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<blockquote data-quote="curvebender" data-source="post: 420856" data-attributes="member: 5324"><p>B</p><p></p><p></p><p>The profit ebv is measured ACROSS breed not within breed in the US and it's biggest driver is feed efficiency.</p><p></p><p>But your missing the whole point, if you can't/don't measure something you can't manage it and improve on it year on year. If your not continually striving to reduce costs and improve efficiency then you can't keep up with inflation. The poultry industry achieves 2% genetic gain year on year and this puts them in the driving seat even if wheat price is increasing because they are continually improving the feed efficiency of their next generation. So if wheat price goes up 20% over the next 10 years it won't really affect them as they will have compensated by improving feed efficiency through selective breeding. </p><p></p><p>We suckler beef farmers finally have the opportunity to take control in a similar manner, all of the work has/is being done for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="curvebender, post: 420856, member: 5324"] B The profit ebv is measured ACROSS breed not within breed in the US and it's biggest driver is feed efficiency. But your missing the whole point, if you can't/don't measure something you can't manage it and improve on it year on year. If your not continually striving to reduce costs and improve efficiency then you can't keep up with inflation. The poultry industry achieves 2% genetic gain year on year and this puts them in the driving seat even if wheat price is increasing because they are continually improving the feed efficiency of their next generation. So if wheat price goes up 20% over the next 10 years it won't really affect them as they will have compensated by improving feed efficiency through selective breeding. We suckler beef farmers finally have the opportunity to take control in a similar manner, all of the work has/is being done for us. [/QUOTE]
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