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JeffNYRC
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A purchase that you are happy with..
What purchases have you made, whether it be an embryo, cow, heifer, etc. That when you look back at, made you happy to do so?
Personally.. There have been several. When I bought 4 holsteins from a local farm, all have gone VG. Bought two heifers last year at a local sale, both are nice heifers, one of which is an easy VG.. An Advent we picked up for 1500 or so at a local sale, that placed 1st Jr 2yr at this springs carousel, BU, and is also VG VG-MS...
Can't say for sure of the other purchases this spring. But the others mentioned, im very happy with, and the fact two of those heifers I bought last spring have interest with Select Sires (whether anything goes or not, because their mating suggestions dont fall in line with my goals), im extremely pleased..
Jeff
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19/5/2008, 12:14
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Re: A purchase that you are happy with..
  Very Good!
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19/5/2008, 17:21
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JeffNYRC
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Re: A purchase that you are happy with..
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Jeff you have obviously had a change of policy.Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm sure that you once stated that you wouldn't buy good pedigrees because you were going to build up the VG's and EX's from scratch with your own animals.
Yes, I have changed my personal prefrences. I am still working on developing some that are out of familys such as the ones from the original group. I have one line started quite nicely, into my 2nd generation from that line.. Dam needs to mature quite a bit, but the heifer she had, a shottle, is a great continuation of that family. Then an advent out of a blockbuster (leducxalicia), nice calf.. The reason why I changed my view of buying into deeper pedigrees, instead of developing my own, is noteriety.
I talked with someone that is well known in the breed (ill leave names out as far as he is concerned), and I have seeked advice from this person. I asked him, what made you well known? He said, "I'd have to say, a cow family". After pondering that, and seeing how it has helped many others sell heifers, I decided to do the same. So last year I picked up those two heifers. The fact they are backed by some outstanding people, I am glad I did. Then this year I decided to kick it up a notch, and buy something backed by several generations of excellent dams.
So for the next 2 years, I plan on going after a couple more deep pedigreed heifers (depending how the economy goes as well).. And those I seek are not in NY.
When you have a VG out of a pedigree that is backed by GP only, or out of a pedigree where there are other VG's, that isn't a dud. However a VG out of several generations of excellents, and she remains in VG territory, it is a dud in that family.. Her final score prooves she simply isn't as good as the rest of the family. It's no different than a 97pt cow like Tamara, out of a GP83 dam. That is the opposite end of the spectrum, she is a freak..
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19/5/2008, 18:18
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Re: A purchase that you are happy with..
Is a freak a freak if she goes on to make excellent daughters? Or does she turn into a freak brood cow?
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19/5/2008, 20:03
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Re: A purchase that you are happy with..
Is a VG cow from a long line of Excellents a ''dud'' if she is the only 1 of that family that goes on to produce a proven AI sire with over 3points on type, mega production and fantastic health traits ???
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19/5/2008, 21:40
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Re: A purchase that you are happy with..
Will, you must be thinking about Laramee, the other three bulls are all from excellent dams.  here's something for you to ponder Jeff, Laramees dam, Lariat is VG-88, her dam was Ex-95, her gr,dam was Ex-91 BUT her great gr,dam was G-76.
in one generation the family went from a "cull list" -76 to Ex-91 and after two more generations the family produced a world class bull.
a purchase I'm happy with is the one I made eight months ago, that made me the proud owner of a Harley Davidson. 
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20/5/2008, 1:00
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A purchase that you are happy with..
That mail order bride of mine is panning out pretty good so far....
or maybe this topic should be placed on underneath the thread of why "a picture is worth a thousand words"
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20/5/2008, 2:31
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A purchase that you are happy with..
The neighbors farm.
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21/5/2008, 0:26
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A purchase that you are happy with..
I got a little mini fridge for the dairy so I can keep all the hormones and vaccines in. Very handy!
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21/5/2008, 8:09
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Re: A purchase that you are happy with..
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I got a little mini fridge for the dairy so I can keep all the hormones and vaccines in. Very handy!
I bet my wife sometimes wishes she had a fridge to keep my hormones in.
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21/5/2008, 12:27
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A purchase that you are happy with..
10 year oldJCB 526S loadall bloody brilliant does everything you want and more can not believed howi manged with the other 25 ear old one.
On a cattle front bought a bull during foot and mouth in 2001 when we had no AI technicien calling so he got the cows in calf first and foremost. I chose his pedigree off net as i couldnt visit farm he has left me with alot of excellents and vg that are leaving their stamp on their own progeny if i had known how good they would of been i would not of used him so slectively as i save dthe best cows for when AI started again. He finally went with TB on valuation. He was Weeton Morocco
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23/5/2008, 19:05
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A purchase that you are happy with..
satellite radio in the barn
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24/5/2008, 3:05
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A purchase that you are happy with..
We have a saying, Jeff,
'What use is there having your own mind, if you can't change it!'
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24/5/2008, 18:18
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triday1
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A purchase that you are happy with..
smous, a lot so far, still playing around with it, too many options, but a nice problem.
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25/5/2008, 2:33
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Re: A purchase that you are happy with..
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We have a saying, Jeff,
'What use is there having your own mind, if you can't change it!'
that must be up there with
"cant please anyone ... might as well please yourself"
which used to be mine when I was single......
in college it was use and abuse and hang on a string for later
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25/5/2008, 3:12
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A purchase that you are happy with..
howard keeps getting cruder, if that is possible, but every now and then I listen, biggest challenge is, we don't have the remote system hooked up yet so I have to walk all the way over to change it, such a pain(smiling broadly right now). i like to have music variety instead of the one channel that played the rolling stones 24 hours a day.
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25/5/2008, 20:31
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Mine would be the wedding ring for my wife (and yes, I am going to make her read this!!).
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15/7/2008, 1:41
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Thanks for the reminder Classcow!!The lord really blessed me with an EX 97 GMD DOM multiple star wife.I also have a interesting but very long wedding ring story.
Have a karma point!!
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15/7/2008, 11:21
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classcow
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A purchase that you are happy with..
Thanks for the Karma points all...I do feel very lucky - married my best friend years ago and see so many who do not seem happily married. We have had a great life together. Sometimes I have to remind myself how fortunate I am. Just hope all my children will marry as well as I did - so far they have done ok.
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16/7/2008, 10:32
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Re: …
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The lord really blessed me with a GMD DOM multiple star wife.
ghz, I don't like to mention it, but if she has enough progeny to earn all those brood qualifications... isn't it about time you gave your good lady a rest!!!!!!!!!  
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16/7/2008, 17:09
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