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<blockquote data-quote="UG" data-source="post: 834745" data-attributes="member: 714"><p>MARC has probably done more unbiased work on strengths and weaknesses on breeds, and have released some very good data over the years. However, the use of their across breeds EPDs adjustments hasn't been accepted very well by much of the industry. Many industry leaders question whether MARC used truly representative sires in their evaluations of breeds, especially in some of the studies. For example, if MARC used sires of a breed that were lower in YW than is truly representative of bulls being used in the breed at the time of the study, that incorrectly leads to too low of adjustments in YW for that particular breed. One breed that comes to mind is Gelbvieh. Many producers and those in academia question if the Gelbvieh adjustments in the across breed EPD tables are accurate, and feel that they unfairly penalize Gelbvieh for growth.</p><p></p><p>Though justsimmentals has a very strong opinion of Chiangus, based on across breed EPDs, apparently not everyone else has the same opinion. A good example is Decatur County Feedyards near Oberlin, KS, one of the nation's top feedyards. They have had very good success feeding Chi influenced cattle; both from good growth and feed efficiency in the feedlot and premiums when the cattle are sold on the grid. When producers ask Decatur County Feedyards what breed of bull to buy, one of the breeds that they will encourage producers to consider when making their next herd sire selection is Chiangus. Now, that doesn't mean that all Chiangus bulls are good, but they will provide names of Chiangus seedstock operations that produce cattle that work in their feedlot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UG, post: 834745, member: 714"] MARC has probably done more unbiased work on strengths and weaknesses on breeds, and have released some very good data over the years. However, the use of their across breeds EPDs adjustments hasn't been accepted very well by much of the industry. Many industry leaders question whether MARC used truly representative sires in their evaluations of breeds, especially in some of the studies. For example, if MARC used sires of a breed that were lower in YW than is truly representative of bulls being used in the breed at the time of the study, that incorrectly leads to too low of adjustments in YW for that particular breed. One breed that comes to mind is Gelbvieh. Many producers and those in academia question if the Gelbvieh adjustments in the across breed EPD tables are accurate, and feel that they unfairly penalize Gelbvieh for growth. Though justsimmentals has a very strong opinion of Chiangus, based on across breed EPDs, apparently not everyone else has the same opinion. A good example is Decatur County Feedyards near Oberlin, KS, one of the nation's top feedyards. They have had very good success feeding Chi influenced cattle; both from good growth and feed efficiency in the feedlot and premiums when the cattle are sold on the grid. When producers ask Decatur County Feedyards what breed of bull to buy, one of the breeds that they will encourage producers to consider when making their next herd sire selection is Chiangus. Now, that doesn't mean that all Chiangus bulls are good, but they will provide names of Chiangus seedstock operations that produce cattle that work in their feedlot. [/QUOTE]
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