Use CE as a criterion, not your entire breeding objective. If the outcome you’re trying to influence is calving difficulty in heifers, CE is the more direct tool for answering that question. Continue reading Calving Ease EPD – What does it tell us and what is the use case scenario?
That 75 lb birth weight tells you what that bull weighed on the day he was born, under the circumstances in which he was raised. It doesn’t give you the full picture. Continue reading Birth Weight EPD… and why actual BW doesn’t necessarily tell you the whole story
This is what Simmental breeders and commercial producers need to understand about the updates, why phenotypic data and complete contemporary groups remain critical, and how to use the updated indexes as part of a broader selection strategy. Continue reading American Simmental Association is building the next $API & $TI – What do you need to know?
Keeping up with reporting and data submissions. Continue reading Fall 2024 News
Membership is encouraged to evaluate DMI and DMI/ADG subindex predictions and compare with their expectations. Please remember that DMI is already incorporated in $API and $TI. That said, the new DMI EPD will be more accurate, particularly on animals with genotypes and/or feed intake phenotypes on multiple progeny. Continue reading ASA Releases Dry Matter Intake EPD in Research Release Format
Dr. Wade Shafer, Ph.D wrote this article back in 2011 and when we discussed the Milk EPD again last summer, he forwarded this to me and stated the logic still applies today. If you have questions on the Milk EPD, this does a great job breaking it down for us. Continue reading Milk EPD – Does it Work?
