Darrh Bullock (University of Kentucky): The initial information we get on a bull is based on his parental average and maybe some genomic information. This information is not extremely reliable, however, because it is limited in terms of what we know about that bull. This bull could have gotten a particularly good set of genes from his parents, or he may have possibly gotten a bad set of genes from each of his parents. We don’t know this until his daughters go into production. Once the daughters go into production, now we have a much clearer picture of the true genetic merit of that bull.
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