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<blockquote data-quote="Hereford76" data-source="post: 837192" data-attributes="member: 7000"><p>i guess i missed this thread - but then i usually just skim them for the word "hereford".</p><p></p><p>seems to me in your example your emphasis for below or average traits compared to above average are broken into "terminall" vs " maternal" and basically the brunt of your emphasis is for optimization at home without as much for further down the production line.</p><p></p><p>i'm in the relatively early stages of the same thing and i often wonder if what i'm willing to sacrifice will maybe optimize at home but devalue the cattle down the line.</p><p></p><p>i'm just curious to any correlations you may have observed with selection emphasis for optimization at home that have may have either 1) devalued the end product so much you aren't willing to sacrifice it or 2) the other way around, found something that increases both.</p><p></p><p>for example - not often do i hear people talk about maternal attentiveness and i've never really put selection pressure on it... but i definitaly can correlate a bloodline to it and appreciate its value - maybe a tangent here but there is nothing more frustrating than cows that take off to greener grass without their calf on the move and once they get there suddenly remember they are a mama and turn around and cause havok - i've never put selection pressure on it just found ways to manage it usually at my own labor expense (pretty cheap!). has any selection pressure you've put on this trait or others correlated with cattle that fed, yeild, grade any better/worse? just an example of what i'd like to hear you share.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hereford76, post: 837192, member: 7000"] i guess i missed this thread - but then i usually just skim them for the word "hereford". seems to me in your example your emphasis for below or average traits compared to above average are broken into "terminall" vs " maternal" and basically the brunt of your emphasis is for optimization at home without as much for further down the production line. i'm in the relatively early stages of the same thing and i often wonder if what i'm willing to sacrifice will maybe optimize at home but devalue the cattle down the line. i'm just curious to any correlations you may have observed with selection emphasis for optimization at home that have may have either 1) devalued the end product so much you aren't willing to sacrifice it or 2) the other way around, found something that increases both. for example - not often do i hear people talk about maternal attentiveness and i've never really put selection pressure on it... but i definitaly can correlate a bloodline to it and appreciate its value - maybe a tangent here but there is nothing more frustrating than cows that take off to greener grass without their calf on the move and once they get there suddenly remember they are a mama and turn around and cause havok - i've never put selection pressure on it just found ways to manage it usually at my own labor expense (pretty cheap!). has any selection pressure you've put on this trait or others correlated with cattle that fed, yeild, grade any better/worse? just an example of what i'd like to hear you share. [/QUOTE]
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