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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1347145" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>I was just throwing that out as food for thought. </p><p>What is a good mama cow will vary from place to place, but you'd expect some features to be pretty consistent across the board. </p><p></p><p>How many commercial folks would do collect & turn in data? Not many, I'd say - there's no $$ in it for them, and perhaps nothing to brag about.</p><p> </p><p>I did a progeny-test breeding trial for a purebred seedstock producer several years ago - weighed calves at birth and weaning. First and only time I've ever collected birthweights - and have no intention of ever doing it again - unless someone contracts with me to do another trial. All I really care about is a live calf on the ground - I don't care what it weighs... but thanks to the efforts of purebred breeders and epds developed by breed associations, I can pick and choose sires based on anticipated calving ease/birth weight, weaning weight, etc. - and feel fairly certain that the calves will - mostly - come as expected.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1347145, member: 12607"] I was just throwing that out as food for thought. What is a good mama cow will vary from place to place, but you'd expect some features to be pretty consistent across the board. How many commercial folks would do collect & turn in data? Not many, I'd say - there's no $$ in it for them, and perhaps nothing to brag about. I did a progeny-test breeding trial for a purebred seedstock producer several years ago - weighed calves at birth and weaning. First and only time I've ever collected birthweights - and have no intention of ever doing it again - unless someone contracts with me to do another trial. All I really care about is a live calf on the ground - I don't care what it weighs... but thanks to the efforts of purebred breeders and epds developed by breed associations, I can pick and choose sires based on anticipated calving ease/birth weight, weaning weight, etc. - and feel fairly certain that the calves will - mostly - come as expected. [/QUOTE]
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