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<blockquote data-quote="Herefords.US" data-source="post: 640465" data-attributes="member: 3972"><p>I think it is an indication that EPDs will eventually work once there is enough data - from enough varied sources! I also think it shows that the initial EPDs on these bulls wasn't worth much - and I contend that it's the same way with all unproven Hereford bulls! Splitting hairs on an extra pound of BW EPD and twenty pounds of YW EPD and letting THAT be your primary guide for selection of your next herd bull is just plain silly! Notice I haven't "dogged" EPDs in PROVEN Hereford bulls in any of my posts. My problem is breeders using EPDs to try to compare their unproven one and two year old bulls to others. It's virtually total flim-flam and too many buy into it. Then a majority of these bulls go into herds where no additional data is ever collected and recorded - and their owners never really know the truth. They only know whether they like their calves - or don't.</p><p></p><p>HS, the solution as well as the solution to the problem in cows that rocket points out will come when genetic markers in traits are perfected to the point where they are reliable and they become the standard.</p><p></p><p>George</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Herefords.US, post: 640465, member: 3972"] I think it is an indication that EPDs will eventually work once there is enough data - from enough varied sources! I also think it shows that the initial EPDs on these bulls wasn't worth much - and I contend that it's the same way with all unproven Hereford bulls! Splitting hairs on an extra pound of BW EPD and twenty pounds of YW EPD and letting THAT be your primary guide for selection of your next herd bull is just plain silly! Notice I haven't "dogged" EPDs in PROVEN Hereford bulls in any of my posts. My problem is breeders using EPDs to try to compare their unproven one and two year old bulls to others. It's virtually total flim-flam and too many buy into it. Then a majority of these bulls go into herds where no additional data is ever collected and recorded - and their owners never really know the truth. They only know whether they like their calves - or don't. HS, the solution as well as the solution to the problem in cows that rocket points out will come when genetic markers in traits are perfected to the point where they are reliable and they become the standard. George [/QUOTE]
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