Commercial cattle producers: bull selection criteria

dc.contributor.author	Simms, D.D.
dc.contributor.author	Geske, J.M.
dc.contributor.author	Bolze, R.P.
dc.date.accessioned	2010-09-15T16:55:22Z
dc.date.available	2010-09-15T16:55:22Z
dc.date.issued	2010-09-15T16:55:22Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4965
dc.description.abstract	A survey of 312 commercial cattle producers was conducted to determine the relative importance of selection criteria used in buying bulls. Calving ease was a major consideration of a high percentage of producers, and individual performance was being emphasized more than expected progeny differences (EPDs). Only 23% of the producers included EPDs in their first three selection criteria. Visual appraisal focused on structural soundness, length, and muscling.	en_US
dc.publisher	Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Cattlemen’s Day, 1994	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 94-373-S	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 704	en_US
dc.subject	Beef	en_US
dc.subject	Bulls	en_US
dc.subject	Selection	en_US
dc.subject	Breeding	en_US
dc.subject	Expected progeny differences	en_US
dc.title	Commercial cattle producers: bull selection criteria	en_US
dc.type	Conference paper	en_US
dc.date.published	1994	en_US
dc.citation.epage	60	en_US
dc.citation.spage	57	en_US
dc.description.conference	Cattlemen's Day, 1994, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 4, 1994	en_US