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<blockquote data-quote="FungusProudKY31" data-source="post: 1705077" data-attributes="member: 40881"><p>The odd thing about Angus is the mental changes on BWs. A few decades ago a bull with +3BW was a solid cow bull. Now you hardly ever see a +3 BW EPD. Almost all are less and most have more MW. Some of it is data inflation (paper and not reality) but the average breeder has been swayed in the ranges of good and bad. A bull with +BW and lesser growth is a pure waste. But a bull with some BW and growth+ is a true breeding animal and a useful tool. I hope they, whoever they are, will wake up and recognize the normal links of BW, growth and MW before the breed spirals into another fad induced coma. We can talk extremes but in a one breed commercial program or a solid purebred operation the best place to be is in the town of Moderation!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FungusProudKY31, post: 1705077, member: 40881"] The odd thing about Angus is the mental changes on BWs. A few decades ago a bull with +3BW was a solid cow bull. Now you hardly ever see a +3 BW EPD. Almost all are less and most have more MW. Some of it is data inflation (paper and not reality) but the average breeder has been swayed in the ranges of good and bad. A bull with +BW and lesser growth is a pure waste. But a bull with some BW and growth+ is a true breeding animal and a useful tool. I hope they, whoever they are, will wake up and recognize the normal links of BW, growth and MW before the breed spirals into another fad induced coma. We can talk extremes but in a one breed commercial program or a solid purebred operation the best place to be is in the town of Moderation! [/QUOTE]
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