Our Commitment: We are committed to providing the most accurate and comprehensive data collection and reporting. We do this to make more informed selection decisions and it allows you to buy with more confidence in the information printed in the catalog. Our ultimate goal is improvement, not marketing. The foundation of this is built on reporting production information to the breed associations every year for every cow we own, not just the “good ones”. For the American Simmental Association this is called Total Herd Enrollment or THE. The American Angus Association (AAA) has a similar voluntary program called Maternal Plus. Our Commitment to Data Collection
Genomically Enhanced EPD’s
Every bull selling and most of their dams have been DNA tested and the genomic information is factored into the EPD’s printed in this catalog. Genomics is an evolving technology and we have been slow to adopt until recent improvements. Initially the genomic information was only correlated to EPD’s on registered animals. But now we are involved in the CXP project with the American Simmental Association (ASA) that is collecting genomic information on steers resulting from structured progeny tests. The actual feedlot performance and kill data from these commercial steers is now included in the genomic training “panels”. This should be infinitely more accurate and valuable than previous methods that compared only to EPD projections on the sale bulls and did not account for the culls. With CXP all steers data are included. With a common goal of improving the end product merit of our cattle, Stockmen’s Source has formed an alliance with Tony and Amanda White at Sarben Ranch. We progeny test our bulls by A.I. breeding their cow herd and they provide us with production and carcass data on 100% of the calf crop. We were able to get a test on our Stockman bull in the first year of our agreement and currently they have cattle on feed and calves in utero as we evaluate the next two crops. Additionally, we have participated in the Cowherd Roundup (ChR) program also at ASA. Through this program we submitted DNA on 90+% of our cow herd. We think that combining the genomic information of our cows along with commercial calves out of our sires will provide us and our customers with the most accurate EPD’s to make the best selection decisions possible.
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