Practicality.

When thinking about practicality in terms of raising beef cattle we consider a balanced trait, no-nonsense approach that takes into consideration cow sense, cowboy logic, sound science, individual resources, and an understanding of cause and effect.  It’s natural human behavior to continually want to raise the bar but more times than not it comes at the expense of something else. Genomics, EPD’s, Indexes, and Phenotypes, are all very valid and useful tools we have at our disposal and certainly tools we use here on the ranch. Unfortunately, problems arise when these tools are taken and pushed to extremes or used singularly rather than in a balanced approach that takes into consideration a ranch’s given resources and what is functional and profitable. Practicality and common sense will never get you into trouble.