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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1850791" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>That is a good reason to keep replacements out of your herd or at least heifers from a similar environment and management style. Cattle raised for generations in conditions that are similar to your own - just seems like they are more likely to do well in your herd. Independent of epd's.</p><p></p><p>In regard to epd's, data for updates come from calves in the same contemporary/pasture group. How a calf performed relative to other calves in that pasture with differences in performance between those cattle in that pasture causing updates to the calves, the sires and the dams of those calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1850791, member: 40418"] That is a good reason to keep replacements out of your herd or at least heifers from a similar environment and management style. Cattle raised for generations in conditions that are similar to your own - just seems like they are more likely to do well in your herd. Independent of epd's. In regard to epd's, data for updates come from calves in the same contemporary/pasture group. How a calf performed relative to other calves in that pasture with differences in performance between those cattle in that pasture causing updates to the calves, the sires and the dams of those calves. [/QUOTE]
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