Sentence examples for beef breeding from inspiring English sources
The purpose of the model is to assist in the design and evaluation of pastoral beef breeding systems.
Seventy-two respondents (38%) indicated that the average size of beef breeding herds in their practice were between 1 and 49 head with 62 (33%) indicating that average herd size was between 100 and 499 head.
Various breeding program scenarios were simulated stochastically including: (1) a sheep breeding program for the selection of a single trait that could be measured either early or late in life; (2) a beef breeding program with an early or late trait; and (3) a dairy breeding program with a sex limited trait.
"We are a sheep and beef breeding business and our key performance indicator is our ewe production.
It is possible that, in an attempt to improve production efficiency, beef breeding programmes will increasingly emphasise fertility.
All these points constitute a strong argument to consider increased resistance to bTB as a trait for selection in Irish dairy and beef breeding and part of the national strategy for bTB eradication in cattle.
Theoretical predictions of GBV (genomic breeding values) accuracy usually consider homogenous populations, whereas in many cases, such as in sheep and beef cattle breeding programs, data are available from different breeds, multiple strains within a breed and also from crossbred animals.
Thus PE developed by the Beef CRC can contribute to the implementation of genomic selection in Australian beef cattle breeding.
Although uniformity is an important issue in beef production, few studies have explored the advantages of introducing this as a selection criterion in beef cattle breeding programs.
Thus, prediction equations derived by the Beef CRC from a mixed-breed training population can contribute to the implementation of genomic selection in Australian beef cattle breeding.
Beef cattle breeding and fattening, raising of prime lambs, and production of crossbred wool are the main rural activities of the area.
