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continued from page 14 hot environments. This may not on low planes of nutrition.
be of practical importance to of cattle, history with drought or
rainfall, humidity and tempera- feedlot cattle since nutrition is The animals with the highest blizzard conditions, and animal
ture affect the amount of forage kept fairly constant but could be maintenance requirement could performance in optimum envi-
grown and thus carrying capacity of value to stocker and cow-calf be expected to be the first to lose ronments.
of your pastures. Larger, heavi- producers. weight and succumb to parasites An overall ideal cow type does
er milking cows are capable of Under conditions of low food and diseases. Selection for growth not exist due to influences on
weaning heavier calves. High availability, growth rate is high- rate in the presence of any or all reproductive performance, calf
producers also require more feed. est in animals with low main- of the environmental stressors weaning weight, feed require-
Thus, based on fixed land re- tenance. In hot or cold climates, would favor animals with low ments of the cow-calf unit and
quirement, not as many large growth rate is correlated to heat maintenance requirements. selling price. Thus, it’s important
or heavy milkers could be kept and cold tolerance. When animals When selecting genetics and to match our cows to our forage
compared to small, lower milking are near maintenance or losing cow types, a cow-calf producer resources.
cows. Annual rainfall, tempera- weight, their resistance to many should consider the merits and
ture and day length can deter- parasites and diseases is reduced detriments of the various types
mine type and quality of forage
grown from year to year, which
can affect milk production.
Previous research between
and within breeds has shown
individual animal performance
is affected by the type of envi-
ronment their ancestors evolved
from. The constancy of relative
feeding levels found between
breeds has implications when
selecting for rapid gain in cattle
reared under widely fluctuating
nutritional conditions.
Selection during periods of
abundant feed would tend to
favor individuals and breeds of
high-growth capacity. This, how-
ever, would reverse during peri-
ods of nutritional stress. It is like-
ly that breeds that have evolved March 20, 2021 • 1 p.m. • New Sale Location
under poor nutrition, such as Bos
indicus breeds, have been auto- On Target Bull Development Center, 990 Tumbleweed Rd., Blue Rapids, KS
matically selected for lower fast- Broadcast online at DVAuction.com
ing metabolism and consequently
lower growth rates. Selling 36 Hereford bulls, 24 Angus bulls, 20 Hereford first-calf pairs,
This means, however, that the
Bos indicus breeds may be more 10 Hereford and 8 Angus yearling heifers
adapted to fluctuating feed sup- Learn more at OnTargetBullSale.com

WHAT GOES ROUND
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dren are following in the Jun-
ior Hereford traditions of the
Stump family. It seems evident
that sequels to the Springhill
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follow.
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driving a tractor every day if He ranks in the top 2% of the breed for Milk (+37); Top 6% for He ranks in the top 10% CED (+13); 2% WW (+84); 2% YW (+148);
he could,” Schmidt said. “The $BMI (+ 439) ; Top 7% for REA (+.63); and 10% YW (+103). 2% Marb (+1.34); and 1% $W (+91); 4% $B (+177); 2% $C (+307).
nephews really enjoy the cattle
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the driver’s seat in a few years.
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