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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1341619" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>A breeder? No. A replicator or multiplier: apparently yes and that is the problem. </p><p></p><p>We equate numbers of head in a herd as an indicator of a source for the best cattle is the numbers are high or many. Not the case.</p><p></p><p>There are genetics that are deemed worth more or extremes because they are rare, old and limited. Often there are reasons that folks quit using those cattle or that semen 30 years ago.</p><p></p><p>We see high EPDs or larger EPDs than out cattle to be progress. The chasing of "better" EPDs have caused some of the foot issues, udder issues, fertility issues, disposition issues, ... issues because the seeking of numbers in EPDs skews the judgment of the overall animal.</p><p></p><p>We equate quick generational turnover as best for progress. Yet we seek the old and proven bulls and cows to stabilize the mess that is made when the quick turn over creates bigger problems than they fix.</p><p></p><p>We have been brainwashed (or the attempt has been made) to tell us the bull on the other side of the property line fence is better than what we raise. Every introduction of outside genetics has the same potential to bring in good traits as it does to bring in bad traits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1341619, member: 24565"] A breeder? No. A replicator or multiplier: apparently yes and that is the problem. We equate numbers of head in a herd as an indicator of a source for the best cattle is the numbers are high or many. Not the case. There are genetics that are deemed worth more or extremes because they are rare, old and limited. Often there are reasons that folks quit using those cattle or that semen 30 years ago. We see high EPDs or larger EPDs than out cattle to be progress. The chasing of "better" EPDs have caused some of the foot issues, udder issues, fertility issues, disposition issues, ... issues because the seeking of numbers in EPDs skews the judgment of the overall animal. We equate quick generational turnover as best for progress. Yet we seek the old and proven bulls and cows to stabilize the mess that is made when the quick turn over creates bigger problems than they fix. We have been brainwashed (or the attempt has been made) to tell us the bull on the other side of the property line fence is better than what we raise. Every introduction of outside genetics has the same potential to bring in good traits as it does to bring in bad traits. [/QUOTE]
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