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<blockquote data-quote="Tod Dague" data-source="post: 61544" data-attributes="member: 61"><p>I have developed a different view on EPDs as I've used them over the years. My primary focus is to produce maternal cattle that will make profitable feeders. I have developed fairly large ranges in each EPD category and look for animals that have the appropriate phenotype in those ranges. I will accept animals that fall out of one or two of my category ranges if they excel in all the other categories and have the appropriate phenotype and I can mate them to a cow that excels in the area that they are week. As for actual performance, I've seen animals that performed very well that could not produce calves that performed as well and I've seen animals that did not perform well themselves that produced outstanding performance in their calves. In low accuracy animals I do look at their performance but do not use them until they have some calves on the ground.</p><p></p><p>I do believe that many people use EPDs incorrectly. I know that I did. When I startewd out it was all about the EPD. If the EPDs were good then it was good. This is not the case. If bull A had a 88 YW and bull B had a 89 YW I used bull B. EPDs are a tool to help you select the performance that you need, but if it is your only (or primary) tool then you are setting yourself up for disappointment.</p><p></p><p>I've corrected some of my grammar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tod Dague, post: 61544, member: 61"] I have developed a different view on EPDs as I’ve used them over the years. My primary focus is to produce maternal cattle that will make profitable feeders. I have developed fairly large ranges in each EPD category and look for animals that have the appropriate phenotype in those ranges. I will accept animals that fall out of one or two of my category ranges if they excel in all the other categories and have the appropriate phenotype and I can mate them to a cow that excels in the area that they are week. As for actual performance, I’ve seen animals that performed very well that could not produce calves that performed as well and I’ve seen animals that did not perform well themselves that produced outstanding performance in their calves. In low accuracy animals I do look at their performance but do not use them until they have some calves on the ground. I do believe that many people use EPDs incorrectly. I know that I did. When I startewd out it was all about the EPD. If the EPDs were good then it was good. This is not the case. If bull A had a 88 YW and bull B had a 89 YW I used bull B. EPDs are a tool to help you select the performance that you need, but if it is your only (or primary) tool then you are setting yourself up for disappointment. I’ve corrected some of my grammar. [/QUOTE]
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