Historic landmark in Friesian breeding

“A historic landmark in Holstein Friesian breed improvement,” is how the Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) describes their adoption of SNP Technology/Genomics for parentage verification.

The main significance is that the estimated 50% of replacement heifers bred by stock bulls on Irish dairy farms will not only have parentage validated, but will also have genomic breeding values.

This change will be of huge benefit to all dairy farmers, according to the IHFA.