august genetic evaluation observations

摘要

The August genetic evaluations were again released utilizing the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding services. The official production and health genetic evaluations are still calculated with the expertise of the USDA-AIPL scientists but they are released to the public using the CDCB protocol agreed to by the major industry partners. As mentioned in my last article, little public information has been released on the final structure of the genetic data gathering industry. Little is also known of any plans for genetic evaluations changes or what improvements might be coming in the future.