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Please explain EPDs.
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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm2" data-source="post: 140321" data-attributes="member: 2095"><p>Not really. If you add weaning wt and subtract birth wt on all of your calves, the computer is going to chalk it up to good weather and management and it is not going to effect the EPD one bit. IF you are really sneaky, and you decrease the weights of the reference sire's calves and add weight to your new herd sire you are promoting you CAN essentially falsify that young bull's EPDs. Of course when other people buy semen from super bull and they report their data honestly your "next big thing" is going to drop back towards the pack and if this happens more than once you have made enemies amoung the breeders who will avoid AND badmouth your cattle for the next 20 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm2, post: 140321, member: 2095"] Not really. If you add weaning wt and subtract birth wt on all of your calves, the computer is going to chalk it up to good weather and management and it is not going to effect the EPD one bit. IF you are really sneaky, and you decrease the weights of the reference sire's calves and add weight to your new herd sire you are promoting you CAN essentially falsify that young bull's EPDs. Of course when other people buy semen from super bull and they report their data honestly your "next big thing" is going to drop back towards the pack and if this happens more than once you have made enemies amoung the breeders who will avoid AND badmouth your cattle for the next 20 years. [/QUOTE]
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