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EPD's What Do They Mean?
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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 169224" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>But since EPDs are based on contemporary groups, it shouldn't matter. A good bull's calf will stand our in a creep fed group; a good bull's calf will stand out on grass. The evaluations are made from contemporary groups, not single animals. If you report information on a single animal, without a contemporary group, that data isn't used to create EPDs.</p><p></p><p>We all have seen high EPDs crash when a bull get's widely used. That's why I'd never take a chance on breeding heifers to a bull without high BW EPD accuracies. It's one thing to be disappointed in the growth of a calf; it's another to lose a calf or heifer because of calving problems. I'm very grateful to those people who do use unproven bulls so I can be choosey about which I use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 169224, member: 13"] But since EPDs are based on contemporary groups, it shouldn't matter. A good bull's calf will stand our in a creep fed group; a good bull's calf will stand out on grass. The evaluations are made from contemporary groups, not single animals. If you report information on a single animal, without a contemporary group, that data isn't used to create EPDs. We all have seen high EPDs crash when a bull get's widely used. That's why I'd never take a chance on breeding heifers to a bull without high BW EPD accuracies. It's one thing to be disappointed in the growth of a calf; it's another to lose a calf or heifer because of calving problems. I'm very grateful to those people who do use unproven bulls so I can be choosey about which I use. [/QUOTE]
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