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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 974592" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I only have a few registered Herefords, most of mine are commercial with no epds. The few registered cows I have come (as heifers) from herds with reputations for having complete data and now are bred with their 3rd calves for March calving.</p><p></p><p>I can see a difference in the milking between the registered cows which is in relation to the epd numbers. One cow with an 18 milk epd always seems to run out of milk before weaning and her calf is often near the lightest 205 day aww.</p><p></p><p>A cow with a milk epd in the low 20's is still milking at weaning near 205 days and has a heavier 205 day aww calf.</p><p></p><p>Now I have retained a heifer out of the 18 cow who has developed well after weaning. The calf's sire, Proficient N093, had a milk epd of 24. It will be interesting to see if the heifer milks more like the sire.</p><p></p><p>Looking back through the numbers, it does seem that the milk epd is more related to the dam than the sire as mentioned above in this thread.</p><p></p><p>Overall it looks to me that in my situation of wanting fast growth and early maturity for harvesting off of grazing corn at about 13 months, I need a MM epd in the low 20's. I don't want any more with mm in the teens. </p><p></p><p>My commercial cows I am building a herd from seem to have plenty of milk right up to weaning. My criteria of weaning a calf at 50% or more of the dam's weight at weaning probably screens for mm even with an epd.</p><p></p><p>My best homegrown cows so far have come from my T21 bull that had a mm epd of 28. My worst cattle purchase to date was a heifer that looked great but had a mm epd of 14.</p><p></p><p>From my limited experience I would say the mm epd is useful and seems to correlate with what i see in real life.</p><p></p><p>My small herd 2c.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 974592, member: 7509"] I only have a few registered Herefords, most of mine are commercial with no epds. The few registered cows I have come (as heifers) from herds with reputations for having complete data and now are bred with their 3rd calves for March calving. I can see a difference in the milking between the registered cows which is in relation to the epd numbers. One cow with an 18 milk epd always seems to run out of milk before weaning and her calf is often near the lightest 205 day aww. A cow with a milk epd in the low 20's is still milking at weaning near 205 days and has a heavier 205 day aww calf. Now I have retained a heifer out of the 18 cow who has developed well after weaning. The calf's sire, Proficient N093, had a milk epd of 24. It will be interesting to see if the heifer milks more like the sire. Looking back through the numbers, it does seem that the milk epd is more related to the dam than the sire as mentioned above in this thread. Overall it looks to me that in my situation of wanting fast growth and early maturity for harvesting off of grazing corn at about 13 months, I need a MM epd in the low 20's. I don't want any more with mm in the teens. My commercial cows I am building a herd from seem to have plenty of milk right up to weaning. My criteria of weaning a calf at 50% or more of the dam's weight at weaning probably screens for mm even with an epd. My best homegrown cows so far have come from my T21 bull that had a mm epd of 28. My worst cattle purchase to date was a heifer that looked great but had a mm epd of 14. From my limited experience I would say the mm epd is useful and seems to correlate with what i see in real life. My small herd 2c. Jim [/QUOTE]
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