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<blockquote data-quote="angus9259" data-source="post: 1829311" data-attributes="member: 7398"><p>My EPDs (USA Angus) can vary quite a bit pre and post genomics - both ways - some get better and some get worse. The entire thing is still quite a mystery to me and I'm still quite suspicious it's a money grab. Some angus places with "poor" EPDs seem to almost be giving up on them entirely (Duff doesn't even list them in their sale book and SAV was questioning them in their sale book - especially WRT ever increasing weaning and yearling weights and ever improving calving ease. Some of my older cows have TERRIBLE EPDs but they've stuck around because their calving ease and weights have been fantastic. Why the disparity between EPDS and actual performance? The pros have told me it's because there are always "outliers" to what is expected. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I keep feeding the machine $50 a head to get some numbers .....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="angus9259, post: 1829311, member: 7398"] My EPDs (USA Angus) can vary quite a bit pre and post genomics - both ways - some get better and some get worse. The entire thing is still quite a mystery to me and I'm still quite suspicious it's a money grab. Some angus places with "poor" EPDs seem to almost be giving up on them entirely (Duff doesn't even list them in their sale book and SAV was questioning them in their sale book - especially WRT ever increasing weaning and yearling weights and ever improving calving ease. Some of my older cows have TERRIBLE EPDs but they've stuck around because their calving ease and weights have been fantastic. Why the disparity between EPDS and actual performance? The pros have told me it's because there are always "outliers" to what is expected. Anyway, I keep feeding the machine $50 a head to get some numbers ..... [/QUOTE]
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