A new milestone was met on December 13, 2018, when the three millionth genotype was uploaded to the national cooperator database managed by CDCB. Approximately 700,000 new genotypes were added to the national database in 2018. Most of the growth in genomic services involved females, confirming the trending use of genomic evaluations used as a herd management tool.
Starting in August 2017, dairy producers will be able to utilize U.S. genetic evaluations for gestation length when selecting sires. The new trait, gestation length for service sires, is available thanks to the efforts of Jan Wright [Read More …]
The U.S. Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding held an open forum on Feb. 25, the day before the opening of the Western Dairy Management Conference in Reno, Nev. Entitled “Genomic Revolution: The Next 10 Years,” [Read More …]
Genetic results from the December sire summaries showed great development and additions to Select Sires’ high-components breeds lineups. Customer-owners will be excited to see that Select Sires’ proven and genomic young sire offerings rank very [Read More …]
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