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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1806811" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>My issues with EPD's are that so many people tend to take them for gospel truth and use them as the only selection criteria. Totally ignoring feet and legs, other structural soundness issues, along with fertility and many other areas. The only EPD's that I put any sort of credibility on are BW, and CED, and that's only on proven bulls. The other numbers are just too vague and takes so long to build up any pattern of performance in a given area.</p><p>I think it's become a way of marketing that takes focus away from the actual visible selection that cattlemen used to be proficient at.</p><p>I agree the single trait selection is problematic as when you go to extremes in one area other areas are affected and many times adversely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1806811, member: 24816"] My issues with EPD’s are that so many people tend to take them for gospel truth and use them as the only selection criteria. Totally ignoring feet and legs, other structural soundness issues, along with fertility and many other areas. The only EPD’s that I put any sort of credibility on are BW, and CED, and that’s only on proven bulls. The other numbers are just too vague and takes so long to build up any pattern of performance in a given area. I think it’s become a way of marketing that takes focus away from the actual visible selection that cattlemen used to be proficient at. I agree the single trait selection is problematic as when you go to extremes in one area other areas are affected and many times adversely. [/QUOTE]
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