> Great news from Australia. Torr
> Down South Devons have sold the
> first Australian South Devon semen
> to South Africa and the second lot
> to England. The bull is Torr Down
> Hermes 3, he already has progeny
> in Canada and New Zealand. This is
> more positive news for our very
> much underrated breed. This bull
> is a long polled sire without any
> EBVs,just goes to show experienced
> cattle people don't need them. Colin, you go right ahead and pay no attention to data if you wish, thats your prerogative. But epds are here to stay and many people in the cattle business swear by them as one tool in the selection process. I have a good friend he is now about 50 yrs. old, just took over a commercial herd that his Dad had run all his life(his dad is now in his 70's). He made this statement to me, "You know some of the best looking bulls we purchased didn't get the best calves,as a matter of fact some of the not so good looking bulls got the better calves." I realize this is a broad and general statement but to me its one of the better reasons to use every tool available including epds in the selection process. I would never buy a bull anymore based soley on his looks-for one thing who wants to posssibly wind up pulling a bunch of calves? No sale around here of any size is without epds on the animals and all the buyers that I have seen go over them very closely before narrowing down their choices. Just what I have observed.
[email protected]