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<blockquote data-quote="Prairiegrass" data-source="post: 946171" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>Cow Pollinater</p><p></p><p>Thank you for the input. Numerically, MIF has been at the bottom of the breed for REA and HP. I would think breeders would find those numbers disqualifying for use in their breeding programs, esp the HP. To the contrary, MIF was heavily used. I can see why contenetal breeders ignored his ribeye because it could be countered with a large continental ribeye - did they feel cross breeding would handle the fertility question? What about pure bred guys? Was it because HP was a new EPD and breeders knew it wasn't to be "trusted" yet? MIF is now number 2 or 3 for pathfinder daughters on a % qualified basis, so to me that means fertility isn 't an issue. If that's the case, what to do with the HP EPD? Is it any good at all? As of today, MIF has moved to 6.5 for HP which has more than doubled in the last 1.5 years. However, when he was hot he was in the bottom 5 % of the breed and even now is still in the bottom 15% of the breed for this epd with a 72% accuracy. Is it nit picking to fault a bull for being in the bottom 15% of an economically important trait? Is this nitpicking because you don't trust HP to be an accurate indicator of fertitlity or because he does so many other things well that poor fertility is a minor fault? It could be said that he was a great calving ease bull with growth and a good disposition, hence the heavy use. But it;but it's obvious that he's being used for maternal. That's my question - How to make use of the HP epd?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prairiegrass, post: 946171, member: 15700"] Cow Pollinater Thank you for the input. Numerically, MIF has been at the bottom of the breed for REA and HP. I would think breeders would find those numbers disqualifying for use in their breeding programs, esp the HP. To the contrary, MIF was heavily used. I can see why contenetal breeders ignored his ribeye because it could be countered with a large continental ribeye - did they feel cross breeding would handle the fertility question? What about pure bred guys? Was it because HP was a new EPD and breeders knew it wasn't to be "trusted" yet? MIF is now number 2 or 3 for pathfinder daughters on a % qualified basis, so to me that means fertility isn 't an issue. If that's the case, what to do with the HP EPD? Is it any good at all? As of today, MIF has moved to 6.5 for HP which has more than doubled in the last 1.5 years. However, when he was hot he was in the bottom 5 % of the breed and even now is still in the bottom 15% of the breed for this epd with a 72% accuracy. Is it nit picking to fault a bull for being in the bottom 15% of an economically important trait? Is this nitpicking because you don't trust HP to be an accurate indicator of fertitlity or because he does so many other things well that poor fertility is a minor fault? It could be said that he was a great calving ease bull with growth and a good disposition, hence the heavy use. But it;but it's obvious that he's being used for maternal. That's my question - How to make use of the HP epd? [/QUOTE]
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