News

CDCB delivers the latest news on genetic improvement, research and U.S. evaluations through its monthly newsletter, dairy media, and events.

December 2022 Evaluations: What Is New?

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December 6, 2022

Nearly 79 million dairy animals received updated U.S. genetic evaluations on Tuesday, December 6. With the December 2022 triannual evaluations, two updates were implemented by the team at CDCB and USDA AGIL.


Nominations Open for ADSA, Lush Awards

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November 3, 2022

Nominations are due January 6 for the 2023 ADSA awards, including the J. L. Lush Award in Animal Breeding sponsored by CDCB.


Intern Report: Investigation into Johne’s Disease

November 3, 2022

During the summer of 2022 at CDCB, I conducted a project to investigate the incidence of Johne’s disease in U.S. dairy cattle.


New Research Published on Residual Feed Intake

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November 1, 2022

Research by collaborators from five universities, CDCB and USDA AGIL was published in the November 1, 2022, Frontiers in Genetics: Impact of epistasis effects on the accuracy of predicting phenotypic values of residual feed intake in U.S. Holstein cows.


2022 CDCB Meeting: Genetics Are Key to Dairy Sustainability

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October 13, 2022

The impact of genetic selection on dairy sustainability was explored with producers, dairy buyers, geneticists and 150+ genetic enthusiasts during the 8th annual CDCB Industry Meeting on October 5, 2022, in Madison, Wisconsin.


Milking Speed Producer Survey

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October 13, 2022

U.S. dairy producers, please complete a short (5-minute) survey by December 1 to support the goal to develop U.S. genomic evaluations for milking speed.


In the News: October 2022

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October 13, 2022

CDCB team members have actively participated in industry events, describing newer CDCB traits and R&D projects.


Publication: Feeding Behavior Traits Associated with Feed Efficiency

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October 13, 2022

The September 2022 Journal of Dairy Science published a paper by researchers from CDCB, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Michigan State University, examining feeding behavior as an indicator trait for feed efficiency.


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