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Fairwyn's Power
ALR Registration Number: FM2293 Birthdate: 2/22/04 Birthweight: 56 Power is the main herd bull: most MLAR cows are either pasture bred or A.I.ed to him at one time or another. He produces awesome calves--we have never seen a bad calf out of him, even out of cows that had pitiful calves out of other bulls. Not only are his genetics a great contribution to the herd, his good temperament is well worth mentioning. He is the only registered fullblood Lowline bull sired by BR New Vision, and he out of the famed cow, Natesa (dam to Machine). Power is the only Lowline to be tested with Pfizer Animal Health's HD 50K test, so his results are compared against the commercial Angus breed (over 5,000 bulls). Because the test is so involved, it takes a legend to read the results, both files are in pdf. format and can be downloaded using the following links: How to read HD 50K results Fairwyn Power's HD 50K results To summarize his results: His calves are low birthweight (we have never had to assist a cow in calving with a Power baby because of size of the calf); do not eat a lot (dry matter intake is 1%); but grow like weeds, producing lean muscle (carcass weight is 90%, while fat is only 30%, but still in the 70% for marbling and tenderness). Most helpful to the commercial producers and other beef industry users is the $MVP: with an MVP of 66, putting the ranking in the 90%, Power calves are profitable! Pfizer did not have a universal, easy way to display the results of the HD50K. As the local rep told me, I could use "hearts, moons, or stars..." (Lucky Charms commercial). I chose dollar signs, since that is what it is about anyway. To save having to use graphics and pictures, I simply used the $ on the keyboard (a special font is okay). Each $ represents 20% as displayed on the link above. Therefore, if the animal is in the 70%, it would have four $ for that trait. While the system does not replace the accuracy of the text results, it does give a person a good idea whether the animal is something they want to review further. Also, for some traits it is better to be in the high percentages, like the $MVP; for other traits it is better to be in the lower percentages, like dry matter intake. Since more $ is better, I inverted the percentage for the traits that it is better to be lower. For example, Power's dry matter intake was at 1%, I inverted it and made it 99%, giving him five $. Basically, more $ is better.
$25/straw $50 fullblood/$25 percentage certificate Volume discounts available.
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