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<blockquote data-quote="MO_cows" data-source="post: 644826" data-attributes="member: 9169"><p>The splintering of the MG associations probably has held back the progress of the breed. Sounds like AMGA has fees based on cow inventory, like Complete Herd Reporting (CHR) in the Tarentaise assn. Red Angus uses this fee structure, and a few others. When ATA adopted it, there was a big uproar and some breeders got their panties in a wad, for lack of a better term, and dropped out of the registry or even started registering their cattle in Canada. They refused to understand that the annual fee on the cow replaced the registration fee on her calf, and with ATA, it even includes the first transfer. There was analysis done on several different size herds using actual data from previous year's activity that proved it was nearly the same annual cost to the breeders, even saving them a little money in most cases. But who needs the facts when you already have a good head of steam built up? lol </p><p></p><p>The Beef Improvement Federation recommended an inventory-based fee structure back in the 1990's to enhance the accuracy of EPD. When it costs more to report the bottom end of the calf crop, only the most conciensious breeders will do so, and over time this causes the whole breed's performance numbers to become skewed. So they figured out that you even the playing field by assessing the same fee on all the cows in the herd and encouraging all the calves to get reported. Which makes for better EPD's and the better performing cattle really stand out from the crowd because the low end was in the database to compare them to.</p><p></p><p>Hard to argue with this logic but most of the breed registries didn't adopt this fee structure, most likely due to the political fallout and misunderstandings just like OKJeanne expressed, perceiving it as a "COW TAX". </p><p></p><p>Sorry to go on so long, wanted to try to explain the CHR fee structure since doesn't seem well known. And, hope the Murray Grey breeders can mend the fences someday for the advancement of their breed. What a mess for the breeders, to want to buy good breeding stock but what if they are in the wrong registry!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MO_cows, post: 644826, member: 9169"] The splintering of the MG associations probably has held back the progress of the breed. Sounds like AMGA has fees based on cow inventory, like Complete Herd Reporting (CHR) in the Tarentaise assn. Red Angus uses this fee structure, and a few others. When ATA adopted it, there was a big uproar and some breeders got their panties in a wad, for lack of a better term, and dropped out of the registry or even started registering their cattle in Canada. They refused to understand that the annual fee on the cow replaced the registration fee on her calf, and with ATA, it even includes the first transfer. There was analysis done on several different size herds using actual data from previous year's activity that proved it was nearly the same annual cost to the breeders, even saving them a little money in most cases. But who needs the facts when you already have a good head of steam built up? lol The Beef Improvement Federation recommended an inventory-based fee structure back in the 1990's to enhance the accuracy of EPD. When it costs more to report the bottom end of the calf crop, only the most conciensious breeders will do so, and over time this causes the whole breed's performance numbers to become skewed. So they figured out that you even the playing field by assessing the same fee on all the cows in the herd and encouraging all the calves to get reported. Which makes for better EPD's and the better performing cattle really stand out from the crowd because the low end was in the database to compare them to. Hard to argue with this logic but most of the breed registries didn't adopt this fee structure, most likely due to the political fallout and misunderstandings just like OKJeanne expressed, perceiving it as a "COW TAX". Sorry to go on so long, wanted to try to explain the CHR fee structure since doesn't seem well known. And, hope the Murray Grey breeders can mend the fences someday for the advancement of their breed. What a mess for the breeders, to want to buy good breeding stock but what if they are in the wrong registry! [/QUOTE]
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