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Maternal Calving Ease Newest and Perhaps the Best EPD To Judge Daughters of a Bull in This Trait

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 6:17:14 CST

Maternal Calving Ease Newest and Perhaps the Best EPD To Judge Daughters of a Bull in This Trait


Ease of calving is a trait that all cow-calf producers strive for in their breeding programs. There's a generally under-utilized and fairly new tool available to help producers meet that objective. Kansas State University beef geneticist Dan Moser says that the conventional expected progeny difference, or E-P-D, values continue to serve cow-calf producers well in their genetic selection. The EPD that cow calf operators are probably most familiar with is the "birth weight" EPD. There is also a "Calving Ease" EPD that can help change your cow herd genetics when utilized.


However, a newer generation EPD that Dan Moser wants people to learn more about is the "Materal Calving Ease" EPD. This number gives you an indicator of how easily the daughters of a bull will be able to calve. Moser says that for producers who want to keep heifers out of a particular sire- this number will be very useful in revealing how well those heifers may perform at calving time.


We discuss these EPD choices on today's Beef Buzz.


The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the state on the Radio Oklahoma Network- but is also a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the listen bar below for today's show- and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.



   
   

Ron Hays Beef Buzzes with Dan Moser of Kansas State on Calving Ease EPDs
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