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Great businesses that make ours successful… FOCUSING ON THE BOTTOM LINE Profit has two sides to the equation, Income & Expense. For many years, some cattlemen have concentrated on how to maximize income, while not paying attention to expense. When times get tough, as we are currently experiencing, businesses of all industries tend to become more efficient and focus on reducing expenses. The <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Angus</strong> Association recognized this early on and developed unbiased scientific methods to measure economically relevant traits to help cattlemen become more efficient. The most economically relevant traits are Calving Ease Direct (CED), Birth-weight (BW), Maintenance Energy (ME) and Stayability. BW is highly correlated to mature cow size; use of lower birthweight bulls on cows is the surest way to keep moderate-sized cows. Complete information on EPDs is available in the “Rancher’s Guide to EPDs”. THE IMPACT OF BIRTHWEIGHT & CALVING-EASE The foundation of animal breeding is fertility and calf survival. Without cows breeding up and weaning a calf every year, producers will incur an economic loss. By introducing practices such as set breeding seasons and pregnancy checking, producers can become more efficient by eliminating cows that do not breed up and calve every year (eliminating the cost of carrying open cows). A residual benefit to having a calving season is having more uniform groups of calves that can be managed and marketed together. Also, using lower birth-weight, calving-ease bulls that have good weaning and yearling weights will insure a higher percentage of weaned calves and more total pounds of calves weaned. For example, suppose you use a higher birth-weight bull that adds 20 Please visit our website, www.halfmannredangus.com for supplement information. more pounds per calf at weaning. If the calves wean at 600 pounds and you lose one calf at birth, the cost of losing one calf is equivalent to the additional 20 pounds of gain on 30 calves. Maintaining a high weaning percentage should be a high priority. USING EPDS & RATIOS A common misconception is that EPDs will tell us which animal of several being compared is ‘best’. EPDs are merely a description of each animal’s genetic make-up. It is up to us to determine which animal is best for us. Selecting for single traits is not always the most effective choice. When selecting a bull, take into consideration all traits that are relevant for your program. By correctly using EPDs, we can each determine which animal best fits our programs, or moves them in a direction we want to go. Ratios are used for comparing within a single contemporary group. Selecting between contemporary groups with actual or adjusted data can be inaccurate and could lead to selection or culling errors! Performance measurements such as growth and marbling may vary greatly between contemporary groups depending on how they are managed and fed. For example, grain-fed animals are more likely to have higher marbling scores than forage-fed animals. However, forage-fed animals may be genetically capable of producing higher marbling scores, but are not fed high-grain rations for other management reasons. When selecting within a contemporary group, ratios are useful in comparing an individual’s performance over others. 3
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