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Announcements
Latest trends in the Australian dairy herd
by Adam Daniel, 9 February 2010
Genetic trends and production statistics for Australia’s national dairy herd
have just been released in the latest Australian Dairy Herd Improvement Report,
published jointly by the Australian Dairy Herd Improvement Scheme (ADHIS) and
the National Herd Improvement Association of Australia (NHIA).
For example, over the past 10 years:
Milk fat production (in kg per cow) has increased by 40 kg (17%)
Milk protein production (in kg per cow) has increased by 36kg (19%)
The average herd size has increased by 39%.
These trends relate only to herds and cows enrolled in official herd recording
programs, but they do reflect significant changes in a relatively short space
of time,
"One third of gains in production can be attributed to genetic improvement
over the past 20 years, using better bulls doesn’t have to take more time or
money but the results impact on the herd year after year,” said Mr Wes Judd,
ADHIS Chairman.
You can view the Australian Dairy Herd Improvement Report under the News or
Data base section of the web-siteSelectabull is now online
by Adam Daniel, 9 February 2010
Make genetic improvement work for you by using Selectabull to build your
breeding objective and simplify bull selection using the latest Australian
Breeding Values. It is free to use. Click on the above link . |
Events
What's happening at the ADHIS in the next 30 days
Data Dump for April ABV and PT Daughter Progress Reports due - 9 March 2010
by Judith Schweitzer, 27 October 2009
Due date for DPCs to send their herd recording data to ADHIS for processing |
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