The Rural Voice, 1995-03, Page 29Ankum says he is interested in seeing
how his cattle "stack up against the
other cattle. I'm looking forward to
the results."
This is the first year Van Ankum
has been involved with the project.
He says he became interested
because, "too many times the
primary producer never finds out
how their calves do. The big
attraction of retaining ownership is
how each individual does at the
packing plant." He wants to see how
they gain individually on the feedlot
and how they do at the plant. He
says it is not as vital but he is also
interested in dressing percentages
and carcass quality.
All of this information is being
collected with the help of Beef
Improvement Ontario's microchip
identification tags. The tag stays
"These microchips are
what makes it
manageable, that
and having a good
memory."
with the animal throughout the
process, in the feedlot and onto the
packing house floor.
Says custom feeder Herron, "these
microchips are what makes it
manageable, that and having a good
memory."
Making changes to a breeding
program based on results from such a
project takes time, as Herron points
out, by the time last year's calf is to
finished weight, the cow is already
bred again.
Herron sent some of his own
cattle to Better Beef and talked to the
packers. "I tend to listen to them
because they're the buyer and they
see more at a finish stage, I see 400
in a year, they see that many in part
of a morning."
He says they would ask what he
was feeding and make
recommendations. "I think these
communication lines are invaluable,
if we don't listen, we won't be in
business."
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