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August 2025 Evaluation Changes: What’s New?

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July 10, 2025

The August 2025 triannual genetic evaluations include the introduction of a new trait for Holsteins, the implementation of the five-year base change for calving traits,…

Interbull, ADSA Meeting Showcases Latest Industry Highlights

CDCB

July 9, 2025

CDCB staff shared their latest findings and participated in the combined Interbull Annual Meeting and American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) Annual Meeting, June 21-25, in…

CDCB Keeps Pace with Advancing Genomic Technology Through Integration of Genotyping-by-Sequencing

CDCB

June 5, 2025

BOWIE, Md., June 5, 2025 — After receiving nearly 11 million genotypes into the National Cooperator Database, the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) has…

CDCB Evaluation Changes: April 2025

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February 25, 2025

Updates for the April 1, 2025, CDCB evaluations include the every-five-year base change, revision to the merit indexes, Breed Base Representation (BBR) reference population update…

Introducing Net Merit 2025

CDCB

January 31, 2025

What is Net Merit? The Lifetime Net Merit (NM$) index ranks dairy animals based on their combined genetic merit for economically important traits. The 2025…

10M Animal Genotypes in National Cooperator Database

CDCB

December 21, 2024

A remarkable milestone – 10 million animal genotypes in the National Cooperator Database – was recorded on December 14 as 2024 winds down. After the…

National Dairy Genetic Index Update, Base Change Set for April 2025

CDCB

December 20, 2024

Two significant updates will be implemented in the April 2025 dairy genetic evaluations published by the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) – a revision…

December 2024 CDCB Evaluations: What’s New?

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November 1, 2024

The CDCB and USDA AGIL team describes changes implemented for the triannual genetic evaluations on December 3, 2024, including updated calculations for Residual Feed Intake,…

New Logo Adds Transparency to Dairy Cattle Genetic Evaluations

CDCB

October 2, 2024

The U.S. dairy industry will see a new symbol with genetic evaluations – Powered by CDCB – when the information is provided by the Council…

August 2024 Evaluations: What’s New?

CDCB USDA Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory

July 11, 2024

CDCB and USDA AGIL detail the changes implemented for the triannual genetic evaluations on August 13, 2024. Introduction of 305-AA: The New standardized yield measurement…