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EPDs: The Unintended Consequences
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<blockquote data-quote="Dana Kopp" data-source="post: 82515" data-attributes="member: 873"><p>Great article, another reminder that EPDs should be used as a "tool" in combination with other information. As is noted in multiple EPD publications you can't (shouldn't) use EPDs to focus on one aspect of your herd improvement without consequences. Hopefully we won't see in the beef industry what has happened in the equine industry, focus on one specific physical characteristic or ability to the detriment of many.</p><p></p><p>A thought on the Charolais or Simmental calves out of Angus cows - I am sure that those probably weren't 70 pound easy birth calves. Breeds aside, it doesn't do a producer much good to wean 700 pound calves if 25% of his calf crop dies during or shortly after birth or he loses a cow or two due to dystocia problems!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dana Kopp, post: 82515, member: 873"] Great article, another reminder that EPDs should be used as a "tool" in combination with other information. As is noted in multiple EPD publications you can't (shouldn't) use EPDs to focus on one aspect of your herd improvement without consequences. Hopefully we won't see in the beef industry what has happened in the equine industry, focus on one specific physical characteristic or ability to the detriment of many. A thought on the Charolais or Simmental calves out of Angus cows - I am sure that those probably weren't 70 pound easy birth calves. Breeds aside, it doesn't do a producer much good to wean 700 pound calves if 25% of his calf crop dies during or shortly after birth or he loses a cow or two due to dystocia problems! [/QUOTE]
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