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<blockquote data-quote="Dusty" data-source="post: 346987" data-attributes="member: 4585"><p>Papers = Integrity ... Registered Genetics are a business or Family Ranching Operation that is and will be as long as i breath Oxygen. For some it is pure business and making money is key one, those are the people who keep all the bulls to sell and people who bred heifers that should be slaughtered.. </p><p></p><p>The one iron cattle are the people who take the bite out of the A** when Whole Herd Reporting comes along. The Reason being for 50-100 cows it can take a bull or two to cover the costs of reporting to the Association. </p><p></p><p>My experience with it is mixed, during the 90's i had a small herd (under 20 head) and i only reported and registered only the good calves. What followed is the top calf had breed average EPD's and the lighter calves i registered EPDs got hurt because of this even though they were the top 1/2 of my herd, they were not the top of the registered group and suffered due to this. </p><p></p><p> In 2001 the Charolais Association began a Whole Herd Reporting program, through this you pay 15 for every cow that you want to report info on or calves during a fiscal year.... Now that i am over 100 head of cows it hurts to right that check every year, but that is what makes me a purebred breeder. on the positive side Cow familys since 2001 that excel in performance and maternal traits have shown great improvement .... I only register the best calves but because i report all the calves and only register the better 50% my EPD's are not getting hurt, my bulls are showing high accuracy's and i believe the great cow familys can be found easier. </p><p></p><p>What has happened is since 01 AI sires who's good calves were always registered EPDs have suffered on a whole, bulls in 2000 who had a +45 YW epd now has a +32 YW epd... Results have shown he is not above breed average... Those are the benefits of whole herd reporting... Every animal is represented even if they are not registered... </p><p></p><p>Pay the $60, pay to get the right to report weights.. you don't have to register them all, but you herd will define it's self through the testing and Genetics advancements that can be made using it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dusty, post: 346987, member: 4585"] Papers = Integrity ... Registered Genetics are a business or Family Ranching Operation that is and will be as long as i breath Oxygen. For some it is pure business and making money is key one, those are the people who keep all the bulls to sell and people who bred heifers that should be slaughtered.. The one iron cattle are the people who take the bite out of the A** when Whole Herd Reporting comes along. The Reason being for 50-100 cows it can take a bull or two to cover the costs of reporting to the Association. My experience with it is mixed, during the 90's i had a small herd (under 20 head) and i only reported and registered only the good calves. What followed is the top calf had breed average EPD's and the lighter calves i registered EPDs got hurt because of this even though they were the top 1/2 of my herd, they were not the top of the registered group and suffered due to this. In 2001 the Charolais Association began a Whole Herd Reporting program, through this you pay 15 for every cow that you want to report info on or calves during a fiscal year.... Now that i am over 100 head of cows it hurts to right that check every year, but that is what makes me a purebred breeder. on the positive side Cow familys since 2001 that excel in performance and maternal traits have shown great improvement .... I only register the best calves but because i report all the calves and only register the better 50% my EPD's are not getting hurt, my bulls are showing high accuracy's and i believe the great cow familys can be found easier. What has happened is since 01 AI sires who's good calves were always registered EPDs have suffered on a whole, bulls in 2000 who had a +45 YW epd now has a +32 YW epd... Results have shown he is not above breed average... Those are the benefits of whole herd reporting... Every animal is represented even if they are not registered... Pay the $60, pay to get the right to report weights.. you don't have to register them all, but you herd will define it's self through the testing and Genetics advancements that can be made using it! [/QUOTE]
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