Recent content by knabe

Why is it that fat butt illicits the same response out of everyone.

Mandated human death will solve the problem.

What isn't being done with current checkoff$ If two check offs are good, why not 40?

Awesome. Does the guy not like round feeders and wants cattle spread out when fed?

There are plenty of people being creative. Bickering reduces time to make a sale or improve ones operation.

The government subsidizes and encourages debt and dependence. People vote for it. It will cause a revolution.

genetic progress seems more about improvement by eliminating germ lines. the theoretical maximum has been reduced by eliminating them, but it looks good in the short run because you are recombining higher scoring individuals. as no one keeps breeding the unfavored bulls or even collecting...

.35 x 0.001 = 0.035% of total variability can not be measured. If it is, rank 100 bulls on a continuum with 5% difference in marbling in various states of homo/het status, detail the markers, progeny and rank each marker' contribution range with confidence intervals etc, id a bunch of calves...

which says find a different way. if a marker has 0.1% impact, it's useless and so is the method to track it.

how do you make your own markers? why can't anyone else come up with them if they are all in the original set derived from the test in the first place? most genetic defects have a test now. it's EASY to avoid them even from carriers. you can even test breed for the ones where one doesn't...

so why do discussions focus on the least area of improvement?

As will your posts.

Not an issue. The amount would be so low it's ridiculous. Detection alone is not proof of toxicity. Coca cola by itself is toxic with or without artificial sweeteners. I quit soft drinks a couple of years ago and feel a lot better. Got a smaller belly too.

what about eskimo's?

break up the monopoly the usda has over inspections. logistically i don't know how to do that and still comply with an inspection infrastructure.