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<blockquote data-quote="novatech" data-source="post: 363763" data-attributes="member: 5494"><p>I agree with you about the feed efficience tests being expensive. But a lot of people complained about the cost of Epd,s when it first started, and it took a long time for ot to be accepted. I beleive that as times goes on the price of these tests will come down. The ramifications of collecting data will be a tremendous asset if you look at it from a different prespective. There are also many breeders improveing there stock buy useing these tests now. They are useing it as a marketing tool. When feed prices are low this is not an important issue but if they go up effeciency will become a lot more important. Those breeders with proven feed efficient cattle will reap the benifits.</p><p>On another note you state that these tests are labor intensive. Equipment costs are high but I do not see the big cost of labor as the tests are pretty well automated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novatech, post: 363763, member: 5494"] I agree with you about the feed efficience tests being expensive. But a lot of people complained about the cost of Epd,s when it first started, and it took a long time for ot to be accepted. I beleive that as times goes on the price of these tests will come down. The ramifications of collecting data will be a tremendous asset if you look at it from a different prespective. There are also many breeders improveing there stock buy useing these tests now. They are useing it as a marketing tool. When feed prices are low this is not an important issue but if they go up effeciency will become a lot more important. Those breeders with proven feed efficient cattle will reap the benifits. On another note you state that these tests are labor intensive. Equipment costs are high but I do not see the big cost of labor as the tests are pretty well automated. [/QUOTE]
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