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Are we too dependent on EPD's?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1727222" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>To answer the question are we too dependent on EPD's, my answer is YES. In the early stages of EPD's they were said to be used as just a tool for comparison. Now it seems like they have taken on a life of their own, as a stand alone marketing angle. I'm not convinced that genomic enhanced stuff is much better either. I think the oldtimers that spent their lives actually selectively breeding cattle using their own eyes and experience of what worked and didn't work laid a good foundation, and unfortunately all the fads, numbers, and AI bull of the month groupies have tried to make the fine art of cattle breeding into something more complicated than rocket science and in the process are taking focus out of the breeding pasture and onto graphs, boxes and shiny pictures, that make a few people more money, and overall hurt a lot of good traits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1727222, member: 24816"] To answer the question are we too dependent on EPD's, my answer is YES. In the early stages of EPD's they were said to be used as just a tool for comparison. Now it seems like they have taken on a life of their own, as a stand alone marketing angle. I'm not convinced that genomic enhanced stuff is much better either. I think the oldtimers that spent their lives actually selectively breeding cattle using their own eyes and experience of what worked and didn't work laid a good foundation, and unfortunately all the fads, numbers, and AI bull of the month groupies have tried to make the fine art of cattle breeding into something more complicated than rocket science and in the process are taking focus out of the breeding pasture and onto graphs, boxes and shiny pictures, that make a few people more money, and overall hurt a lot of good traits. [/QUOTE]
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