May 10, 2024
In the summer of 2024, 305-ME (Mature Equivalent) – the standardized production estimate last adjusted in 1994 – will be discontinued and replaced by 305-AA (Average Age).
January 11, 2024
UPDATE: As of 10:30 a.m. eastern on Tuesday, January 16, CDCB systems are back online and fully operational after the scheduled hardware maintenance. Weekly evaluations will be released Wednesday, January 17.
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.
October 27, 2022
CDCB’s new WebConnect platform has now completely replaced the legacy system for evaluation queries, results and listings.
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