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<blockquote data-quote="CreekAngus" data-source="post: 1588406" data-attributes="member: 38224"><p>After going to Deer Valley Farms, I got all goggled eyed looking at their cattle, the money thrown around and all the commotion and promotion. Once the new car smell went away I began to look at my own program and decisions and see if I was going to maintain my current course. What I learned about DVF is that they make the EPD's work for them and they're more about the numbers and carcass than a certain phenotype. </p><p></p><p>For you seed stock folks....What is your agenda?</p><p></p><p>Mine is to raise 6 to 7 frame Angus, deep in the rib, square hipped and clean fronted cattle, with an eye on performance and no regard for carcass. I'm looking for 600 to 800lb weaning weights (based on sex) on a 210 day average (calves coming off at 210) and they got to look the part. In my neck of the woods, commercial folks don't take their cattle all the way to the rail, most wean'em at the sale barn or in the trailer. EPD's are a guide in my program, a tool to use, but rarely will it disqualify an animal for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CreekAngus, post: 1588406, member: 38224"] After going to Deer Valley Farms, I got all goggled eyed looking at their cattle, the money thrown around and all the commotion and promotion. Once the new car smell went away I began to look at my own program and decisions and see if I was going to maintain my current course. What I learned about DVF is that they make the EPD's work for them and they're more about the numbers and carcass than a certain phenotype. For you seed stock folks....What is your agenda? Mine is to raise 6 to 7 frame Angus, deep in the rib, square hipped and clean fronted cattle, with an eye on performance and no regard for carcass. I'm looking for 600 to 800lb weaning weights (based on sex) on a 210 day average (calves coming off at 210) and they got to look the part. In my neck of the woods, commercial folks don't take their cattle all the way to the rail, most wean'em at the sale barn or in the trailer. EPD's are a guide in my program, a tool to use, but rarely will it disqualify an animal for me. [/QUOTE]
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