Do we need multi-breed beef EBVs? | POLL
Breed societies say creating multi-breed beef cattle EBVs may not change the way commercial producers make breeding decisions.
For example, at Angus Australia, multi-breed analysis is not seen as a high priority relative to other research and development needs.
Chief executive officer Peter Parnell said Angus Breedplan already included a multi-breed component with the calculation of EBVs for Angus-influenced crossbred and composite animals.
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