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Hereford no epds on yearling bulls
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<blockquote data-quote="SPH" data-source="post: 1584129" data-attributes="member: 20580"><p>Not sure what the exact criteria is but you do have to have certain weights and data reported to AHA to have EPDS on an animal and that probably includes the sire and dam as well. We're a TPR breeder so we record and submit all the data we collect so everything we raise are going to have epds. You dont have to DNA test to register an animal but if you are going to register calves sired by a bull or use a cow as an ET donor you do have to DNA test them in order to register their calves.</p><p></p><p>What good would epds on an animal be if the breeder is not submitting weights or performance data on their cattle? EPD accuracies only increase with the amount of data there is on the individual and the animals in their pedigree so if there isn't any data on the individual and/or dam and sire what good or reliable would those EPDs be anyways with hardly any accuracy percentages tied to them? Its not as simple as just averaging the sire and dam EPDs either. I could show you full siblings we've raised and none have identical EPDs because they did not have identical performance weights and data or ratios in their contemporary groups.</p><p></p><p>I guess if a breeder cares wether or not a purebred animal has epds then they may want to look at the operations they are looking at buying from. Why raise and sell purebred seedstock if you dont care to either collect or submit data to the breed association you register animals with? If you raise good cattle then you should have no reason not to be transparent with your production data.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPH, post: 1584129, member: 20580"] Not sure what the exact criteria is but you do have to have certain weights and data reported to AHA to have EPDS on an animal and that probably includes the sire and dam as well. We're a TPR breeder so we record and submit all the data we collect so everything we raise are going to have epds. You dont have to DNA test to register an animal but if you are going to register calves sired by a bull or use a cow as an ET donor you do have to DNA test them in order to register their calves. What good would epds on an animal be if the breeder is not submitting weights or performance data on their cattle? EPD accuracies only increase with the amount of data there is on the individual and the animals in their pedigree so if there isn't any data on the individual and/or dam and sire what good or reliable would those EPDs be anyways with hardly any accuracy percentages tied to them? Its not as simple as just averaging the sire and dam EPDs either. I could show you full siblings we've raised and none have identical EPDs because they did not have identical performance weights and data or ratios in their contemporary groups. I guess if a breeder cares wether or not a purebred animal has epds then they may want to look at the operations they are looking at buying from. Why raise and sell purebred seedstock if you dont care to either collect or submit data to the breed association you register animals with? If you raise good cattle then you should have no reason not to be transparent with your production data. [/QUOTE]
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