Recent content by Luke Bowman

Food for thought on MILK.... Got Milk? Not the White Stuff…   November 2009 It’s a point of confusion for many breeders across the country, yet an important aspect of raising Shorthorns: Milk Expected Progeny Difference (EPD).  Listening to young people give oral reasons in judging...

An EPD like MILK is only good if weaning weights are recorded and turned in with contemporaries. However, with MILK, to gain the most dependability, measurements (in this case WW) have to be turned in on both sides of the pedigree on multiple sires, for more than one generation-- that's how its...

US Scan data on any of them?

I was asked to skim through these posts and I did just that.... skimmed so if i am completely off target, sorry. In order for a bull to gain accuracy (Acc) for any EXPECTED(nothing is guaranteed) PROGENY(not him, his calves) DIFFERENCE (subrated one from the other to find the comparable number)...

Select Sire Beef is looking for good looking progeny pictures of their Angus, Red Angus, Simmental/SimAngus, Hereford, Shorthorn, Charolais and Club Calf sires. Who would some of these sires be?.... Please see www.selectsiresbeef.com My email is there and you can email high res pictures to me...

Hey all- Stampede is still here and running strong.  Currently, he is following up 40 pairs where a majority of the cows were AI'd to him this spring.  He will be coming off of cows in the coming days and possibly headed to quarantine for international semen to be collected.  We don't want to...

My thoughts.... On Non-parent Animals the MCE average is lower than -1. What is the relation of MCE & CED (CE)?  What type of animals go towards the calculation of CED? MCE? CED is measured on the Direct Calving Ease of the calf to come out of a heifer. It is primarily about the shape of the...

Grant- Thanks for doing a bull test.  It is a great way to sort the animals on facts rather than fun.  Keep up the good work.

Good luck on your search for Shorthorns that are different with quality; you are sure to find what you are needing.  My only suggestion is to find a balance of all traits- both on paper and on the hoof.  There are lots of breeders out there that know it is one's responsibility to measure their...