by TBEEFADMIN | Jun 10, 2016 | TBeefNews
Data’s Role in Breeding Decision Making In 2016, there is no shortage of information available to cattle breeders. A quick search of the internet for “cattle breeding” yields 31 million results. Two types of breeders can easily result from...
by TBEEFADMIN | May 28, 2016 | TBeefNews
Beef Cattle Economic Selection Indices By Admin on May 19, 2016 at 11:35 am Posted In: A, ACMC, Bull Selection, Cattle, Cattle Breeding, EPDs, Genomics, Mangement Tools Summary: Selection indices provide a single value, usually reported in dollars, for the...
by TBEEFADMIN | May 10, 2016 | TBeefNews
Achieving Peak Performance/Profitability on Individual Traits When it comes to trait selection, EPDs (Expected Progeny Differences) are the most powerful tools there are in genetic selection. There are some people that will argue this. Two of the most common...
by TBEEFADMIN | Apr 28, 2016 | TBeefNews
Check out this great article by Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist working for the NDSU Extension Service. LINK: Visit Your Breed Association Website for Maternal Breed...
by TBEEFADMIN | Apr 27, 2016 | TBeefNews
GENETIC SELECTION PRESSURE – A VALUABLE BUT LIMITED RESOURCE In the beef business we don’t select for single traits. We make improvements on numerous fronts over time. However, selection pressure is a limited resource. Last year a friend of mine generously...
by TBEEFADMIN | Mar 28, 2016 | TBeefNews
The below article was taken from the Indiana Prairie Farmer on March 28, 2016. You can find the original link here. Many cattlemen dread buying bulls, according to Eldon Cole, livestock specialist with University of Missouri Extension. “When I speak to a group...
