Brandonm22":1wj9plu2 said:AudieWyoming":1wj9plu2 said:I am having a hard time coming up with an instance where going back to 30 or 50 year old genetics has moved a breed or the industry foward. It is strictly a niche market.
Emulation 31 was "old" genetics until somebody decided to breed a son of his to a daughter of his and got EXT. Love him or hate him he was certainly a game changer and a lot of people made a lot of money off of him and his sibs. How many times was his mom flushed and cloned??? I got an email pushing Grassmaster today.
:roll: Take a look at EXT's EPDs and Wajima's EPDs. Even today EXT has "good" EPDs compared to breed average. He was never the perfect bull, especially his negative scrotal EPD, but he had qualities that made up for it. So far the only quality I've seen mentioned on the Wajima bull is that he looks good and has good $EN numbers, which go along with his low WW and YW EPDs. But everyone makes their choices for whatever reason. And I am very grateful for those big breeders who use young bulls to prove them, one way or another.