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<blockquote data-quote="wbvs58" data-source="post: 1773764" data-attributes="member: 16453"><p>A bull will be your best option to tighten your calving up. In renting a bull I would think you won't have many options to pick and choose. In my experience calving ease bulls that have a low WW can still produce a pretty decent calf, a lot has to do with the milking ability of the cow. If you keep chasing the calving ease and with low WW a smaller cow size may show up down the track if you are keeping your own heifers but it is not a deal breaker in my opinion as long as the quality is there. With AI sires for heifers I tend to shop for middle of the road bulls which are good for the cows as well. When I sell bulls people want a good bit of growth as well as calving ease so I am always keeping an eye on numbers. One of my best cows who is on her 7th calf now is not big frame but weans one of the heaviest if not the heaviest calf each year has terrific calving ease numbers but pitifull growth numbers, her 2 yr old son I am using at present is currently around the 1000kg mark so in situ, nothing wrong with the growth. I record weights regularly with Angus Australia and do genomics but nothing seems to shift with the EBV numbers, I put this down to my relatively small numbers and contempory groups.</p><p></p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wbvs58, post: 1773764, member: 16453"] A bull will be your best option to tighten your calving up. In renting a bull I would think you won't have many options to pick and choose. In my experience calving ease bulls that have a low WW can still produce a pretty decent calf, a lot has to do with the milking ability of the cow. If you keep chasing the calving ease and with low WW a smaller cow size may show up down the track if you are keeping your own heifers but it is not a deal breaker in my opinion as long as the quality is there. With AI sires for heifers I tend to shop for middle of the road bulls which are good for the cows as well. When I sell bulls people want a good bit of growth as well as calving ease so I am always keeping an eye on numbers. One of my best cows who is on her 7th calf now is not big frame but weans one of the heaviest if not the heaviest calf each year has terrific calving ease numbers but pitifull growth numbers, her 2 yr old son I am using at present is currently around the 1000kg mark so in situ, nothing wrong with the growth. I record weights regularly with Angus Australia and do genomics but nothing seems to shift with the EBV numbers, I put this down to my relatively small numbers and contempory groups. Ken [/QUOTE]
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