ICBF Maintenance Figures.

Mach Two · 16-07-2022 1:39am #1

Just wondering how are the maintenance figures acquired on the ICBF data sheet and how are they to be utilized.

ginger22 · 16-07-2022 8:29am

They have to come up with some new plan every so often to keep the fools going.

patsy_mccabe · 16-07-2022 9:55am

Mach Two · 17-07-2022 4:45pm

Does that mean that a negative value is preferable to a positive value.

Mach Two · 17-07-2022 5:04pm

It is far wiser to keep your mouth shut and for everyone to think you are a fool than to open it and be known as a fool.

ginger22 · 17-07-2022 5:41pm

Who is the fool here, if you follow that lot.

Mach Two · 17-07-2022 5:45pm

What lot.

ginger22 · 17-07-2022 5:48pm

ICBF

Mach Two · 17-07-2022 5:56pm

"A higher maintenance sub-index equates to a smaller cow".

This is taken from ICBF website. Is this not contradictory.How can a small cow have a higher maintenance figure.

patsy_mccabe · 17-07-2022 6:30pm

Smaller cows eat less, therefore they cost less to keep. This makes them more profitable. More profitable equates to a higher €€€ value.

Mach Two · 17-07-2022 7:10pm

Therefore turning a negative into a positive.

Only thing is bigger cows I presume kill out heavier in the factory when slaughter time comes. I expect all cow beef is consumed somewhere.

"The maintenance sub-index can be used as a rough guide to predict mature cow-live weight". How is this achieved?

patsy_mccabe · 17-07-2022 7:35pm

It's based on recorded data from all relatives of the cow, like all ICBF data.

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