CDCB In The News

How do genetics impact sustainability goals?

September 15, 2022

The U.S. dairy community has rallied around a public commitment to achieve carbon neutrality, optimize water usage, and improve water quality by 2050 — supporting global sustainability initiatives and customer expectations.

We’re Making Strides on Improving Feed Saved

December 6, 2021

One year ago, the trait Feed Saved made its debut in the December 2020 genetic evaluations published by the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB).

Building a playbook for better cow care and feed efficiency

October 7, 2021

Enteric emissions are the greatest contributor to the on-farm carbon footprint of milk.

Net Merit revised with August genetic evaluations

September 15, 2021

The national genetic index, Net Merit, was updated with the genetic evaluations on Aug. 10, 2021 – delivering an improved tool to breed profitable and feed-efficient cows.

Lloyd Holterman and Bill Peck talk about breeding profitable cattle

September 2, 2021

New Net Merit formula debuts this week

August 9, 2021

With the genetic evaluations on August 10, 2021, dairy producers have an improved tool to breed for more profitable and feed-efficient cows.

Feed Efficiency Indexes: Which one will you use?

August 6, 2021

Today farmers are focusing on maximizing net returns, productivity, efficient use of inputs and resources, and keeping costs under control.

Lifetime Net Merit revised in August for balanced selection, profitable dairy cows

July 2, 2021

Lifetime Net Merit (NM$) has driven genetic progress since 1994 by promoting a balanced selection of all available, economically-important traits to maximize profitability of dairy cows.