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<blockquote data-quote="Son of Butch" data-source="post: 1581982" data-attributes="member: 14585"><p>Excellent epds for a calving ease deluxe bull.</p><p>But I will emphasize the accuracy is less than 50% so 50/50 chance he'll be as good as they suggest.</p><p></p><p>His top 1% milk baffles me a bit in that it's higher than his sire's, dam's and mgs, combined with .34 </p><p>accuracy leads me to believe it will end up lower when time reveals the truth. </p><p>Milk is an overrated epd, milk is only .12 heritable and when .34 accuracy nearly meaningless.</p><p>Environment/management is 88% of milk with genetics only 12%</p><p></p><p>IMO</p><p>Management and EPDs go hand in glove.</p><p>Genetics get all the hype... because A.I. studs and breeders are selling hope... and easy fixes.</p><p>My honest assessment of epds is they are useful and a good manager wouldn't be without 'em, but</p><p>Management and hard work influence profit more than genetics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of Butch, post: 1581982, member: 14585"] Excellent epds for a calving ease deluxe bull. But I will emphasize the accuracy is less than 50% so 50/50 chance he'll be as good as they suggest. His top 1% milk baffles me a bit in that it's higher than his sire's, dam's and mgs, combined with .34 accuracy leads me to believe it will end up lower when time reveals the truth. Milk is an overrated epd, milk is only .12 heritable and when .34 accuracy nearly meaningless. Environment/management is 88% of milk with genetics only 12% IMO Management and EPDs go hand in glove. Genetics get all the hype... because A.I. studs and breeders are selling hope... and easy fixes. My honest assessment of epds is they are useful and a good manager wouldn't be without 'em, but Management and hard work influence profit more than genetics. [/QUOTE]
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