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<blockquote data-quote="smnherf" data-source="post: 829481" data-attributes="member: 3235"><p>Dylan, </p><p></p><p>Your post sounds a lot like a conversation I had recently with a friend. </p><p> </p><p>It looks like you made a list of just about all the traits that arent covered by an EPD with the exception of calf vigor and feed conversion. Many of the above mentioned traits like fertility, longevity, feet and legs, udder quality and mothering ability/attentiveness affect net profitability a lot more than the WW, YW, milk and carcass epds do. I am not trying to bash the epd system as I have used it in the past for positive changes and will continue to use it. For a vast majority, it has come down to a marketing tool rather than a selection tool to breed better cattle. As much as people harp on the pitfalls of single trait epd selection, the same case could be had for EPDs as a single trait selection. As we select for higher and higher epds, fertility, feet and legs, mothering ability, hardiness, fleshing ability, longevity, libido, mature weight, and others convenience traits have been lost in the hysteria. </p><p></p><p>I tend to think that a super sound, highly maternal, feed efficient, long lasting female, that is absolutely trouble free with average performance and carcass traits will be highly profitable in most commercial operations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smnherf, post: 829481, member: 3235"] Dylan, Your post sounds a lot like a conversation I had recently with a friend. It looks like you made a list of just about all the traits that arent covered by an EPD with the exception of calf vigor and feed conversion. Many of the above mentioned traits like fertility, longevity, feet and legs, udder quality and mothering ability/attentiveness affect net profitability a lot more than the WW, YW, milk and carcass epds do. I am not trying to bash the epd system as I have used it in the past for positive changes and will continue to use it. For a vast majority, it has come down to a marketing tool rather than a selection tool to breed better cattle. As much as people harp on the pitfalls of single trait epd selection, the same case could be had for EPDs as a single trait selection. As we select for higher and higher epds, fertility, feet and legs, mothering ability, hardiness, fleshing ability, longevity, libido, mature weight, and others convenience traits have been lost in the hysteria. I tend to think that a super sound, highly maternal, feed efficient, long lasting female, that is absolutely trouble free with average performance and carcass traits will be highly profitable in most commercial operations. [/QUOTE]
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