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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 154405" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><strong>Aero said</strong>:</p><p></p><p></p><p>EPDs are environment independent. They are based on contemporary groupings. Contemporary groups are supposed to be raised in the same environment.</p><p></p><p>EPDs won't tell you what sort of a calf a cow will raise under any conditions. That's not what EPDs do.</p><p></p><p>If you're running Angus cows under desert conditions and breed them to a bull with a BW EPD of 5, you'd expect the calves to weigh five more pounds at birth than if you bred them to an Angus bull with a BW EPD of 0. That's what EPDs do. You shouldn't compare EPDs of different breeds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 154405, member: 13"] [b]Aero said[/b]: EPDs are environment independent. They are based on contemporary groupings. Contemporary groups are supposed to be raised in the same environment. EPDs won't tell you what sort of a calf a cow will raise under any conditions. That's not what EPDs do. If you're running Angus cows under desert conditions and breed them to a bull with a BW EPD of 5, you'd expect the calves to weigh five more pounds at birth than if you bred them to an Angus bull with a BW EPD of 0. That's what EPDs do. You shouldn't compare EPDs of different breeds. [/QUOTE]
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