Milkbench - National Dairy Benchmarking System

DairyCo Breeding+ provides the latest UK dairy cattle genetic evaluation results, explanations on genetic evaluations and statistics for all major dairy breeds in the United Kingdom.

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April 2013 indexes available to view and download

 

For detailed information go to the separate breed sections to the right of this page.

Individual bull fact sheets can be found using the Bull Search facility

 

NEW * Female genomic evaluations (Holstein only)

Female Genomic evaluations released by DairyCo and Holstein UK offers farmers new information on their animals to better target their future breeding needs.

 

The information is based on a combination of the traditional data recorded on each animal, combined with its ancestry information and now also its genomic information. This further improves the accuracy of the genetic indexes, and makes the information on young animals in particular much more informative.

 

For the first time, this also means females will receive the full complement of linear type indexes calculated by Holstein UK, alongside all their fitness trait indexes calculated by DairyCo Breeding+.

 

The results of these evaluations are published in three separate lists;

1.             Top Genomic PLI Cows

a.    Cows in-milk which have production data contributing to their genetic indexes

2.             Top Genomic PLI Heifers

a.    Females under 36 months of age, which do not yet have production data included in the indexes. (Note; some of these may have calved and already be classified, but are too fresh yet to have their production data contributing to the evaluations)

3.             Top PLI Cows (Non Genomic)

a.    The traditional list of milking cows which have both production and ancestry records, but have not been genotyped

 

  General Info

 

  Latest News

 

Next scheduled release dates

  Full active Holstein bull list

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NOTE:

 

All of the breeds in the breed selector to the right of this page are published on their own breed base. Direct comparison of bull PTAs of different breeds is therefore NOT possible.

 

For example; The British Friesian breed is no longer included in the Holstein breed base and now operates a separate base on all traits. Friesian bulls can therefore no longer be compared to Holstein evaluated bulls. Similarly, Ayrshire bulls are published on a different genetic base to Jersey bulls and can also not be compared directly. This is an important point for breeders to remember, especially for those who are considering using a variety of breeds in their herds

 

If you have any queries please contact the Breeding+ team on 02476 692051  or email breeding.evaluations@dairyco.org.uk

 

Breed Selector

Please select your breed from the list below: