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Please explain EPDs.
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<blockquote data-quote="cypressfarms" data-source="post: 139761" data-attributes="member: 2653"><p>There are also across the breed EPD adjustment numbers issued yearly by the department of agriculture.</p><p></p><p>As if it weren't complicated enough, you can compare an angus bull to a hereford bull by using these adjustments factors. By doing this you could, for example, pick a bull of any breed that you like to provide (lower birth weight, more milk, higher weaning weight etc) which traits you need. These are only statistical calculations, however, and represent what you should expect. They are revised frequently, because cattle performance has improved, so a weaning weight of 0 10 years ago is different than a weaning weight of 0 today, even with the same breed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cypressfarms, post: 139761, member: 2653"] There are also across the breed EPD adjustment numbers issued yearly by the department of agriculture. As if it weren't complicated enough, you can compare an angus bull to a hereford bull by using these adjustments factors. By doing this you could, for example, pick a bull of any breed that you like to provide (lower birth weight, more milk, higher weaning weight etc) which traits you need. These are only statistical calculations, however, and represent what you should expect. They are revised frequently, because cattle performance has improved, so a weaning weight of 0 10 years ago is different than a weaning weight of 0 today, even with the same breed. [/QUOTE]
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