Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
Reaching genetic potential
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 154385" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>Oh for sure, but I should rephrase: I've seen far too many high EPD, high accuracy bulls and cows not perform anywhere near what the EPD says it will, <strong>even when they were properly managed</strong>. As far as environment goes, again I thought EPDs were environment independent comparisons? Given the same breed, and all other factors equal (accuracy, feed, etc etc etc), the animal with the higher EPD should outperform the lower EPD animal?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not meaning to debate, but rather to clarify as my understanding of EPDs may not be complete, but isn't that +150 is a comparison to a theoretical "0" animal, or baseline? The baseline may be fixed or a rolling baseline, depending on breed? And the baseline or "0" animal is not herd average (although in the case of rolling bases, it may be close). Either way, the EPD is only useful when compared against other animals (the +150 animal should raise 3 more lbs of calf than a +147 EPD animal, etc etc)</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 154385, member: 2862"] Oh for sure, but I should rephrase: I've seen far too many high EPD, high accuracy bulls and cows not perform anywhere near what the EPD says it will, [b]even when they were properly managed[/b]. As far as environment goes, again I thought EPDs were environment independent comparisons? Given the same breed, and all other factors equal (accuracy, feed, etc etc etc), the animal with the higher EPD should outperform the lower EPD animal? Not meaning to debate, but rather to clarify as my understanding of EPDs may not be complete, but isn't that +150 is a comparison to a theoretical "0" animal, or baseline? The baseline may be fixed or a rolling baseline, depending on breed? And the baseline or "0" animal is not herd average (although in the case of rolling bases, it may be close). Either way, the EPD is only useful when compared against other animals (the +150 animal should raise 3 more lbs of calf than a +147 EPD animal, etc etc) Rod [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
Reaching genetic potential
Top