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Heifer Pregnancy EPD - Do you believe it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1524615" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>You lose more females on breed back at 2.5 or 3 YO (depending on age at first calf) so HP is sort of lukewarm in usefulness. Unless you use true terminal type bulls that you need to avoid because all of their daughters need to go to the feedlot with the steer mates. I do not know that HP is a priority but the bulls with low positives and negatives would be avoided by most if I get the point of it. The point is, breeding by EPDs, seeking the most of certain traits via EPDs and the selection system in the breed has created a problem that has been addressed with the EPD.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1524615, member: 24565"] You lose more females on breed back at 2.5 or 3 YO (depending on age at first calf) so HP is sort of lukewarm in usefulness. Unless you use true terminal type bulls that you need to avoid because all of their daughters need to go to the feedlot with the steer mates. I do not know that HP is a priority but the bulls with low positives and negatives would be avoided by most if I get the point of it. The point is, breeding by EPDs, seeking the most of certain traits via EPDs and the selection system in the breed has created a problem that has been addressed with the EPD. [/QUOTE]
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