CDCB collaborates with U.S. and global partners to produce premier dairy genetic evaluations and data services. These CDCB results benefit dairy farmers worldwide as they work to improve the health and productivity of their cattle. The CDCB maintains the national cooperator database – the world’s largest animal database – that integrates genomic information and more than 80 years of recorded U.S. dairy animal performance.
To drive global dairy cattle improvement by using a collaborative database to deliver state-of-the-art genetic merit and performance assessments for the herd decision making.
To be the leading source of genetic information for dairy improvement.
Providing premier dairy genetic information services and industry collaboration.
Dairy Records Providers are state or regional organizations that gather on-farm data in an accurate, credible and uniform manner, for herd management, research and genetic evaluations.
DRPCs develop computerized software to normalize data coming from farms and transfer to the CDCB cooperator database for research and genetic evaluations.
For over 75 years National Association of Animal Breeders (NAAB) has united organizations and individuals engaged in artificial insemination (AI) and marketing of U.S. genetics.
Purebred Dairy Cattle Association, Inc. (PDCA) is a federation of the seven U.S. dairy breed registry associations representing over 60,000 members.
CDCB and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) work closely to research and develop genetic tools that have benefitted dairy herds worldwide.
USDA is the federal department that provides leadership on agriculture, food and related topics based on public policy and the best available science. World-renowned scientists at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory (AGIL) perform rigorous research to develop and test new genetic and genomic methodologies. This research supports top-quality evaluations, data integrity and implementation of technology and new scientific learnings.
Until 2013, USDA also performed the service functions related to the U.S. database and genetic evaluations. A Non-funded Cooperative Agreement first implemented on March 27, 2013, clarified that USDA would focus on world-class research. CDCB assumed full responsibility to maintain the national cooperator database, compute results and distribute genomic and genetic evaluations.
This collaboration is foundational to the success of the U.S. dairy genetic system.
