ONE of the ongoing challenges for producers seeking to make informed breeding decisions across multiple breeds is the limitation of Breedplan EBVs to within-breed comparison.
For many producers, this limitation has often been cited for delaying decisions to implement crossbreeding programs or to make comparisons about sires that may suit a breeding objective more effectively.
Addressing these limitations is one of the key outcomes of the Southern Multibreed project, led by the NSW DPI, AGBU and the University of New England.
Commencing in 2019, this five-year project has been designed to…
