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<blockquote data-quote="Oldtimer" data-source="post: 1062587" data-attributes="member: 97"><p>Yep with that many open 3 year olds I would say genetic selection too-- and them putting too much into their calves which is keeping them from getting rebred... That is the age period when they show if they are going to be cowmakers or not- and the time to weed out the inefficient.... </p><p>The same reason several years ago I went to more moderate cattle genetics - in all traits but especially with more moderate milk EPD's...Some of these newer "bigger, better, faster" higher production genetics are expected to milk like a milk cow-- but do so on prairie conditions which they can't do...</p><p>If you keep these-- I sure wouldn't keep any replacements out of them- as I'm afraid you would be magnifying the problem...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldtimer, post: 1062587, member: 97"] Yep with that many open 3 year olds I would say genetic selection too-- and them putting too much into their calves which is keeping them from getting rebred... That is the age period when they show if they are going to be cowmakers or not- and the time to weed out the inefficient.... The same reason several years ago I went to more moderate cattle genetics - in all traits but especially with more moderate milk EPD's...Some of these newer "bigger, better, faster" higher production genetics are expected to milk like a milk cow-- but do so on prairie conditions which they can't do... If you keep these-- I sure wouldn't keep any replacements out of them- as I'm afraid you would be magnifying the problem... [/QUOTE]
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