Julian
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The sire of Impressive showed tremendous growth when he was developed on grass at Buffalo Creek in Wyoming, which was a contributor to his higher growth EPD's. Also figured into his growth EPD's are the growth records of his progeny. The dam of Impressive is sired by Julian LT142, who has sired wonderful females, yet I haven't seen anyone mention that on this thread. I have the utmost respect for the Mushrush program. They are ambassadors of not only the Red Angus breed association, but also the beef industry as a whole. Good luck trying to find a more honest and genuine cattle breeder than Joe Mushrush.
I also have a lot of respect for the Genex operation. They offer a variety of bulls for a variety of breeding choices. If Genex didn't think that these bulls were good for their business they would not have bid on the Impressive bull like they did.
Impressive was an outlier. His ratios prove it. We will all know more when data of his progeny is turned in. He has already been used via AI in numerous herds so he is going to be compared against numerous sires within the Red Angus database. Ratios alone on an individual are not the complete ingredients in determining EPD's, but I don't know of anyone else I would have any stronger faith in fairly reporting data than the Mushrush program.
Long story short, if you think the bull is too good to be true, then wait until more data has been submitted of his progeny.
I also have a lot of respect for the Genex operation. They offer a variety of bulls for a variety of breeding choices. If Genex didn't think that these bulls were good for their business they would not have bid on the Impressive bull like they did.
Impressive was an outlier. His ratios prove it. We will all know more when data of his progeny is turned in. He has already been used via AI in numerous herds so he is going to be compared against numerous sires within the Red Angus database. Ratios alone on an individual are not the complete ingredients in determining EPD's, but I don't know of anyone else I would have any stronger faith in fairly reporting data than the Mushrush program.
Long story short, if you think the bull is too good to be true, then wait until more data has been submitted of his progeny.