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EPDs: The Unintended Consequences
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<blockquote data-quote="franseen" data-source="post: 82860" data-attributes="member: 1443"><p>When deciding what bulls to use on our cattle we use epds. They are a great tool, but you need to look at accuracies also. If you are looking at a young bull with great epds look back at his pedigree. If you comes from a dam and sire that have predictability behind them you should be more confident in the bull's ability to perform to his epds. Keep in mind though you need to do a visual appraisal of your cattle also. If a cow needs more capacity, length, a stronger top, better leg structure, or some help on her udder use a bull to suit her. It is hard to tell how a bull may really look by his stud picture. To get a better idea of how he may look get some help from reliable sources. Find out who owns him and give them a call. They should let you know in all honesty is faults and strengths. Also you can contact representitives of the bulls breed. Someone who works for the breed association, or the breed's magazine usually have traveled to enough farms and sales to have a good idea on a bull. Use all the recources you can to find bulls that will compliment and correct your cows the best. Genotype and phenotype as said in the previous post are equally important to produce marketable cattle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="franseen, post: 82860, member: 1443"] When deciding what bulls to use on our cattle we use epds. They are a great tool, but you need to look at accuracies also. If you are looking at a young bull with great epds look back at his pedigree. If you comes from a dam and sire that have predictability behind them you should be more confident in the bull's ability to perform to his epds. Keep in mind though you need to do a visual appraisal of your cattle also. If a cow needs more capacity, length, a stronger top, better leg structure, or some help on her udder use a bull to suit her. It is hard to tell how a bull may really look by his stud picture. To get a better idea of how he may look get some help from reliable sources. Find out who owns him and give them a call. They should let you know in all honesty is faults and strengths. Also you can contact representitives of the bulls breed. Someone who works for the breed association, or the breed's magazine usually have traveled to enough farms and sales to have a good idea on a bull. Use all the recources you can to find bulls that will compliment and correct your cows the best. Genotype and phenotype as said in the previous post are equally important to produce marketable cattle. [/QUOTE]
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