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<blockquote data-quote="wbvs58" data-source="post: 1665141" data-attributes="member: 16453"><p>Barefooted, sounds like you have a pretty good understanding of all the processes already, well done, you sound like a very intelligent lady that should make a difference to your herd. It will be interesting to see if this shows up in your record keeping as you put more of your mark on the herd. Going by your market for your calves I would think that you would want a reasonable frame size for your calves. Angus cattle/cows are a wonderfull versatile breed in my opinion and you have a lot to select from. Someone posted a link to some 2015 statistics several days ago that listed the breeds and all the average data and Angus were in the top spots for everything. Angus do suffer from the Tall Poppy Syndrome and a lot of people like to talk them down but we don't care, it's good that the cattle get noticed. I do feel that you can have good maternal cows and good growth with Angus cattle. I wouldn't be afraid to let the milk EPD go a bit higher. In Australia our TACE figures (used to be EBV's), I like to use bulls that are greater than 20 for milk which would be equivalent to about 35 in your EPD's, our conditions can be a bit tough, never get it good all the way through summer and my cows hold up very well with great calves weaned. I do get the occaisional poor doing young cow but as long as she goes back in calf holds up better in subsequent lactations but I will usually find it has more to do with her feed efficiency than her milk figure.</p><p>Welcome to CT, I look forward to seeing how your herd progresses. We have picked up some interesting new members of late.</p><p></p><p>Ken</p><p></p><p>PS, I think you would get on well with TC Ranch, she is a lady that is very thorough with everything she does as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wbvs58, post: 1665141, member: 16453"] Barefooted, sounds like you have a pretty good understanding of all the processes already, well done, you sound like a very intelligent lady that should make a difference to your herd. It will be interesting to see if this shows up in your record keeping as you put more of your mark on the herd. Going by your market for your calves I would think that you would want a reasonable frame size for your calves. Angus cattle/cows are a wonderfull versatile breed in my opinion and you have a lot to select from. Someone posted a link to some 2015 statistics several days ago that listed the breeds and all the average data and Angus were in the top spots for everything. Angus do suffer from the Tall Poppy Syndrome and a lot of people like to talk them down but we don't care, it's good that the cattle get noticed. I do feel that you can have good maternal cows and good growth with Angus cattle. I wouldn't be afraid to let the milk EPD go a bit higher. In Australia our TACE figures (used to be EBV's), I like to use bulls that are greater than 20 for milk which would be equivalent to about 35 in your EPD's, our conditions can be a bit tough, never get it good all the way through summer and my cows hold up very well with great calves weaned. I do get the occaisional poor doing young cow but as long as she goes back in calf holds up better in subsequent lactations but I will usually find it has more to do with her feed efficiency than her milk figure. Welcome to CT, I look forward to seeing how your herd progresses. We have picked up some interesting new members of late. Ken PS, I think you would get on well with TC Ranch, she is a lady that is very thorough with everything she does as well. [/QUOTE]
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