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<blockquote data-quote="Air gator" data-source="post: 1403302" data-attributes="member: 20755"><p>Butch, </p><p>Here's the thing (and I have been hung up on this -8 CEM for a while). Gizmom and a another breeder on another site have first-hand experience calving out Resource daughters without any problem. It reminds me of a fullblood Simmental breeder many years ago who bred heifers to his new bull and sold them bred at his sale. The bull was a cow killer or should I say heifer killer. That's what I was expecting with a bull with a -8 CEM epd. I was thinking that there was report after report of problems calving out Resource daughters, but that's not what I'm hearing. It doesn't seem to be a widespread problem. So, what I'm thinking is that if you have a Resource daughter you could wait until they are a little older and/or use a really, really calving ease bull. I have looked at Renown and see that his epds are better for CEM and CED but worse for HP. Renown also has a Milk epd and $en that might put some people off. Now, Renown has been on back order and is a 6.0 frame bull and Resource is 5.5. Resource's calves are selling well. My sales rep says that buyers have epds that they want and then they come out and see the Resource calves and jump all over them. He says they have "Curb appeal". They look good when you see them. They have "the" look.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Air gator, post: 1403302, member: 20755"] Butch, Here's the thing (and I have been hung up on this -8 CEM for a while). Gizmom and a another breeder on another site have first-hand experience calving out Resource daughters without any problem. It reminds me of a fullblood Simmental breeder many years ago who bred heifers to his new bull and sold them bred at his sale. The bull was a cow killer or should I say heifer killer. That's what I was expecting with a bull with a -8 CEM epd. I was thinking that there was report after report of problems calving out Resource daughters, but that's not what I'm hearing. It doesn't seem to be a widespread problem. So, what I'm thinking is that if you have a Resource daughter you could wait until they are a little older and/or use a really, really calving ease bull. I have looked at Renown and see that his epds are better for CEM and CED but worse for HP. Renown also has a Milk epd and $en that might put some people off. Now, Renown has been on back order and is a 6.0 frame bull and Resource is 5.5. Resource's calves are selling well. My sales rep says that buyers have epds that they want and then they come out and see the Resource calves and jump all over them. He says they have "Curb appeal". They look good when you see them. They have "the" look. [/QUOTE]
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