Recalling his youth, Wessington seedstock producer, John Christensen says school wasn’t really his thing.
Calving out 600 cows most years, if John Christensen needs a reminder, he simply pulls out a worn calving notebook from his shirt pocket.
Beyond the basic birth, weaning and yearling weight data, John Christensen has been collecting maternal calving ease and carcass data since the 1970s. He utilizes ultrasound technology for carcass data and collects DNA samples to evaluate EPD and whether or not certain cows are homozygous black or homozygous polled.
Christensen Ranch seedstock remained relevant over the years because the family focuses on a wide range of maternal as well as carcass traits that work for commercial producers, John Christensen said from his Wessington, S.D., ranch.
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