If you had bulls to sell that work great on fescue ?
Nov 22, 2019 16:58:19 GMT -6
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Post by ebenezer on Nov 22, 2019 16:58:19 GMT -6
Seems a bit dull around here so I'll paste in the latest post:
"It's not fair". "Life's not fair". "Why me and not somebody else"?
Ever heard or used those statements? These are theological questions (or lack of theology) but are good statements to discuss related to livestock breeding.
When we select livestock breeders we never see the genes. We see phenotype, data and expected performance in the form of EPDs. Sometimes we see maternal sibs, full sibs or more and think we can read the crystal ball of contained genetics for this great animals we will use as a foundational pillar for our next big genetic expansion.
Things generally work good if we continually outcross because we seldom find dissimilar genes crossed with dissimilar genes which pair up a bunch of recessive genes. But if there is linebreeding or inbreeding we begin to peel back the layers of phenotype, EPDs, performance data and familial pictures to see what the real gene expressions are in an animal. Few people want to know the "rest of the story" and outcross and are happy.
I am not wired that way and want to know a deeper understanding of individual animals that work well for me. The key question for me is always about fescue tolerance. Then we move on to other priorities. It might not be fair that some animals have "good genes" and some do not but that's the way life is. We want the good ones and should be thankful for them when we find them.
I had an uncle who was at his parent's house one day and the Beverly Hillbillies was on. The Uncle had an eye for women and suddenly became quite interested in Ellie Mae. He asked his father, "Who is that woman?" Grandpa told him and said, "I think she was the daughter of sharecroppers or something like that". My uncle watched a bit longer and said, "Thank God for sharecroppers".
When you find cattle, sheep or whatever that works for you, be thankful and use them to their fullest. You'll never regret your actio
"It's not fair". "Life's not fair". "Why me and not somebody else"?
Ever heard or used those statements? These are theological questions (or lack of theology) but are good statements to discuss related to livestock breeding.
When we select livestock breeders we never see the genes. We see phenotype, data and expected performance in the form of EPDs. Sometimes we see maternal sibs, full sibs or more and think we can read the crystal ball of contained genetics for this great animals we will use as a foundational pillar for our next big genetic expansion.
Things generally work good if we continually outcross because we seldom find dissimilar genes crossed with dissimilar genes which pair up a bunch of recessive genes. But if there is linebreeding or inbreeding we begin to peel back the layers of phenotype, EPDs, performance data and familial pictures to see what the real gene expressions are in an animal. Few people want to know the "rest of the story" and outcross and are happy.
I am not wired that way and want to know a deeper understanding of individual animals that work well for me. The key question for me is always about fescue tolerance. Then we move on to other priorities. It might not be fair that some animals have "good genes" and some do not but that's the way life is. We want the good ones and should be thankful for them when we find them.
I had an uncle who was at his parent's house one day and the Beverly Hillbillies was on. The Uncle had an eye for women and suddenly became quite interested in Ellie Mae. He asked his father, "Who is that woman?" Grandpa told him and said, "I think she was the daughter of sharecroppers or something like that". My uncle watched a bit longer and said, "Thank God for sharecroppers".
When you find cattle, sheep or whatever that works for you, be thankful and use them to their fullest. You'll never regret your actio