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EPD's, reading the chart correctly.
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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 419160" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>EPDs are used to compare breeding stock, usually bulls. This chart is set up to compare <strong>bulls</strong> from different breeds.</p><p></p><p>EPDs will never tell you what a calf will weigh at any time. They just allow you to say, if I use a bull with a BW EPD of 5, I can expect my calves to weigh 5 more pounds at birth than if I used a bull with a BW EPD of 0. (If we're talking about bulls within the same breed and not this across breed stuff.) The cows, management, climate, all those things have an influence on the calf's weight. EPDs will never be able to take those into account. But you have the cows, you have a climate, you have pasture, feed, management. EPDs allow you to compare bulls andl tell you which bull is likely to give you heavier (or lighter) calves at birth, weaning, yearling, etc., under that system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 419160, member: 13"] EPDs are used to compare breeding stock, usually bulls. This chart is set up to compare [b]bulls[/b] from different breeds. EPDs will never tell you what a calf will weigh at any time. They just allow you to say, if I use a bull with a BW EPD of 5, I can expect my calves to weigh 5 more pounds at birth than if I used a bull with a BW EPD of 0. (If we're talking about bulls within the same breed and not this across breed stuff.) The cows, management, climate, all those things have an influence on the calf's weight. EPDs will never be able to take those into account. But you have the cows, you have a climate, you have pasture, feed, management. EPDs allow you to compare bulls andl tell you which bull is likely to give you heavier (or lighter) calves at birth, weaning, yearling, etc., under that system. [/QUOTE]
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