Australia's breeds project will boost genetic gain

Animal scientists from the University of New England (UNE) will play a vital role in a multi-million dollar collaborative research project that will help drive the rate and value of genetic progress in beef cattle herds and in the beef industry. According to what is published by the TheCattleSite portal, the project is jointly funded by the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (DPI) (NSM), UNE and the Commonwealth Government through the MLA Donor Company. This will support the development of estimated breeding values for various breeds in Australia for Angus, Hereford, Shorthorn, Wagyu, Charolais, Brahman, and enhance the ability of the breeds involved to exploit genomic technologies to accelerate valuable genetic improvement. (Read: This is how genetic editing in livestock farming would help production and the environment) Funding for the project was officially announced by New South Wales Minister of Agriculture Adam Marshall at an event at UNE. Dr Robert Banks, ...