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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1849690" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>EPD's should just be a part of selection.</p><p>In my opinion their importance is way over inflated.</p><p>EPD's are to be used as a comparison tool, but they are often viewed as a stand alone number translated into higher being better in most areas with a few exceptions. </p><p>Selecting and breeding just for numbers is a problem if nothing else is considered.</p><p>To me there is such a range, curve or whatever anybody wants to call it along with so many variables that I don't pay much attention to EPD's anymore. </p><p>I looked at bulls from two different registered programs one Angus and one a Hereford. I'm looking from the prospective of a commercial producer EPD's were never mentioned at either place. I know that both use them, and probably discuss it with anyone that asks </p><p>I still prefer visual appraisal of animals to a row of numbers that may or may not mean much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1849690, member: 24816"] EPD’s should just be a part of selection. In my opinion their importance is way over inflated. EPD’s are to be used as a comparison tool, but they are often viewed as a stand alone number translated into higher being better in most areas with a few exceptions. Selecting and breeding just for numbers is a problem if nothing else is considered. To me there is such a range, curve or whatever anybody wants to call it along with so many variables that I don’t pay much attention to EPD’s anymore. I looked at bulls from two different registered programs one Angus and one a Hereford. I’m looking from the prospective of a commercial producer EPD’s were never mentioned at either place. I know that both use them, and probably discuss it with anyone that asks I still prefer visual appraisal of animals to a row of numbers that may or may not mean much. [/QUOTE]
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