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The "GOLDEN EGG" - Feed Efficiency??
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<blockquote data-quote="novatech" data-source="post: 545783" data-attributes="member: 5494"><p>I would think that there are two completely different types of efficiency. One being a cow calf pasture operation where maintenance and calf raising efficiency is important. The other being the efficiency in a feed lot operation where feed conversion is more directly involved and less importance is placed on maintenance. </p><p>The big trick is having efficiency in both. Cows that are cheap to maintain yet have the genetics for feed efficient calves. Of course one must pick out the proper terminal bull to go along with this scenario.</p><p>To more directly answer your question, the fact that a cow can be maintained on cactus would not indicate that her calf would be an efficient gainer in a feedlot. ( I'm thinking Longhorn as an example )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novatech, post: 545783, member: 5494"] I would think that there are two completely different types of efficiency. One being a cow calf pasture operation where maintenance and calf raising efficiency is important. The other being the efficiency in a feed lot operation where feed conversion is more directly involved and less importance is placed on maintenance. The big trick is having efficiency in both. Cows that are cheap to maintain yet have the genetics for feed efficient calves. Of course one must pick out the proper terminal bull to go along with this scenario. To more directly answer your question, the fact that a cow can be maintained on cactus would not indicate that her calf would be an efficient gainer in a feedlot. ( I'm thinking Longhorn as an example ) [/QUOTE]
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