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Figuring a Mating on Paper
You have a bull picked out and a cow in mind. Before you ever turn them out together, you want to know what the calf will be, on paper. Not the color, not the look.…
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Genomics explained plainly
A yearling bull stands in your pen. He has never sired a calf. All his numbers rest on his sire, his dam, and his own growth so far. Then someone pulls a few hairs from…
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Accuracy and the range behind it
You are leaning on the rail at a bull sale. Two bulls in the catalog both read +90 for the same weaning weight trait. On paper they are twins. But one is a proven herd…
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Where These Numbers Live
You know what an EPD is now. You can read a +25 next to a +15 and say which bull should throw the heavier calves. But there is a wall in front of you that…
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What an EPD Is, in Plain English
You already do the thing an EPD does. You just do it with two animals at a time. Stand two bulls side by side and you can guess which one throws the heavier calves. You…
