Somewhat off topic - Pathfinder herds

[hornedfrogbbq]

I know this isn't a direct AI question but many of the big herds end up selling sires that go into the various AI programs. I was just reading Knoll Crest's catalog and they talk about their ranking of Pathfinders in their herd.

Does anyone have a ranking of the top 10 herds in the US when thinking about pathfinders in the herd?

 

[Ebenezer]

http://www.angus.org/Performance/Documents/2019Pathfinder.pdf
What you will see is that average pathfinder status for bulls listed (daughters qualifying versus all reported daughters) is equal to or less than the heritability of fertility. Add in daughters that did not get registered and that % goes down more.

 

[Ebenezer]

Another good link to ponder about sire selection.
http://stonegatefarms.com/news.html

 

[hornedfrogbbq]

Is it me or are there no GAR pathfinders? Maybe I'm missing something.

 

[76 Bar]

I drew your Stone Gate link to BH's attention. Surprise...no response. :roll:

 

[Son of Butch]

Connealy Whitman, Ne 112 pathfinder cows
Gartner Denown (GDAR) Sidney, Mt 32
I counted 11 pathfinder cows (in 2 separate herds) for Stone Gate at Flemingsburg, Ky

My computer froze while downloading, but did not see any GAR pathfinder cows.
GAR had that awful fire a couple years ago that wiped out so much of their herd, not sure how
that affected them.