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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 669094" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I'm a newcomer but think I'll follow Dun's approach in the future. Except EPD's will be my first cut, not the last.</p><p></p><p>As a smaller-herd, one-bull operation (and probably always will be) I have come to grips with the fact that I am probably going to have to buy a new bull every couple years. My #1 selection criteria will always have to be calving ease and that is just something you can't see in a bull's conformation. You need data. And since I will be buying yearling bulls, those EPD's will always necessarily be low accuracy.</p><p></p><p>So it seems to me that those EPD's need to come from a reputable source or they don't mean squat.</p><p></p><p>A yearling bull with good calving ease and other EPD's is where I will start from now on.</p><p></p><p>I hear many times here on this board that EPD's don't seem to mean much. My experience so far is that they mean a lot. As I watch my bull's first calf crop growing it looks to me like they very much reflect his EPD's* at least as far as I can tell at this point. jmho.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p><p></p><p>* EPD's: <a href="http://www.herfnet.com/online/cgi-bin/i4.dll?1=232B21&2=242D&3=56&5=2B3C2B3C3A&6=5A5D5C235927232020&10=0012120D2411323F3E2F0B1E1D1B2AE5380505353CE30E0F080E0C0D151601" target="_blank">http://www.herfnet.com/online/cgi-bin/i4.dll?1=232B21&2=242D&3=56&5=2B3C2B3C3A&6=5A5D5C235927232020&10=0012120D2411323F3E2F0B1E1D1B2AE5380505353CE30E0F080E0C0D151601</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 669094, member: 7509"] I'm a newcomer but think I'll follow Dun's approach in the future. Except EPD's will be my first cut, not the last. As a smaller-herd, one-bull operation (and probably always will be) I have come to grips with the fact that I am probably going to have to buy a new bull every couple years. My #1 selection criteria will always have to be calving ease and that is just something you can't see in a bull's conformation. You need data. And since I will be buying yearling bulls, those EPD's will always necessarily be low accuracy. So it seems to me that those EPD's need to come from a reputable source or they don't mean squat. A yearling bull with good calving ease and other EPD's is where I will start from now on. I hear many times here on this board that EPD's don't seem to mean much. My experience so far is that they mean a lot. As I watch my bull's first calf crop growing it looks to me like they very much reflect his EPD's* at least as far as I can tell at this point. jmho. Jim * EPD's: [url]http://www.herfnet.com/online/cgi-bin/i4.dll?1=232B21&2=242D&3=56&5=2B3C2B3C3A&6=5A5D5C235927232020&10=0012120D2411323F3E2F0B1E1D1B2AE5380505353CE30E0F080E0C0D151601[/url] [/QUOTE]
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