Changes Slated for August Genetic Evaluations

July 24, 2025

When genetic evaluations are released on August 12, 2025, Holstein breeders will have a new selection trait to use and predicted transmitting abilities (PTAs) for…

Where Do Genetic Evaluations Come From?

December 2, 2024

Dairy producers worldwide use these evaluations each and every day for breeding, culling, and other management decisions. How those genetic values are used on farms…

August 2024 Changes: Impact on Evaluations

August 13, 2024

The August 2024 CDCB evaluations have incorporated several changes outlined in  August 2024 Evaluations: What’s New. How were the genetic evaluations impacted by these changes?…

What’s New in the August Evaluations?

August 12, 2024

New genetic evaluations will be available on Tuesday, August 13 for all dairy cattle in the U.S. database. Several updates were implemented in this proof…

Announcing QDisc

February 10, 2023

By Ezequiel NicolazziCDCB announces a new service, QDisc, or quick discovery of close relatives. This quick-turnaround service uses the ICAR-defined parentage SNP to discover close relatives. This…

Constructed ID’s: Eliminating Pedigree Dead Ends

February 1, 2023

Knowing an animal’s ancestry several generations back is certainly the goal for breeders; however, there are instances where animals have a gap in their pedigree.…

What’s New in April’s Genetic Evaluations

April 4, 2022

April 2022: Changes to Evaluation System

April 4, 2022

Three times a year, genetic evaluations are calculated for all the dairy animals in the U.S. database. As a result, farmers worldwide can make breeding…

April 2022: Changes to Evaluations

March 8, 2022

CDCB announces updates to the genetic evaluation system, effective with the April 5, 2022, triannual evaluations. Five enhancements are detailed on the CDCB website. 1. Flexible…

Genomics drives new trait development

April 5, 2021

These triannual evaluations – on April 6, August 10, and December 7 this year – incorporate genomic data along with updated performance, or phenotypic, data…