THE BreedNorth project in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia is working towards improving the understanding and application of modern genetic evaluation tools in this remote pastoral region.
A Western Australian state government funded initiative with oversight from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, the project is making the expertise of genetic scientists from Armidale’s Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit accessible to commercial beef breeders in the region.
The project’s goal is to improve genetic merit for key, economically important…