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EPD's What Do They Mean?
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<blockquote data-quote="SEC" data-source="post: 169630" data-attributes="member: 3241"><p>I think EPD's are interesting as it takes in every kind of difference possible in the climate, grass whatever you name it, it's accounted for. To some point the EPD's work and then ( I am not sure of what level) it seems like things go a little crazy. Like EPD's over 100 for YW. I am usually spooked and become leary with bulls with astronomical bwts. Krugerrand 410H is a bull that has held close to his numbers, yet doesn't appear to calve quite as light as his EPD's show nor do his calves blow away the progeny either. The Hyline Right Way calves from our herd and others haven't been high at all and yet the bulls bwt EPD jumped like 2.2 lbs on his bwt. </p><p></p><p>The only EPD's I really follow is milk, scrotal and I avoid the extreme marbling cattle. In fact, I generally avoid extreme EPD cattle completely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SEC, post: 169630, member: 3241"] I think EPD's are interesting as it takes in every kind of difference possible in the climate, grass whatever you name it, it's accounted for. To some point the EPD's work and then ( I am not sure of what level) it seems like things go a little crazy. Like EPD's over 100 for YW. I am usually spooked and become leary with bulls with astronomical bwts. Krugerrand 410H is a bull that has held close to his numbers, yet doesn't appear to calve quite as light as his EPD's show nor do his calves blow away the progeny either. The Hyline Right Way calves from our herd and others haven't been high at all and yet the bulls bwt EPD jumped like 2.2 lbs on his bwt. The only EPD's I really follow is milk, scrotal and I avoid the extreme marbling cattle. In fact, I generally avoid extreme EPD cattle completely. [/QUOTE]
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