SRBeef
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I have come to the conclusion I need to sell my bull after this season, as much as I hate to part with him. I am a one bull operation and am keeping heifers to build my herd. Done a bit of linebreeding already but gone as far as I can go with my bull after this season.
I have also been away from my cattle for about 10 days, just moved them to a fresh paddock (clipped after last grazed 36 days ago). This is the second of probably four times grazing this paddock this season before weaning. I took some pictures of my bull and a couple of his 2009 yearling heifers and 2010 spring calves.
There is another thread active on this board about EPD's vs progeny and we have had numerous discussions regarding EPD statistical accuracy numbers. If there was an EPD for disposition, T21 would get an A+. I do not register calves so I guess my bull will never increase in accuracy like an AI stud bull would but here are some pictures.
I am going to miss this bull:
He has a way of getting good (at least by my stds) heifers even out of mediocre commercial cows. This is retained heifer #3
Here is T21 retained heifer #4
And here is one of T21's spring 2010 steer calves.
So I guess you could say I am a believer in EPDs. This pasture has also responded well to clipping. We have been blessed by some rain too. The steer is standing in a waterlogged spot near the dam that has been under water a couple times in the past month. This steer will be weaned in Nov, Graze standing corn in January, go for processing in April and be in folks freezers and on their grills in late May.
FWIW. Jim
I have also been away from my cattle for about 10 days, just moved them to a fresh paddock (clipped after last grazed 36 days ago). This is the second of probably four times grazing this paddock this season before weaning. I took some pictures of my bull and a couple of his 2009 yearling heifers and 2010 spring calves.
There is another thread active on this board about EPD's vs progeny and we have had numerous discussions regarding EPD statistical accuracy numbers. If there was an EPD for disposition, T21 would get an A+. I do not register calves so I guess my bull will never increase in accuracy like an AI stud bull would but here are some pictures.
I am going to miss this bull:
He has a way of getting good (at least by my stds) heifers even out of mediocre commercial cows. This is retained heifer #3
Here is T21 retained heifer #4
And here is one of T21's spring 2010 steer calves.
So I guess you could say I am a believer in EPDs. This pasture has also responded well to clipping. We have been blessed by some rain too. The steer is standing in a waterlogged spot near the dam that has been under water a couple times in the past month. This steer will be weaned in Nov, Graze standing corn in January, go for processing in April and be in folks freezers and on their grills in late May.
FWIW. Jim