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West Central Iowa | Calving ease has to do with consistency of birth weight and shape of calves as genetics contributions from your bull, and the mother also. For example if you have calves weighing 100,90,80,70 from bull A and calves weighing 85,85,85,85 from bull B they would have the same epd. If you are selecting a nice square made bull, and he has a high ced I would almost always expect it to go down. Also, it’s not a big change for a bull to contribute 2 more pounds to birth weight, or a few percent more calving issues. | |
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