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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 604578" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>For my market (more so than my conditions) I'd rather have the curvebenders where the curve goes from small at birth to reasonably weaning than big at birth to reasonable weaning weight.</p><p></p><p>If you want to over complicate things I select for BW of 6-7% of the mature cow weight. Whether my cows can handle more or not isn't really the argument, but whether my bull customers' cows can handle more will ultimately decide how long I'll be in the bullselling business. </p><p></p><p>We also tend to forget where herefords fit in in the bigger picture. They are basically maternal breed (fertility, doing ability, converter poor forage to beef, more than milking maternal) If we stack BW on the maternal side of the crossbred commercial herds, where are they going to go to use a terminal sire where higher BW is expected.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, I agree 100% with Aaron that registered herefords should be able to handle bigger than average calves, I've said all along if you need to use a calving ease cow freshener to open heifers I question the usefullness of the heifers. I am just not convinced we need to produce bulls that sire heavy calves when we are losing market to angus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 604578, member: 4353"] For my market (more so than my conditions) I'd rather have the curvebenders where the curve goes from small at birth to reasonably weaning than big at birth to reasonable weaning weight. If you want to over complicate things I select for BW of 6-7% of the mature cow weight. Whether my cows can handle more or not isn't really the argument, but whether my bull customers' cows can handle more will ultimately decide how long I'll be in the bullselling business. We also tend to forget where herefords fit in in the bigger picture. They are basically maternal breed (fertility, doing ability, converter poor forage to beef, more than milking maternal) If we stack BW on the maternal side of the crossbred commercial herds, where are they going to go to use a terminal sire where higher BW is expected. Don't get me wrong, I agree 100% with Aaron that registered herefords should be able to handle bigger than average calves, I've said all along if you need to use a calving ease cow freshener to open heifers I question the usefullness of the heifers. I am just not convinced we need to produce bulls that sire heavy calves when we are losing market to angus. [/QUOTE]
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