Residual consumption test will benefit Paraguayan livestock with a cost reduction of up to 10%

On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, the Association of Brangus Breeders of Paraguay (ACBP), together with Ganadera Los Lazos S.A., presented the Residual Food Consumption Testing Center (RFI) to the national cattle farm for its acronym in English. The RFI will allow producers to efficiently select the best animals, giving them a competitive advantage that will help reduce costs between 9% and 10% in a certain group of animals. The presentation took place at Ganadera Los Lazos, located in the Paraguayan Chaco, this past Saturday. The test seeks to obtain key information about the growth, development, efficiency, fertility and behavior of animals of diverse genetic makeup fed and raised under standardized conditions. From this it will be possible to identify bulls with better genetic capacity, evaluate the variability of the breeders with respect to their growth curves, meat characteristics, scrotal circumference and sperm capacity. The president of Brangus, Miguel Reinau, ...