In 2023 cattle producers have an incredible amount of information on offer to inform and guide their selection decisions on new sires and replacement females.
The first EBVs were produced in 1982 for the Simmental breed, three years ahead of the first generation of BreedPlan. Fast forward to 2017 and Single Step BreedPlan analysis was released. Single Step analysis uses genomic information in addition to pedigree and performance information to generate more accurate EBVs.
The rapid pace of information gathering and inclusion of genomic information in the last few years has opened up a…
