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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 17363"><p>> How do you begin the process of</p><p>> accumulating epd's. I have</p><p>> registered heifers that have</p><p>> epd's, but they were not weighed</p><p>> at birth, weaning, or yearling. So</p><p>> epd's from them will not be passed</p><p>> on? If the bull does or doesn't</p><p>> have epd's, do I begin weighing</p><p>> and recording data anyway? Or will</p><p>> it matter? How long will it take</p><p>> for this accumulated data mean</p><p>> anything?</p><p></p><p>EPD's are measured against the entire breed that you have chosen to purchase. EPD's are only good to compair the animals of a breed. They cannot be used to compair breeds. Your heifers have EPD's and the breed association will keep the EDP's recorded regardless of what you do for those heifers. If you want to breed registered cattle just purchase a registered bull (with good EPD's)of the same breed and use him to produce calves which will have EPD's based on the past performance of their parents as compaired to the rest of the entire breed. You should weight and send in information on your herd if you want to raise registered cattle. By doing so you will help build the data base used to create the EPD's on each cow within the breed.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:sillco@compufort.com">sillco@compufort.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 17363"] > How do you begin the process of > accumulating epd's. I have > registered heifers that have > epd's, but they were not weighed > at birth, weaning, or yearling. So > epd's from them will not be passed > on? If the bull does or doesn't > have epd's, do I begin weighing > and recording data anyway? Or will > it matter? How long will it take > for this accumulated data mean > anything? EPD's are measured against the entire breed that you have chosen to purchase. EPD's are only good to compair the animals of a breed. They cannot be used to compair breeds. Your heifers have EPD's and the breed association will keep the EDP's recorded regardless of what you do for those heifers. If you want to breed registered cattle just purchase a registered bull (with good EPD's)of the same breed and use him to produce calves which will have EPD's based on the past performance of their parents as compaired to the rest of the entire breed. You should weight and send in information on your herd if you want to raise registered cattle. By doing so you will help build the data base used to create the EPD's on each cow within the breed. [email=sillco@compufort.com]sillco@compufort.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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