if nobody intends to follow Epds and performance data-- then why waste the time to measure it? Obviously, SULL's biggest market- is to show ring people-- who continue breeding and making Trump bred cattle with PLUS 4.5 BW EPDS. Not just that outfit- but anyone in general-- refuses to follow lead by example... then why continue forward?
The people who don't report a BW- are some of the most honest people in the association- IMO. They aren't going to make genetic selections from that data-- so they're not going to collect it.
Who cares if a producer has 20 years with of WW and YW and BW data-- if they don't care about making those EPDS better, bigger, smaller, or whatever?
I see this, as a waste of time-- in the SHORTHORN breed for the majority of people making shorthorns. Genetics don't lie- if you don't intend to change your genetics, your selection criteria, or you end goal-- they it will be impossible to change how you get there, or what you produce.
Continue breeding with premature born bulls who have small head measurements, and 75 pound birth weights- and bone out of this world.... Then feed those daughters self feeders-- and pull calves-- just as it's always been.
