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.
CDCB hosted its 4th annual industry meeting at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., on Tuesday, October 2. The crowd of nearly 175 was comprised of dairy producers and representatives from artificial insemination (AI), genomic [Read More …]
Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News interviews Dan Sheldon, a partner with his family in Woody Hill Farm at Salem, NY, where Dan talks about his commitment to dairy records through the DHI system used for [Read More …]
Ezequiel Nicolazzi, Technical Director for the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB), reflects on 2017 and looks ahead to developments in 2018. This is the organization that produces genetic evaluations for the U.S. dairy herd. [Read More …]
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