April 1, 2024
The most significant change for the April 2024 triannual evaluations is an adjustment in the trait model for six CDCB health evaluations – resistance to milk fever, displaced abomasum, ketosis, mastitis, metritis, and retained placenta.
September 9, 2022
The genomic selection program for dairy cattle in the United States has doubled the rate of genetic gain.
March 18, 2021
A new milestone was achieved on March 5 – that’s when the 5 millionth individual genotype was recorded in the national dairy cooperator database.
January 21, 2021
The Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding – home to the largest dairy database (both phenotypes and genotypes) in the world – recently announced the addition of feed efficiency traits to its genetic evaluation.
December 4, 2020
The December 2020 Hoard’s Dairyman Bull List is ready for download.
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