THE genetic variation that exists across cow herds contributes to the challenges beef producers face in every enterprise.
Achieving market compliance, meeting production goals as well as constantly balancing environmental influences such as feed supply to meet those outcomes is a common theme when talking to producers.
Producers who have managed to reduce the genetic variation in their herds can often find the task of meeting livestock needs, production goals and nutritional management made easier as animals have more predictable growth and production paths.
Conversely, wider variation…
