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The CDCB CowCast · August 18 · 43 min

Ep. 7: Recapping the August Evaluations

In this episode of The CDCB CowCast, CDCB’s Ezequiel Nicolazzi, Ph.D., and Taylor McWhorter, Ph.D., discuss the calculation of the August 2026 official genetic evaluation, including how the three new traits (DIA, RSP, and FSC) and four revised traits (DPR, CCR, HCR, and EFC) performed. For reminders about the changes to reproductive performance traits that occurred in this month’s evaluations, listen to Episode 4, “Reproductive Tools for Today’s Dairies.” For details on the new calf health traits, listen to Episode 1, “Healthier Calves From the First Breath.” To view the slides shared in this discussion, watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cPfdEnhL9Vw Learn more and sign up for the monthly email newsletter, the CDCB Connection, at uscdcb.com To get notified of new episodes, subscribe here or follow the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding on Facebook or LinkedIn.

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In this episode of The CDCB CowCast, CDCB’s Ezequiel Nicolazzi, Ph.D., and Taylor McWhorter, Ph.D., discuss the calculation of the August 2026 official genetic evaluation, including how the three new traits (DIA, RSP, and FSC) and four revised traits (DPR, CCR, HCR, and EFC) performed.

 

For reminders about the changes to reproductive performance traits that occurred in this month’s evaluations, listen to Episode 4, “Reproductive Tools for Today’s Dairies.”

 

For details on the new calf health traits, listen to Episode 1, “Healthier Calves From the First Breath.”

 

To view the slides shared in this discussion, watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cPfdEnhL9Vw

 

Learn more and sign up for the monthly email newsletter, the CDCB Connection, at uscdcb.com

 

To get notified of new episodes, subscribe here or follow the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding on Facebook or LinkedIn.

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