From this analysis, EPDs were calculated for all Hereford Cattle in North America and were completely comparable across Associations. Another North American Hereford Genetic Analysis will be conducted this November and new EPDs should be available on the AHA computers in late December of this year. An AHA Sire Summary publication will then be printed containing both horned and polled Hereford sires. The exact format and timing of this publication has yet to be finalized. The next Genetic Analysis will be conducted about six months later.
Plans are to maintain a similar schedule in future years.
Some cattle in the first North American Genetic Analysis were identified incorrectly and therefore had more than one set of EPDs. A bull that was registered in both AHA and CHA should have received only one set of EPDs. If researchers at the University of Georgia did not identify that this bull with two entirely different registration numbers was indeed the same animal, he very likely received two sets of EPDs. Each set of EPDs was relative to the performance information recorded to that particular registration number. All known problems have been recorded and should be corrected in the upcoming analysis.