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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 830353" data-attributes="member: 968"><p><span style="color: #0080FF">I breed every cow for FEMALES. Bulls are a side-line. If we get some great male calves & they meet our standards to be breeders, we leave them in-tact - usually less than 10%. I do not jump thru hoops to get the best carcass EPD's. We analyze all breeding stock PHENOTYPICALLY first, then GENOTYPIC.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0080FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0080FF">At first, I disagreed with Doc's comments about "show herds" being in a different catagory. On second thought, (taking my herd out of the equasion) - there are some really really extreme "show herds" that could never be lumped in with commercial herds. Also,I think we would have to have a 4th catagory - extreme Purebred herds. There are some herds that could NEVER be lumped into any of these catagories. </span></p><p><span style="color: #0080FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0080FF">My herd is where I want it to be. Sure, there are some things we could "tweek" about this one or that one - but as a HERD, I feel we have those important traits - possibly sacrificing some carcass traits - but I don't think so, since our steers are in demand by repeat feedlot buyer. Do I have some cows that could be better? I sure hope so! If I think my cows are perfect, I might as well quit being a breeder. </span></p><p><span style="color: #0080FF">So, on your comment "my experience has been that finding all of those in one package is almost impossible". I don't think it is impossible. You need to set goals & guidelines that are acceptable to YOU & YOUR MANAGEMENT & YOUR ENVIRONMENT & RESOURCES. And have fun achieving your goal - which, hopefully, is always evolving.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 830353, member: 968"] [color=#0080FF]I breed every cow for FEMALES. Bulls are a side-line. If we get some great male calves & they meet our standards to be breeders, we leave them in-tact - usually less than 10%. I do not jump thru hoops to get the best carcass EPD's. We analyze all breeding stock PHENOTYPICALLY first, then GENOTYPIC. At first, I disagreed with Doc's comments about "show herds" being in a different catagory. On second thought, (taking my herd out of the equasion) - there are some really really extreme "show herds" that could never be lumped in with commercial herds. Also,I think we would have to have a 4th catagory - extreme Purebred herds. There are some herds that could NEVER be lumped into any of these catagories. My herd is where I want it to be. Sure, there are some things we could "tweek" about this one or that one - but as a HERD, I feel we have those important traits - possibly sacrificing some carcass traits - but I don't think so, since our steers are in demand by repeat feedlot buyer. Do I have some cows that could be better? I sure hope so! If I think my cows are perfect, I might as well quit being a breeder. So, on your comment "my experience has been that finding all of those in one package is almost impossible". I don't think it is impossible. You need to set goals & guidelines that are acceptable to YOU & YOUR MANAGEMENT & YOUR ENVIRONMENT & RESOURCES. And have fun achieving your goal - which, hopefully, is always evolving.[/color] [/QUOTE]
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