Pouring Money Down the Drain? Farmers that don’t record dry offs do not receive an accurate Annual Report for their herd or valid lactations for their animals that have paid for.

Genotyping females can play a significant role for identifying the most profitable heifers to breed as replacements. Genomics is breeding using DNA to help better predict how well an animal will perform in the future.

The on-going Tully trial work forms part of the international collaborative project called ‘RumenPredict’, which aims to link the rumen microbiome, host genetics  to feed efficiency and methane emissions phenotype to benefit mitigation strategies.