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Tru-Test vs Gallagher (recording sheep)
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<blockquote data-quote="TGM" data-source="post: 7504363" data-attributes="member: 43890"><p>Many thanks to shumungus for the positive comments. Trutest or Gallagher - they're both weighing systems and the weight of the lamb will be the same no matter which you use. What matters as much is what software you use to analyse the results. - can the software calculate 56 day and 90 day weights of lambs, how many years history does it average for each ewe to help identify the ewes with the highest production at both 56 and 90 days. Doe it repeat this sort of analysis for rams, breeds, batches etc. what about tupping weights and ewe efficiency calculations (where a 75 kg ewe producing 75 kg lamb at 90 days is 100% efficient). In using sheep software to evaluate performance and make breeding decisions, it's not the actual calculated value of such metrics that matters, it's the ranking within your own flock. You can't directly compare actual values between farms and breeds. There are too many variables between farms. What matters is identifying your best and worst ewes, best and worst rams, best and worse breeds, cross linking to ewe efficiencies. - What is better, a 100 kg texel producing 100 kg lambs at 90 days, or a 75 kg Llynn producing 75 kg lamb. alternatively maybe you would have a 100 kg Texel producing 75 kg lamb and a 75 kg Llynn producing 80 kg lamb? So whether you use a Gallagher, Trutest or any other scale, that won't produce better sheep and lambs. Analysing the data and making good management decisions on the results will improve ewe, ram and lamb performance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TGM, post: 7504363, member: 43890"] Many thanks to shumungus for the positive comments. Trutest or Gallagher - they're both weighing systems and the weight of the lamb will be the same no matter which you use. What matters as much is what software you use to analyse the results. - can the software calculate 56 day and 90 day weights of lambs, how many years history does it average for each ewe to help identify the ewes with the highest production at both 56 and 90 days. Doe it repeat this sort of analysis for rams, breeds, batches etc. what about tupping weights and ewe efficiency calculations (where a 75 kg ewe producing 75 kg lamb at 90 days is 100% efficient). In using sheep software to evaluate performance and make breeding decisions, it's not the actual calculated value of such metrics that matters, it's the ranking within your own flock. You can't directly compare actual values between farms and breeds. There are too many variables between farms. What matters is identifying your best and worst ewes, best and worst rams, best and worse breeds, cross linking to ewe efficiencies. - What is better, a 100 kg texel producing 100 kg lambs at 90 days, or a 75 kg Llynn producing 75 kg lamb. alternatively maybe you would have a 100 kg Texel producing 75 kg lamb and a 75 kg Llynn producing 80 kg lamb? So whether you use a Gallagher, Trutest or any other scale, that won't produce better sheep and lambs. Analysing the data and making good management decisions on the results will improve ewe, ram and lamb performance. [/QUOTE]
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