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Breeding / Calving Issues
Are we too dependent on EPD's?
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<blockquote data-quote="cattleman99" data-source="post: 1727171" data-attributes="member: 14530"><p>I look at the sale picture first, if I like what I see I move on to pedigree, look at the dams production record, if I like what I see there I wait for the video to come out. Then I might call a sales rep or the producer if I'm interested and get another opinion. The sale reps know what I like and what I don't. Been dealing with the same few for years. At that point I will look at the EPDs. I also only buy January born females now bred to calve in January. That's when I calve the bulk of mine and I am finding it helps with fertility and fitting into my program. Same applies to bulls January born only. EPDs have very little influence on my program unless something sticks out real bad. That can make it hard to sell there progeny. But it has to be way out of whack. I'm also raising Simmentals</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cattleman99, post: 1727171, member: 14530"] I look at the sale picture first, if I like what I see I move on to pedigree, look at the dams production record, if I like what I see there I wait for the video to come out. Then I might call a sales rep or the producer if I’m interested and get another opinion. The sale reps know what I like and what I don’t. Been dealing with the same few for years. At that point I will look at the EPDs. I also only buy January born females now bred to calve in January. That’s when I calve the bulk of mine and I am finding it helps with fertility and fitting into my program. Same applies to bulls January born only. EPDs have very little influence on my program unless something sticks out real bad. That can make it hard to sell there progeny. But it has to be way out of whack. I’m also raising Simmentals [/QUOTE]
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