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<blockquote data-quote="SPH" data-source="post: 1400633" data-attributes="member: 20580"><p>I'm going to go out on a limb and guess you were possibly talking to guys that either haven't used Herefords in awhile or are horned Hereford guys because those comments sound exactly like ones I've heard before from that kind of crowd. The Hereford breed used to have a big problem with calving ease but the breed has done a great job fixing that issue over the years and there are plenty of calving ease bloodlines out there now in the Hereford breed. Saw a show on RFD TV the other month where one of the AI companies was talking about at one point they had a very hard time finding Hereford bulls to buy because of the calving ease issues and now that is no longer an issue for them as the breeders have made the necessary changes over the years to correct that problem.</p><p></p><p>Feel free to shoot me a PM if you have some questions or want some suggestions on polled bloodlines to look into. We had a stretch ourselves many years back where we didn't put enough emphasis on calving ease traits and after culling out that problem and putting more emphasis on making sure we don't ignore calving ease traits in our selection process we rarely have to assist with calving now unless the calf is not positioned right. I know some guys out there will tell you that EPDs are meaningless and I am skeptical at times about not leaning too heavily on them too. But when it comes to calving ease and birthweight traits I don't feel that you can ignore the extremes that you come across. Especially those with higher EPD accuracies as they have higher accuracies due to the volume of data on the progeny turned in on them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPH, post: 1400633, member: 20580"] I'm going to go out on a limb and guess you were possibly talking to guys that either haven't used Herefords in awhile or are horned Hereford guys because those comments sound exactly like ones I've heard before from that kind of crowd. The Hereford breed used to have a big problem with calving ease but the breed has done a great job fixing that issue over the years and there are plenty of calving ease bloodlines out there now in the Hereford breed. Saw a show on RFD TV the other month where one of the AI companies was talking about at one point they had a very hard time finding Hereford bulls to buy because of the calving ease issues and now that is no longer an issue for them as the breeders have made the necessary changes over the years to correct that problem. Feel free to shoot me a PM if you have some questions or want some suggestions on polled bloodlines to look into. We had a stretch ourselves many years back where we didn't put enough emphasis on calving ease traits and after culling out that problem and putting more emphasis on making sure we don't ignore calving ease traits in our selection process we rarely have to assist with calving now unless the calf is not positioned right. I know some guys out there will tell you that EPDs are meaningless and I am skeptical at times about not leaning too heavily on them too. But when it comes to calving ease and birthweight traits I don't feel that you can ignore the extremes that you come across. Especially those with higher EPD accuracies as they have higher accuracies due to the volume of data on the progeny turned in on them. [/QUOTE]
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