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Congratulations to steer exhibitors who placed Murray Greys at the forefront of the Sydney Royal Steer/Carcase Competition.These includedLive Judging1st and Middle Weight Champion2 x 2nd…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Neil and Jo-anne Southorn Jun 9, 2011.
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Neil and Jo-anne Southorn replied to Lachlan James's discussion Sydney Royal
"Hi Lachlan and Kate
We thought you did a fabulous thing organising and preparing the steers. Your open day sounded great with Roger talking through steer selection also. Congratulations to you both and to your clients…"
Lachlan James commented on Sam Owen's blog post Young $ire Search
"Would question the use of an inbreeding herd as a case for identifying any recessive diseases. Two reasons, the idea of test programs is to identify elite young <3yr old sires, thus to implement an inbreeding herd would require daughters etc…"
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Sydney Royal
Congratulations to steer exhibitors who placed Murray Greys at the forefront of the Sydney Royal Steer/Carcase Competition.These includedLive Judging1st and Middle Weight Champion2 x 2nd places Carcase Judging3 x taste test class winners3 x 1st place carcasesMiddle Weight Champion Carcase3rd Stan Hill Competition3 x 2nd places Open lightweight carcases class (4)MGs finished 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7thOpen Lightweight carcase class (5)MGs finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, =6th, =6th Well done to allSee More
Lachlan James replied to Neil and Jo-anne Southorn's discussion $ Indices
"Jo-anne,
Interesting discussion. An index is only as good as the combination and weighting of the traits that are included within the calculation. Personally we find that the current indexes (esp the supermarket index) has a few weightings…"
Lachlan James commented on Fiona Glover's blog post Wattlewood Steer- Reserve Champion Carcase at Canberra Royal with 93 points
"Well Done, those Starbrights are always hard to beat, very good steers, great carcases"
Lachlan James commented on Sam Owen's blog post Young $ire Search
"Sam,
Count us in, particuarily on the stud side of the equation. It would be good to see some form of young sire identification occur within the breed.
Lachlan"
Lachlan James left a comment for Lynette Nicholson
"Welcome Lynette,
How are the heifers going?
Regards
Lachlan James"
Lachlan James replied to Rod Hoare & Helena Warren's discussion Beef Information Nucleus Project
"The question is why does a young sire identification program have to come with an enormous price tag?? Sure I think that the breed needs to be included in the BIN project. Imagine being the only breed that missed out on multibreed EBVs, this would…"
Lachlan James replied to Rod Hoare & Helena Warren's discussion Beef Information Nucleus Project
"Rod,
Could not agree more about the uptake of using the identified sires. Obviously the breed does not get ahead if only a few choose to use the identified sires.
The structure of the program and the availability of the sires is very important in…"
Lachlan James replied to Steve Dummett's discussion Different coloured cattle accepted back into Rangers Valley
"Any more details as to numbers etc"
Lachlan James replied to Rod Hoare & Helena Warren's discussion Beef Information Nucleus Project
"Interesting discussion, another avenue to reduce cost of such s project would be to incorporate a feed effeciency measure into the traits recorded as a mechanism of trying to be 'environmentally friendly'. This would then possibly open the…"
Lachlan James replied to Kate James's discussion Use of Artificial Insemination and semen purchase patterns
"Rod,
How you do your AI program will depend on a couple of key factors. The main one is who is doing your AI and how much they will charge per visit and how often they have to visit. Other factors include how much time (labour) you wish to dedicate…"
Lachlan James replied to Rod Hoare & Helena Warren's discussion Beef Information Nucleus Project
"Rod,
Good to see someone talking about a progeny test program/research herd. If any breed needs it we sure do. I'm all for a progeny test herd/research herd if it is conducted properly.
Some Questions/comments on what you posted. It would seem…"
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- At 16:22 on September 7, 2009,
Steve Dummett said… - Hi Lachlan,
Welcome to the forum. Great to see you have already got involved with a discussion response.
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Steve
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