$VALUE INDEXES Recently the American Angus Association launched two new EPD indexes pertaining to the dairy-beef cross, Angus x Holstein (AxH) and Angus x Jersey (AxJ). These indexes are estimates of how future beef-on-dairy progeny of Angus sires are expected to perform on average if calves are exposed in the same environment. Each index comprises several genetic traits weighted by the appropriated economics to serve this terminal beef-on-dairy sector including: calving ease, growth from birth through the feeding phase, feed intake, dressing percent, yield grade, quality grade, muscling, and height (only included in $AxH).
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NAME
AxH
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NAAB
NAME
551AN01682
AxH
%
G A R Kansas
232
1
551AN01682
G A R Kansas
223
1
551AN01647
Poss Rawhide
211
1
551AN01663
K C F Bennett Exponential
218
1
551AN01663
K C F Bennett Exponential
200
2
551AN01568
TK Driller
215
1
551AN01674
G A R Greater Good
197
2
551AN01544
Spring Grove Expanse
199
2
551AN01544
Spring Grove Expanse
191
2
551AN01647
Poss Rawhide
195
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