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Broken mouthed ewes on twitter
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<blockquote data-quote="Global ovine" data-source="post: 7076632" data-attributes="member: 493"><p>A breeder with the welfare of his/her clients in mind would measure and select for production and management cost saving traits that the breed in question can best use. These would vary in emphasis with breed and breeders desire to make a point of difference, but would share the main traits common to all maternal breeds.</p><p>Any flock not making progress for the main traits affecting efficiency will in time have profitability eroded by farm costs, unless that farmer is one of the few who sets the price of their products.</p><p></p><p>The question to me is not if they are recorded, but are the records used by the breeder thereby showing a trend of generational improvement for the traits that make and save money. Riding on such a breeder's coat tails is one of the only free lunches available in livestock farming.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Global ovine, post: 7076632, member: 493"] A breeder with the welfare of his/her clients in mind would measure and select for production and management cost saving traits that the breed in question can best use. These would vary in emphasis with breed and breeders desire to make a point of difference, but would share the main traits common to all maternal breeds. Any flock not making progress for the main traits affecting efficiency will in time have profitability eroded by farm costs, unless that farmer is one of the few who sets the price of their products. The question to me is not if they are recorded, but are the records used by the breeder thereby showing a trend of generational improvement for the traits that make and save money. Riding on such a breeder's coat tails is one of the only free lunches available in livestock farming. [/QUOTE]
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