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Newbill Miller of Washington owns 10 bulls listed in the 1999 Spring Sire Evaluation Report published by the American Angus Association which is headquarted in St. Joseph, Mo.
Brooke and Ann Miller, also of Washington own one bull listed in the report.
Issued in both the spring and fall, the new report features the latest performance information available on more than 4,400 sires.
“The American Angus Association has the most complete and comprehensive beef cattle database in the world”, says John Crouch, American Angus Association director of performance programs. “Of the sires listed in the main report, 69 percent have expected progeny differences (EPDs) for carcass traits, which should assist cattlemen in choosing genetics that will produce a more consistent, higher quality beef product”.
EPDs are generated from performance data submitted by breeders through the Angus Herd Improvement Records (AHIR) program.
Traits in which EPDs are available include birth weight, weaning weight, milk, yearling weight and height, mature daughter weight and height, and scrotal circumference, as well as carcass traits including carcass weight, marbling, rib eye area, external fat thickness and percent retail product. The analysis for the sire evaluation report is done in cooperation with Iowa State University.
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