" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>You should also consider genetic improvements. I hope that every generation of cattle we raise here is better than their dams. I won't use a really old Angus bull because he's not going to perform as well as younger bulls. "Old" being Pine Drive and Pierre age and "young" being EXT, 036, 602C ages. I generally won't jump out and use unproven bulls and that takes a few years, but in the Angus breed, at least, we've improved performance considerably in the last 10-15 years. Of course, commercial cattlemen can't afford to turn their cow herd every few years, but they can buy good bulls and keep heifers to improve the genetics in their herd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 75508, member: 13"] You should also consider genetic improvements. I hope that every generation of cattle we raise here is better than their dams. I won't use a really old Angus bull because he's not going to perform as well as younger bulls. "Old" being Pine Drive and Pierre age and "young" being EXT, 036, 602C ages. I generally won't jump out and use unproven bulls and that takes a few years, but in the Angus breed, at least, we've improved performance considerably in the last 10-15 years. Of course, commercial cattlemen can't afford to turn their cow herd every few years, but they can buy good bulls and keep heifers to improve the genetics in their herd. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
Longevity or Lack of It
Top