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<blockquote data-quote="KMacGinley" data-source="post: 379844" data-attributes="member: 3175"><p>Epds are certainly an interesting subject. To me they are immaterial, since mostly they have been used to select for ultra high growth. </p><p></p><p> My cattle are plenty growthy. My heifers weaned mid 6's on average AHIR, and Bulls were Just below 700, no creep. What is amazing is that this happens with cows that are breed average at best and below breed average for the most part for weaning epd coming out of Breed average epd herd bulls. And when I throw in a above average AI sire, he rarely competes well with my own bulls. </p><p></p><p> The day that someone can logically explain how my below breed average milk and weaning epd cows from the most <strong>accurate[/b</strong>] epd breed, are doing this, I may be interested.</p><p></p><p> If you think that I feel that there is an awful lot of fudging going on with some of the major breeders, you would be right. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KMacGinley, post: 379844, member: 3175"] Epds are certainly an interesting subject. To me they are immaterial, since mostly they have been used to select for ultra high growth. My cattle are plenty growthy. My heifers weaned mid 6's on average AHIR, and Bulls were Just below 700, no creep. What is amazing is that this happens with cows that are breed average at best and below breed average for the most part for weaning epd coming out of Breed average epd herd bulls. And when I throw in a above average AI sire, he rarely competes well with my own bulls. The day that someone can logically explain how my below breed average milk and weaning epd cows from the most [b]accurate[/b[/b]] epd breed, are doing this, I may be interested. If you think that I feel that there is an awful lot of fudging going on with some of the major breeders, you would be right. :) [/QUOTE]
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